Hi, my 12 year old daughter is 5 foot 6 and is over weight by about 1 stone. She also gets spots and has frequent tummy aches. She is fully developed and started her periods over a year ago. I've been reading about the health implications of dairy, and think she would benefit from giving it up. I was going to do a trial for 3 months, then see if there is any difference in her skin, stomach aches and weight. I'm also doing it as I have PCOS, eczema and I get spots.
The problem is with my daughter, I think it's going to be really hard to get enough calcium into her. There isn't that much she will eat of the calcium rich non dairy foods. She'll eat baked beans, nuts, homies, dried fruit and she'll drink orange juice. Anything veg related would have to be blended so she couldn't see/ taste it. She has learning disabilities and possible autism and doesn't like change or trying new things. I don't know if I'm just going to end up making life extremely difficult for myself and weather or not it would be worth it?