Spin off (my first one, forgive me): dairy free

Whenever we did whole 30's... we would have almond milk. I actually prefer the taste.

I've never tried it but I hear a gluten-free diet is awesome for the skin. And of course the obvious a ton of water, veggies and fruits.

I prefer almond milk over real milk. I like the taste so much better especially with cereal. I buy the unsweetened vanilla kind for cereal and smoothies and for cooking I just buy regular unsweetened.

Just a thought, almond milk is the world BIGGEST rip off ever, despite being an awesome product.

It is literally a handful of ground almonds in a jug of water, with some vanilla sometimes.

Make your own if you go that route, all you need is a good food processor.

I use almond milk and no longer have stomach issues when I have cereal or make anything requiring milk. Sorry for the TMI. I substitute regular milk with almond milk in everything.

We do almond milk. I tried this switch once and actually got my husband hooked on almond milk, while I went back to cows milk haha. So I'll start drinking that more. This is going to be a very slow transition for me. I tried to do it cold turkey last time and it didn't work. I'm trying to find replacement products close enough to not miss the real thing.

I won't miss cheese. Being a picky eater, cheese was never my thing. I just started eating velveeta in college because it was easy to make in a dorm room.

It depends on what you're using it for. Almond milk for drinking/cereal, coconut milk for baking, different cheeses do different things. I kind of like Daiya slices for most things.

I do almond milk every once a while for lactose-free diet.... not aware it helps with bad skin.... *interesting

Stonyfield O'Soy yogurt is the only kind I can eat. And Purely Decadent ice cream! Usually I just do without dairy except almost milk though.

I prefer rice milk myself. I usually get the plain but the chocolate is really good. I think you should try a few varieties out there. You should try different brands also. For soy milk, there was a brand Westbrae which I didn't love, but whole foods brand was great.

I love the Toffutti ice cream sandwiches.

I use different substitutes depending on what I'm making. Soy milk for mashed potatoes. Almond milk for cereal. Rice milk is good when you don't want to taste the milk. Coconut milk is great for baking or making creamy things, like sauces.

I'll have to try coconut milk in a baking recipe. DH claims to hate it but I've never ever seen him try it

I use almond milk and coconut milk. Cashew cream is also amazing (you make it by soaking raw cashews, then blending them. I use almond milk in almost all recipes unless it needs to be really creamy, then I do coconut or cashew. I like daiya cheeses but they are pricey. Most of the time I just don't eat cheese. If I want it I take lactaid and I avoid tummy troubles, but I still break out.

I love coconut yogurt but it is too expensive for me to buy regularly. It's also too sweet to use in savory recipes.

If you eat soy silken tofu can sub for ricotta or other soft cheeses. If you are going dairy free to help your skin you may want to stay away from soy too. I have a soy intolerance, so I can't eat it anyway, but soy can mimic estrogen in your system so it might affect your skin.

@KM, I cut dairy because of skin issues too!! Let us know how it goes for you. It did make a difference for me. I switched to almond milk wherever milk was needed, and olive oil for butter. Other than that I just tried to go healthier and eat more whole foods instead of looking for other substitutes for dairy products. Good luck!

Thanks for the tip on soy Jacqui! I was going to avoid soy for other reasons. I think there are so many other alternatives now, that soy isn't as necessary anymore

The thing about soy mimicking estrogen is, the only documented case of that happening was a guy who drank.... I think it was two gallons of soymilk a day? Just chugged 'em straight. You need truly enormous regular doses of soy for it to have any hormonal effect on you, because the estrogen in soy is *plant* estrogen, and our bodies are smart enough to recognize normal amounts of it as not the stuff they actually use.