This sounds really dumb as I type it out

llaurenmarie
llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
in Food and Nutrition
But...

Is milk chocolate considered dairy?
What I mean is, does it have enough milk in it to affect my sinuses?
( I get stuffy and all that grossness when I have milk/dairy products)
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  • ParisKennedy
    ParisKennedy Posts: 38 Member
    Most definitely. It has enough milk (mostly milk) and milk causes mucus. Avoiding dairy will help this. You can substitute it with coconut milk or almond milk.

    I am really not sure if you are talking about chocolate milk or milk chocolate candy?
  • libbybond
    libbybond Posts: 36
    Dumb blonde joke?
  • kavanaghev
    kavanaghev Posts: 75 Member
    Like a milk chocolate dove bar? Depends what you are allergic to, I guess. My husband was allergic to casein (milk protein) and he couldn't have even tiny amounts. Other people who are just sensitive could prob hack the dairy in milk chocolate no problem.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    It's milk with chocolate so yeah if you can't drink milk don't drink the stuff.
  • kavanaghev
    kavanaghev Posts: 75 Member
    Are you talking about chocolate milk or milk chocolate candy?
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    Are you talking about chocolate milk or milk chocolate candy?
    Chocolate candy.

    Haha wow I do feel dumb now.
    I don't drink chocolate milk though.
  • affacat
    affacat Posts: 216 Member
    absolutely.
    so is anything with whey or casien.
  • kavanaghev
    kavanaghev Posts: 75 Member
    Okay that's what I thought. I don't think it's a dumb question, it's just probably not one any of us can answer because we don't know what in dairy you're reacting to.
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    absolutely.
    so is anything with whey or casien.
    Well thank you.
    Upsetting, but thank you.
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    Okay that's what I thought. I don't think it's a dumb question, it's just probably not one any of us can answer because we don't know what in dairy you're reacting to.
    Yeah I just know that once I stopped drinking milk, eating ice cream or yogurt, I don't wake up stuffy anymore.

    Also recently I've been having a few chocolate chips at night and I've been stuffy again.
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    I'm gonna admit, I thought you were either out of it or just kinda dumb because I thought you meant chocolate milk. I think I would consider it dairy, and if you're not sure, I'd stay away anyway, just in case (sad as it is! :sad:)
  • sullykat
    sullykat Posts: 461 Member
    read the ingredient list. If it contains milk products or lactose, I'd stay away. Sounds like you're pretty sensitive to something in dairy.
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    I'm not that dumb guys haha but thanks for being nice about it
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    Depends on what it is in the dairy that affects you.

    For me it's the type of protein, I can eat greek yogurt and certain brands of milk and am perfectly fine while others can make my lips/cheeks swell, extreme indigestion and/or severe stomach cramps, etc.

    Alternative if you are not sure what it is that affects you is to take a nibble, wait 24 hours if you have NO reaction then you can eat it. That has been my standby for a long time now when it comes to dairy.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Just try a darker chocolate and see how you get on.
    I am sensitive to milk, but fine with certain other dairy products.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    yes its milk. milk is dairy
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    any milk is dairy
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    Depends on what it is in the dairy that affects you.

    For me it's the type of protein, I can eat greek yogurt and certain brands of milk and am perfectly fine while others can make my lips/cheeks swell, extreme indigestion and/or severe stomach cramps, etc.

    Alternative if you are not sure what it is that affects you is to take a nibble, wait 24 hours if you have NO reaction then you can eat it. That has been my standby for a long time now when it comes to dairy.
    That's interesting about certain proteins. I will try the nibble trick with dark chocolate because I'm pretty positive about the milk chocolate.
  • affacat
    affacat Posts: 216 Member
    absolutely.
    so is anything with whey or casien.
    Well thank you.
    Upsetting, but thank you.

    no problem... everyone has those moments. a friend of mine once argued with me -- insisted peanut butter had dairy because it was made with peanuts and butter. made funnier because at the time i was getting my peanut butter direct from an in-store peanut grinder. go figure.
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    absolutely.
    so is anything with whey or casien.
    Well thank you.
    Upsetting, but thank you.

    no problem... everyone has those moments. a friend of mine once argued with me -- insisted peanut butter had dairy because it was made with peanuts and butter. made funnier because at the time i was getting my peanut butter direct from an in-store peanut grinder. go figure.
    Oh wow. Wow. Wow. lol
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Okay that's what I thought. I don't think it's a dumb question, it's just probably not one any of us can answer because we don't know what in dairy you're reacting to.
    Yeah I just know that once I stopped drinking milk, eating ice cream or yogurt, I don't wake up stuffy anymore.

