The Delamere Dairy Blog

It’s approaching that time of year again when we stock up on tissues, cough sweets and vapour rubs in attempt to keep the sniffles at bay. The winter months are when it would seem everyone from playgrounds, transport and work places are suffering with viruses, coughs, colds and fevers.

Have you ever thought that changing something as small as the milk that you pour into your tea could help you though? When you’re struck down with a cold, you’re told to avoid dairy as it aggravates the system and seems to encourage more phlegm.

Although goats are a dairy animal, goats’ milk is often classified as a ‘dairy free’ milk in the same category as soya, rice and oat milk.

Around 1 in 6 people in the UK need an alternative to cows’ milk, goats’ milk can be the ideal substitute since it has all the goodness of a dairy milk in terms of calcium and vitamins, but often doesn’t aggravate the conditions that cows’ milk can. It is non-mucous forming so when suffering from a cold, it won’t add to your congestion! As well as being non-mucus forming, goats’ milk actually helps to neutralise mucus which can provide dramatic relief to those suffering from catarrh. For children with perpetual runny noses, a switch from cow’s milk dairy products to goat’s milk can bring almost instant relief. Hurrah!

So next time you pop out to get a lemsip – pick up some goats’ milk too!