Lactose Intolerance Help

MikePfirrman

Strike what I said above about K2 in Goat Cheese, it's Capric and Caprylic Acid that give it that pungent taste -- both of which are great for you. Caprylic acid has antibacterial/Antiviral properties.

fancyqtr

Thank you all for the information. The plant based cheese I had was coconut based. I do have an almond one that I haven't tried yet.

I got one kind of goat cheese from my friend who has the goats. Actually, the milk I got from her is really good, too. I haven't had much of it yet and I'm afraid it is starting to sour. I just pulled the cheese out of the freezer. Can't try it until after church Sunday, though. Have to go out the next 3 days.

Fuzzipeg

AS said previously, casein issues are more common than Lactose because most people react to a protein rather than sugar which is what lactose is, its in medical papers. Where someone has casein issues its more likely the t4 casein which is the issue, its not the version of casein we are intended to consume, eat. T4 came into our diet with the use of bovine dairy which in times past served many well to get them through winters and hard times as butter and cheeses when other foods were scarce. It does not mean we all changed our systems enough to make the enzymes required to digest the t4 casein which is why many react to the t4 casein. Goat/sheep milk being t3 dominant and is most like human milk is least likely to give a body grief when digesting it.

Yes, goat/sheep milk does contain lactose but as someone else has written on here, casein intolerance is often misdiagnosed as lactose intolerance, even a medic I came across told me that one. (in my youth, and children's, it was always lactose said to be the issue, I think it came from the research into the disorder called Celiac and was carried into general thinking. For some reason Casein was never, never ever mentioned way back then.) T4 Casein being a protein is now known to be more difficult to digest than t3 casein which by extension makes the lactose more easy to digest for most, also in scientific papers. Now were someone to have rejected their own mothers, own milk when a tiny baby then by all means give goat/sheep a miss. Allergies are something you are born with intolerances are things you acquire and can and do extend from endocrine issues which is another total minefield.

I had to try goat milk a life time ago in order to achieve the breadth of nutrients for other medical reasons. Like many I did try lactose free for a little while previously but it made absolutely no difference to me over cow/bovine milk. Then thinking about it, all through my childhood I had access to Channel Island Milk,( UK terminology, I'm British!) That milk is now often called A2! Type 3 casein dominant.

Milk is not supposed to be drunk, eaten, consumed by persons over the age where mixed feeding has been introduced and is said to be completed. I fear many are loosing out on the nutritional value of milk which is full of essential minerals and vitamins even in trace amounts can lead to other health issues.

I've looked at the nutritional make up of vegan cheeses OK, all British ones, looking for similar dietary/nutritional advantage and found none to justify what I consider to be, the rubbery texture and insipid taste.

Please do your own investigations because you should verify all information. I don't want anyone to run the health risks I've encountered over a lifetime.

fancyqtr

Fuzzipeg, is there any way to check if it is the cassein instead of lactose? I don't know for sure if the goat will be okay for me. I did drink a half cup one day and don't think it was a problem, but I did have somethig else that was a little iffy for me. Other than that I have been doing okay with the lactose free, but I haven't really been having much of it. I've been having problems with sweets, though, that I'm not supposed to be eating anyway.

Fuzzipeg

I've just done a little research, found intolerance lab UK, they say. cow milk protein content is 80% casein with whey 20% where as human milk is 40% protein. They mention IgG blood tests test your blood against proteins it contains. An IgE blood test, tests for allergy and its possible to find hair analysis. they also list the different symptoms which are associated with lactose and casein issues.

I'm concerned you react to sweets. Unless you eat toffees with a dairy base, rather than ones principally using sugars as the base, I think its the sugar in the sweets which are causing issues. Sugar these days comes from so many different products not just the sugar cane. I'm minded to go down the candida, yeast overgrowth path.

I'm no medical expert just someone who has gone through the mill trying to understand my own dietary issues and autoimmunity which are now identified. Many find the concept of gut dysbiosis controversial but from experience it is a thing. I know Corn, known as Sweet Corn in the UK and possibly other countries is high in salicylate, so extrapolating from that the corn derived sweetener probably is too, its a mine field. Salicylate is a compound many plants use as their fungicide. Its something the human body can, given the right circumstances, have difficulties eliminating, its the build up which gives rise to the issues. There are many sites about Salicylate Intolerance now, as against when I was really looking into it about 10 years ago. There is also Histamine Intolerance which can cohabit with salicylate intolerance but foods on one list which are good are not on the other. There are many sites about histamine intolerance too. The combination tends to be an endocrine issue. FODMAPS is a system associated with IBS which group food compounds together but do not necessarily help with Salicylate especially when histamine is involved. Pre and pro biotics can be helpful. I found many have flavours from either high salicylate food groups or from high histamine or histamine promoting food groups, I've said dietary issues are a minefield for someone to go it alone trying to overcome.

Probably consulting a good Naturopath or similar, a functional practitioner, because modern foods are a nightmare and they could be a short cut to help with your issues. Many consider all this to be total rubbish, I fear this is because they are fortunate not to have dietary issues of a systemic kind.

There are many generally accepted medications which can disturb the body especially if they are used over many years. Thinking for women, forms of contraception, these can change hormone levels more than some persons systems can take, thinking IUD, some have copper in them as the spermicide but it also can negatively effects the woman's biome too. A vegetarian diet is high in copper because zinc the balancing mineral is balanced in someone who eats meats. Copper has been linked to candida, thrush issues because it changes the bodies, I think its acidity encouraging overgrowth of these specific yeasts. I know antibiotics are not prescribed as often these days but in the past they were handed out frequently. I've read use more often than one a year can cause issues with the microbiome. Then there are various products for indigestion and other more sever medical conditions so many have lists of contra indications.

I hope I've been as comprehensive as possible. Someone trained will know way more than I. I wish you well in achieving good health.

fancyqtr

Thank you. There is some problem with sugar, too, but when I get too much of it. I am fine with just a little. At least it has been better than it was.