Feel really cold after drinking milk

[Anonymous]

I did not grow up drinking milk and drink it only rarely as an adult. I may have two glasses of milk a month. When I do drink milk I feel incredibly cold right after drinking it. I don’t think it is the temperature of the milk because it doesn’t happen with other cold drinks. The cold I feel is a deep in your bones coldness. I have chills and I have actually hopped in the shower or a bath to warm up because it feels like I can’t get warm again. (I feel that cold.). I don’t show any signs of lactose intolerance. No GI issues with milk and fine with other dairy. Has anyone else experienced this or know why it happens?

[Anonymous]

nope no idea...but you could try non-dairy milks, drinking warm milk, or just not drinking milk when it's cold outside...I imagine it could feel really good to cool off that way when it's summertime. I eat a lot of watermelon for a similar reason in the summer--it cools me off like nothing else!

[Anonymous]

I am shooting from the hip here but milk is pretty much liquid calcium. While feeling cold is the result of iron management in your body.
So very generally speaking there might be some super fast binding of iron blocking done by calcium in milk and that is why you might be feeling cold.

I don't have any specific milk science for you but this is what is going on with water:
"water can pass through your stomach and large intestine to your bloodstream in as little as five minutes."

So since milk is also a liquid and would be absorbed at similar rate, that would .. could explain why you might be feeling cold
quickly after drinking milk.

Try to fool the system, load on beef that is iron heavy. Have two or so hamburgers for lunch and then drink a glass of milk
at bedtime and see what happens.

Also .. is the milk cold or hot? Try to drink hot milk. It tastes good.

My other speculation would be.. thyroid... which is responsible for energy management in every cell of the body...
maybe just maybe it is somehow affected by the milk? Then again it probably again boils down to iron that is in every single cell
and so is calcium but too much calcium to fast might disable the iron temprarly making you feeling cold? Maybe?

I think if I were to guess why this might be the case is that you said, only milk not other diary.
What is the difference between the other diary and the milk? The state of the matter..
Milk is liquid and runniest of all diary. While others are either very thick yougurts or cheeses right?

They take MUCH longer to get absorbed into the system and probably that gradual absorption
is also mixed up with the other substances .. foods from your stomach that come along with the calcium that might be way less agressive then the one from milk.

So the milk calcium is just a fast calcium shot into your cells and .. calcium is also a .. metal.. which coincidentally many people do not realize.

Did you try to figure out if this is the milk issue or additives issue?

I would try PURE milk without vitamin D or other junk. Nobody know what is the D they add and where they source.
I get my milk always without vitamin D and buy my own vitamin D that I use as needed not a random stuff.

See if the pure milk will have the same effect. I think you can find organic milk without added vitamin D at Whole Foods.
Every milk has vitamin D but it is normally occuring in the cow's making it process, but I am talking about ADDED vitamin D in the manufacturing process.

[Anonymous]

more..

I just found this so maybe my guesswork is not without merit?

I think this tells me that calcium is not an issue with solid calcium but might be issue with milk.



Single-meal studies have indicated that calcium inhibits iron absorption in humans. However, numerous dietary factors influence iron absorption, and the effect of calcium may not be as pronounced when calcium is served as part of a whole diet.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that you avoid drinking cold milk during winters, as it can cause cold and cough

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/hot-milk-or-cold-milk-which-is-better-for-health/photostory/75098693.cms

[Anonymous]

So try something else, like warm milk? If you still feel this way, I would not dismiss your body's signals.
I started couching when eating ice cream and hacking like a TB patient. Thought it was the cold that caused it, but turns out I have a severe dairy alelrgy.

[Anonymous]

coughing! Jeez! Allergy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am shooting from the hip here but milk is pretty much liquid calcium. While feeling cold is the result of iron management in your body.
So very generally speaking there might be some super fast binding of iron blocking done by calcium in milk and that is why you might be feeling cold.

I don't have any specific milk science for you but this is what is going on with water:
"water can pass through your stomach and large intestine to your bloodstream in as little as five minutes."

So since milk is also a liquid and would be absorbed at similar rate, that would .. could explain why you might be feeling cold
quickly after drinking milk.

Try to fool the system, load on beef that is iron heavy. Have two or so hamburgers for lunch and then drink a glass of milk
at bedtime and see what happens.

Also .. is the milk cold or hot? Try to drink hot milk. It tastes good.

My other speculation would be.. thyroid... which is responsible for energy management in every cell of the body...
maybe just maybe it is somehow affected by the milk? Then again it probably again boils down to iron that is in every single cell
and so is calcium but too much calcium to fast might disable the iron temprarly making you feeling cold? Maybe?

I think if I were to guess why this might be the case is that you said, only milk not other diary.
What is the difference between the other diary and the milk? The state of the matter..
Milk is liquid and runniest of all diary. While others are either very thick yougurts or cheeses right?

They take MUCH longer to get absorbed into the system and probably that gradual absorption
is also mixed up with the other substances .. foods from your stomach that come along with the calcium that might be way less agressive then the one from milk.

So the milk calcium is just a fast calcium shot into your cells and .. calcium is also a .. metal.. which coincidentally many people do not realize.

Did you try to figure out if this is the milk issue or additives issue?

I would try PURE milk without vitamin D or other junk. Nobody know what is the D they add and where they source.
I get my milk always without vitamin D and buy my own vitamin D that I use as needed not a random stuff.

See if the pure milk will have the same effect. I think you can find organic milk without added vitamin D at Whole Foods.
Every milk has vitamin D but it is normally occuring in the cow's making it process, but I am talking about ADDED vitamin D in the manufacturing process.

Op here. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I am looking for the same answer. My doctor I had a long time ago told me it had to do with absorption but I can't remember if it was vitamin D or iron and she told me how to help remedy it, but now I can't remember.

I have learned though, which leads me to believe it's related to vitamin D, when I get that cold after drinking milk, if I stand in direct sunlight, even if it's freezing outside, I immediately feel alomst completely better. This works even better than a hot shower. I get the exact same way. Like I'll never be warm again.

[Anonymous]

I have that same problem. Sometimes I feel so cold I have to hop in the shower to warm back up.

[Anonymous]

Milk and ice cream does the same to me. I've been known to huttle in a blanket in the middle of a Texas summer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that you avoid drinking cold milk during winters, as it can cause cold and cough

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/hot-milk-or-cold-milk-which-is-better-for-health/photostory/75098693.cms

Excellent article! It explains why warm milk helps you to sleep. I wish I knew how to link the article in the Infants and Toddlers forum. So many parents keep complaining about getting their child to sleep, yet they are doing COLD bottles right before sleep time!!! It’s insane.

[Anonymous]

I get cold as well—good to know someone else has experienced the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did not grow up drinking milk and drink it only rarely as an adult. I may have two glasses of milk a month. When I do drink milk I feel incredibly cold right after drinking it. I don’t think it is the temperature of the milk because it doesn’t happen with other cold drinks. The cold I feel is a deep in your bones coldness. I have chills and I have actually hopped in the shower or a bath to warm up because it feels like I can’t get warm again. (I feel that cold.). I don’t show any signs of lactose intolerance. No GI issues with milk and fine with other dairy. Has anyone else experienced this or know why it happens?

I am the same way but i drink milk all the time... it makes me freezing cold but nothing else makes me feel that cold including water loaded with ice... milk freezes me for some reason... must have something to do with the calcium 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Since you rarely drink milk, stop drinking milk.