Bovine (cow) milk and AD(H)D-traits/symptoms

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I have stopped consuming bovine (cow) milk and noticed a dramatic improvement in attention and mood and reduction impulsive thoughts, anxiety, and obsessions. Has anyone else done this and noticed improvements like this?

Well, if not doing something that is exploitative of sentient creatures and damaging to the planet seems to make you feel better, then I would encourage you to continue not doing it.

That said, post hoc, ergo propter hoc is not a valid syllogism. The peer-reviewed evidence on this subject is non-existent (which doesn't mean there is no effect, merely that nobody has systematically looked for one).

All I can say is that some clinical evidence is required, but I'm pleased that you are functioning more effectively.

Well, I do have a biology degree, and although I am not the best experimentalist, I think of it this way:

For me, at least,

Coffee + bovine milk = me feeling like s**t
Coffee + soy milk = me feeling quite well

Studies for any sort of drug-type reaction to food don't seem to show much, probably because they're tested on the population in general and, unsurprisingly, the population as a whole doesn't react negatively to food. However, if one were to do double-blind studies on the subgroup of people who claim to notice an effect from a particular food (like cow milk for instance), I suspect these people would be validated. For instance, that's how non-celiac gluten intolerance came to exist.

Not too long after my celiac diagnosis I went totally dairy free and I have yet to get back to trying dairy. I have some mental improvement of symptoms with my newfound diet, depression is the one to have improved the most. I don't actually know for certain if dairy, cow or otherwise affects me beyond loosening my bowels.

I had a similar effect from giving up the lions' share of refined carbs.

Nope. However milk can make my ADHD symptoms worse but all types of dairy food can do that too.

I usually feel better when I get milk in my diet. I suppose it's just because milk is a reasonably good source of protein, fat, and calories, and relatively easy to digest. (That is, if you aren't lactose-intolerant, which is fairly common especially in people whose ancestors didn't have domestic cows or goats.)

It's not milk specifically that makes things better, though. Just milk, meat, vegetables, fruit--you know, generally wholesome food.

It's when I end up eating the same thing over and over, or subsisting on junk that's easy to prepare, that I lose focus. I take vitamin supplements now to prevent nutritional deficiencies from being unable to feed myself a reasonably good diet, so that helps cover for at least some of the drawbacks, but it's still not the same thing as eating the actual foods.

I don't know how often I've wished for my meals to come in neat little boxes, everything pre-measured, so I wouldn't have to worry about preparing food or managing my diet. And no, those horrible TV dinners don't count; they're either nutrient-poor or too small, or both. (For example: 175 calories does not make a meal, however much "Healthy Choice" thinks it does.)

Yes. I stopped eating a lot of other things & have been on a medicinal diet for several months. Check out the thread in my sig if you'd care to learn more about it. Feel free to pm me anything about it.

i dont drink any milk (not soy either), as untreated dairy gives me intestinal problems.
however, if it is treated (boiled, part of a meal, ingredient of pudding...) there are no real problems.

i also do not notice any real difference in days where i have consumed treated dairy and days where i haven't