"I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did"
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The specific intent is practical and performative at once. She’s justifying a dietary choice in the language of measurable outcomes (allergies down, weight down), anticipating skepticism without sounding defensive. By framing the decision as originally motivated by health (“reduce my allergies”) and only secondarily by appearance (“lose weight”), she tucks vanity behind necessity - a socially safer order of operations, especially for women in public life who are punished for caring too much or too little about their bodies.
The subtext is about control. Allergies and weight are two arenas where many people feel powerless; “I started because...which it did” reads like a reclaiming of agency in a culture that sells chronic discomfort as normal. Contextually, it sits squarely in the late-20th/early-21st century wellness boom, where “dairy-free” functions as both dietary shorthand and identity marker. Drescher’s credibility isn’t scientific; it’s narrative: survival-by-optimization, delivered with the bright certainty of someone who’s been watched, judged, and still insists on authoring her own body’s story.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Drescher, Fran. (2026, January 16). I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-been-dairy-free-for-several-years-and-i-137240/
Chicago Style
Drescher, Fran. "I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-been-dairy-free-for-several-years-and-i-137240/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-been-dairy-free-for-several-years-and-i-137240/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.





