since starting the milk diet i really notice the stuff that is inside my mouth, basically because there is far less stuff stuck to my teeth and in the crannies with milk. lactose is the only sugar that doesn't feed bacteria that eat holes in enamel.

it's well past the point now where i am at any risk of tooth pain at all. literally, the milk seems to have helped my teeth regain their protection from chemicals in my mouth. idk how, i presume that it's just the higher pH, and i am pretty sure that there is natural processes and friendly critters in there that actually rebuild enamel, cos the pain i was in 3 months ago with this wisdom tooth would have been extraction for sure and i have survived, and not just survived, by accident discovered that i can also have better health by avoiding the things that were making not just my teeth hurt but a whole constellation of problems, including vision problems and so on.

but yes, today i am on a fast. i had a little cacao and coffee this morning, tiny smidgin of coffee, and a regular spoon of cacao. i had a mild hypertension develop in the hours after that, and that made me decide, er, no, i'm gonna skip all foods.

well, back to the subject. so, i'm not having a problem with gingko tea. just had some stuff with echinacea and hibiscus, and suddenly my mouth is alive with funny flavours like some sort of microbial activity was triggered by something in this tea. i mean, it's like milky, like i drank milk...

so i guess it must be the acid eating away the protection from pain that the milk was giving me.

probably i best avoid this hibiscus/rosehip sorta thing. now i am writing about it, i'm even getting a little tweakage of the ol chipped edges.

milk really is a thing with me right now.

what has made me choose to do a fast though, was a period of bad digestion.

and i am now becoming even more confirmed - that i have to stick to the pasture fed.

and not only that, that not all pasture fed really is, at least, based on the wonky reaction.

the Terra Nostra brand of milk (from the azores, both are) seems to be good, and causes me less or nearly no gut problems.

the Nova Azores brand says pasture fed, but it doesn't seem to be as good.

Out of the non-pasture fed brands, Pingo Doce seems to be one of the worst. I've unfortunately got like 8L of it sitting in the shelf, and i gotta drink it, but - well ,fingers crossed, maybe if i manage to get to 72 hours no food, hell, i'm kinda keen to try and push it to 6 days, yeah, since it's a nice round 144 hours... i'm going to get out and do some exercise, and not just pissy exercise, i'm gonna do a big walk with a heavy weight.

pingo doce machico is really disappointing me every time i go in there. the only thing that's sorta worth buying is the Mimosa brand milk, but it's kinda marginal. everywhere i go, not just Pingo, i see the same pattern - whole milk is really hard to find. the big Continente beside the runway usually i can manage to walk away with, if i could carry it, 18L, but it's always a bit hit and miss, there is the Agros brand, which is also quite good, and they almost always have Mimosa and sometimes i can get the Terra Nostra.

i really should try to just order a shitload of the stuff i know is good in one go.