People's reactions are going to differ from person to person, both in what kind of reaction and what they react to. Dairy and artificial sweeteners worsen my IBS, alcohol worsens my fibro pain, sugar messes with my mood and gives me headaches, and I get some lovely GI symptoms from eating gluten, nuts and chickpeas. Yogurt tends to be easier to digest than milk or cheese because of the probiotics in it, and if it's not giving you any problems there's no reason to stop eating it (plus, it's really good for you!).

I get a lot of reactions from milk and tested positive when a Naturopath did a bunch of tests a few years back (only allergy was to milk)--Yogurt used to cause joint aching so I only eat it once in awhile
Ice cream causes aching and light headedness the next day.
I do think those with FM tend to have many allergies to environmental substances, and foods.

I think we get FM from exposure to toxins in the environment, over both our lives and the lives of the last few generations (cumulative genetic damage)---- that said, I seem to do fine with dairy--- I go super low-fat mostly --- and if you don't have issues? Dairy can be *good* for you. Grew up in dairy country, and if you take my cheese, I'm gonna be one upset kitty!

I avoid processed foods (other than cheese, LOL) and that seems to help *lot*. So it's variable from person to person.

The One Rule in Fibro? Is that No One Thing FIts All.... *sigh*

Milk is good for you. I grew up drinking three to four glasses a day and my bones are fairly good.
Just at a certain point, my body couldn't handle it anymore.
I do think that all the chemicals and processed foods added into our diet over the past 100 years or so must be contributing to
FM, Cancer, MS and many other illnesses.
It's amazing when you look back to the days before we had processed food and chemicals; the amount of changes in such a short
time have surely affected us all

Thank you for your input. The reason I was concerned about yogurt was that I was eating it once or twice a day, but at the same time I was drinking iced tea made with Keuirg machine (so easy) I happened to look at the ingredients and in a area away from the nutrition facts was listed aspartame. I know this is a nono, so, stopped the iced tea immediately. My concern originally was the yogurt might be causing my joint pain. I 'm convinced now it was the aspartame

See I should not have dairy at all because I am lactose intolerant. So with this I can say I have not heard about anything with the fibro.

As you may have surmised from the responses here, dietary issues are as individual with fibro patients as with the rest of the population.

Like Leo, I have found benefit to simply "cleaning up" my diet - eliminating processed foods, going organic whenever possible, and buying local whenever possible.

I was diagnosed with osteopenia a few months ago, so I've actually upped my dairy intake in order to increase my calcium intake, and there has been no change in my symptoms.

i, too, eat yoghurt twice a day. and have osteopenia. My bones were much improved over the last few years as I've begun eating sardines, with the bones still in. Mashed up and on buttered toast with tomatoes, it's my lunch! Dr. looked it up and was amazed at how my bones have improved and how it is suggested to be a solution.

Standing is good for the bones, and I detest it, so there's the rub. I do take pilates once a week and walk daily. Which is hard for me to do, as I have pain when walking, I think it's radiated from my back to my hips and legs. Puppy likes the walks, too.l