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do you cut out for lactose intolerance

Hi Julie Ann

If it's anything like wheat intolerance (which my son has) then there will be lactose "hidden" in some foods - especially the pre-prepared stuff.

I googled and this was the first hit - but I expect there are plenty of other sites:

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lactoseintolerance/

Good luck with it!

Jill

thanks for that,
xx

just investigating it at mo, as not confirmed it, just suspect it

My daughter has an intolerance to cow's milk and like Jill says, she finds milk is 'hidden' in all manner of products, including some unexpected ones like Oxo cubes.
As she is not allergic, just intolerant it's not a major problem now that she has learnt which products to avoid and she can easily go out for meals and find something to suit.
Watch out for 'New Improved Recipe' on items you buy though. Manufacturers sneak in extra ingredients sometimes.
Daughter finds semi-skimmed goats milk OK, but has learnt to drink black coffee, if that milk is not available.
Some of the soya ones are horrible. Several spreads / 'marg' are dairy free now and readily available in supermarkets for spreading or use in cooking.

Good luck.

Gwyn

thanks for that too,

i only thought about it after suffering for last weeks constantly and realiseing one tablet i take contains lactose,
and since i been taking that i noticed it worsen
then when i thought aabout wot i do eat, and tea and coffee make me feel sick sometimes
it crossed my mind

Cheese is a killer! There are some lovely soya drinks around and soya ice cream, olive oil spreads are fine. As a 'diet' its not too bad, good luck

Watch out for WHEY /Whey Powder - it gets everywhere

Hi Julie Ann

I'm lactose intollerant, it's annoying. I use Alpro soya milk and Pure dairy free spread. You've got to be so careful, read the label on all foods. I've found the only biscuits without milk are Arrowroot and Marie although you can buy dairy free ones that are very expensive. Watch out with bread as well, eg French sticks usually have milk in but as a rule the part baked bagettes are ok. Sainsbury's do a lovely small box of chocolates if need some special ones or they do bars if you need a choccy fix, Lindt 70% Dark chocolate is ok too. Watch out for tinned and packet soups, instant mashed potatoes, sauce mixes. If you like a curry be careful there as well.

I could go on and on, but you do learn to live with it. My OH is more upset about it than me! lol

pm me if you need to, I'm always around if you need to chat

Take care

Dee x

Me again

In answer to your question, the basics are:

Milk, cheese, butter, cream and yoghurt

please check all this imfo as I was told when my son was on this type of diet that yogurt was ok ....and you do need some of this in your diet for other reasons

we now deal with 6 people including myself whom cant eat lots of foods..try this web site
www.gfdiet.com

good luck

Hi Julie Ann

I've been living with this for the last 5 years ... not just feeling "off", but with complete gut emptying after eating any amount of lactose.


Basically it is milk, cheese, yoghurt, icecream, butter, cream, clotted cream, milk breads, etc



Eggs are fine though!

(I can't count the number of times I've been asked can I eat eggs!)


Not only do you have to start checking ingredients of stuff you buy, but you also have to check when eating out ...... whether that is with friends or family, cafe, pub or restaurant.


I don't know about the UK, but it is getting easier every year over here ............ I have very few problems when eating out for example.


It means no cream type sauces with food ........................ but I've come to prefer non-creamy ones anyway.



Over the years, I have found that biscuits are a big problem ................ you will find one manufacturer includes butter while another doesn't.


Also don't expect ingredients to stay the same long term, manufacturers change their products!

I used to be able to eat a lovely Lemon Tea Biscuit, then started having problems after some years ......... yep, ingredients changed, now contain milk products. Unfortunately, they'd come on sale just before this and we have 3 packets in the store cupboard that OH has to eat!!


Try cutting ALL milk products out of your diet for 2 weeks, then including them again. See what happens. Keep a record.


The doc will probably ask you to do that anyway!


THEN ... you'll have to think about ensuring you keep your calcium and Vitamin D uptake at the correct level!



sylvia

OH suffers from what we think is lactose intolerance. We tried to use the lactose free milk but have now changed to Goats milk. We've also found that lactase tablets help. The best ones are Lactase 3500 made by Solgar. There not cheap (£8.25 for 30) but OH can take two of those and then eat at Pizza Express with no bad effects.

thanks guys for this info

its strange but ive thought about it and noticed these symptoms for a while now,
weve gone out to eat, with friends ive had my fav, lasgne chips, and ive felt positively faint, stomach cramps, its weird,

ive only considerd lactose intolerance after a change in medication, (like i said one containing lactose, particular brand),

i did read on a site last night you can get tablets that counter act it, as janet says,allowing you to eat or drink dairy in moderation, as some times its needed

Julie

The lactose tablets can be good, if they work for you.

unfortunately, they do not work for me.

You do have to take them immediately before or while you are eating the dairy-containing food.



sylvia