    Also recently I've been having a few chocolate chips at night and I've been stuffy again.

    sounds like it is that... you might be able to get soya versions of milk chocolate... or train your tastebuds to like dark chocolate
  • GEW666
    GEW666 Posts: 8
    Oh Dear Lord I will pray for thy stupid question. No such thing ad a stupid question, only stupid people.....
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    You could always eat it and see if it affects you. I get what you're saying about dairy, but I've never had that issue with milk chocolate.
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Have you had an allergy test? If it affects your sinuses, it could be a serious allergy. Peanut butter, even in trace amounts, used to affect my sinuses. I loved it and ate it anyway. One day, my sister made homemade peanut butter cups. Delicious...until my throat started getting itchy in addition to my sinuses swelling. Then I went into anaphylactic shock. Good times. But not really because I almost died.

    Dairy doesn't affect my sinuses, but makes me projectile vomit. Even small amounts of milk chocolate. So...my point is, be careful and don't ask on a random website for other people's opinions.
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    Have you had an allergy test? If it affects your sinuses, it could be a serious allergy. Peanut butter, even in trace amounts, used to affect my sinuses. I loved it and ate it anyway. One day, my sister made homemade peanut butter cups. Delicious...until my throat started getting itchy in addition to my sinuses swelling. Then I went into anaphylactic shock. Good times. But not really because I almost died.

    Dairy doesn't affect my sinuses, but makes me projectile vomit. Even small amounts of milk chocolate. So...my point is, be careful and don't ask on a random website for other people's opinions.
    Oh my.

    Since it was just a stuffy nose reaction I didn't quite take it as seriously.
    I'll look into it with my doctor.
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Have you had an allergy test? If it affects your sinuses, it could be a serious allergy. Peanut butter, even in trace amounts, used to affect my sinuses. I loved it and ate it anyway. One day, my sister made homemade peanut butter cups. Delicious...until my throat started getting itchy in addition to my sinuses swelling. Then I went into anaphylactic shock. Good times. But not really because I almost died.

    Dairy doesn't affect my sinuses, but makes me projectile vomit. Even small amounts of milk chocolate. So...my point is, be careful and don't ask on a random website for other people's opinions.
    Oh my.

    Sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out. By "affecting my sinuses," I mean that I could literally feel sinus pressure within seconds of eating peanuts/peanut butter. It wasn't just a stuffy nose. But I still suggest getting tested by some sort of doctor. And in any case, even if it is just an intolerance, clearly your body is sending you a message.

    Since it was just a stuffy nose reaction I didn't quite take it as seriously.
    I'll look into it with my doctor.
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    if you were allergic to it, you would break out in hives. being itchy, abdominal pain, anaphylactic shock.... stuffy nose would be least of your problems
  • siqiniq
    siqiniq Posts: 237 Member
    But...

    Is milk chocolate considered dairy?
    What I mean is, does it have enough milk in it to affect my sinuses?
    ( I get stuffy and all that grossness when I have milk/dairy products)

    What happens when you eat it? It doesn't matter if it's "considered" dairy or not, if it causes unpleasant side effects for you, don't eat it. There! Wasn't that simple?
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    if you were allergic to it, you would break out in hives. being itchy, abdominal pain, anaphylactic shock.... stuffy nose would be least of your problems
    Have a stuffy nose for 3 years and call me
  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    But...

    Is milk chocolate considered dairy?
    What I mean is, does it have enough milk in it to affect my sinuses?
    ( I get stuffy and all that grossness when I have milk/dairy products)

    What happens when you eat it? It doesn't matter if it's "considered" dairy or not, if it causes unpleasant side effects for you, don't eat it. There! Wasn't that simple?
    I wasn't sure if that was causing it.. obviously

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