While there is no need for people to drink animal milk, there is a preference for some. Your doctors preference should not impact on yours so suggest that while you value their choices you do require an answer to your question. If you do not get one, then change doctor. Your health, your choice and the doctor is not being helpful.

My stomach can't handle regular milk, I'm lactose intolerant.ive found almond milk works for me.

I buy only Silk Almond milk that is unsweetened. It really is good and adds no sugar to your bg. It is not the doctor who has diabetes so he can't know how certain foods will affect you. I have never listened to nutritionists or doctors about food choices because they do not know my body, everyone is different. I've been told way back over twenty years that I am celiac and to avoid wheat. Well, I do anyway because of the carbs. That diet that is low carb and high fat would be a good one for diabetics, but watch portion sizes.

Hi Celest2, I am aware of the sugar in milk and that the quantity could spike my BG.

However, what I want to find out is if I include a small amount of milk in my diet, would this be beneficial due to the additional insulin it evokes from the pancreas or would I just be putting additional stress on the beta cells.

I am already on a LCHF diet but would like to further enhance my numbers without stressing out the beta cells.

Milk also contains sugars so you need to be aware of this and check how milk affects your blood glucose levels. I am lactose intolerant so don't drink cows milk. I drink unsweetened almond milk, bit expensive but you can make your own quite easily to reduce the cost. It has no sugars of any sort in it so can't affect your blood glucose levels. Hope this helps you, Rosiek.