Lactose Intolerant

I sympathise as I recently discovered this too and it's a pain in the butt! Soy might work for you, sadly it makes me vomit almost instantly, even worse than the lactose!!

Hopefully you can tolerate soy.

Unfortunately, like Okiegal, my body doesn't like soy much either.

Hi all,

I have just found out I'm lactose intolerant. I had no idea how much of my fave foods would be off limits.

I am really missing ice cream.

Can anyone give me recipes or advise on how to live with this annoying issue.

They do make pills that you can take before you eat dairy that help your body digest the lactose.

I sometimes get a reaction to dairy, but it's usually things that are higher in fat. For example, if I stick to skim milk, I can drink it all day long, but 2% does horrible things to me. I can eat Edy's slow churned ice cream, and Baskin Robbins, but Dairy Queen and Coldstone Creamery make me instantly and violently ill. I have no problem eating yogurt, and cheese is fine as long as I don't eat a lot of it. Is it possible that this is true for you too?

Hopefully you can tolerate soy.

Unfortunately, like Okiegal, my body doesn't like soy much either.

How about Rice Milk? Or Goat milk? Is that the same lactose-wise?

Goat's milk also has lactose. But since I am allergic to cow's milk I drink it all the time and it is great. It's suppose to be healthier than cow's milk too, although I haven't reallt researched it.

Hi all,

I have just found out I'm lactose intolerant. I had no idea how much of my fave foods would be off limits.

I am really missing ice cream.

Can anyone give me recipes or advise on how to live with this annoying issue.

They do make pills that you can take before you eat dairy that help your body digest the lactose.

I sometimes get a reaction to dairy, but it's usually things that are higher in fat. For example, if I stick to skim milk, I can drink it all day long, but 2% does horrible things to me. I can eat Edy's slow churned ice cream, and Baskin Robbins, but Dairy Queen and Coldstone Creamery make me instantly and violently ill. I have no problem eating yogurt, and cheese is fine as long as I don't eat a lot of it. Is it possible that this is true for you too?

This used to be true for me... but all I have ever drank is skim... so I don't know how this happened. My doctor told me that I am at the age where I can get this and I just had a 6 day stomach virus. he told me that it might have made me more sensitive to dairy and I noticed the symptoms more.

As far as cheese, I have tried eating it (I have been a bit in denial here...) and I get so sick... like up all night sick.

Can you eat yogurt? If you can, maybe try eating one of the pro-biotic kinds for two weeks and see if that helps. If the symptoms started after a stomach virus, there's a good chance that you have simply lost a good amount of the "good bacteria" in you intestines that help with digestion. If you are wary of yogurt, you can also get live pro-biotic supplements at health food stores. And even if it doesn't help, it certainly won't hurt.

I have been diagnosed lactose intolerant by the doctor. I described my symptoms to her (gas, stomach pain, etc.) and she referred me to have a lactose test (which is horrible, but doable) and then she found that I am in fact lactose intolerant (when they test for lactose they also test for gluten intolerance). Nowadays, it's fairly easy to avoid dairy products with such a wide selection of non-dairy products available. There is lactose free sour cream, milk. Soy cheese, yogurt (which is actually pretty good...the cheese not so much). Goat products are also lactose free, I LOVE feta and goat cheeses so that's perfect for me but I've never tried goat milk. Of course, there's also lactaid available in a large variety of sizes. No name products work just as well but are about half the price. Because I have such a severe intolerance I have to take 3 Ultra (9000 unit) pills each and every time. However when I started it wasn't too bad and I only had to take one 1500 unit. Do NOT take more than 3 Ultra pills at one time, if you've worked up to that and it's still a problem then you need to cut dairy from your diet. Any questions, just send me a message!