Lactose Intolerance

[PeakOfTheMountain]

Does anybody have this? I only recently found out I have it and it has basically been the cause of all my stomach pain for years. I just can't believe I didn't find out sooner. I have to change my whole diet too because I have all this dairy in my fridge.

[kilgoretrout]

Yes, I found out the hard way. Drank a tall glass of milk with a cinnamon bun - could barely stand up straight the next day (my stomach hurt so bad) and pretty much **** my insides out.

[komorikun]

What is your ethnicity? I believe lactose intolerance is more common among East Asians and Native Americans.

[Borophyll]

Yea I don't do dairy either. Make sure you read labels carefully lots of things unfortunately have some sort of dairy in it.

[momentsunset]

I recently found this out too and after cutting out dairy I can't believe what a difference it made in my health, even after just one damn day haha. I wish I found this out sooner too.. it would have saved me years of constipation/stomach discomfort.

[Banzai]

Wow, can't believe I'm not the only person who found out late too! Found out a few months ago!

[scarpia]

I have a mild case. I took lactaid pills for a while rather than give up milk. They worked. I eventually cut mild out of my diet for about a year and my lactose intolerance improved. I can drink moderate amounts of milk without a problem now.

I get problems when I eat too much peanut buter too. If it happens I avoid peanut butter for a year and then I can eat it again.

[thehiddencheese]

I found out about a year ago, Used to love cereal, but noticed its would cause gas, cramps, and ( ya know lol )

Never was a big milk drinker but now I can't even eat my favorite breakfast food lol

[A SAD Finn]

I'm not totally lactose intolerant but I have reduced lactase production. I can tolerate small amounts of lactose every now and then but regular consumption will give me diarrhea and stomach pain. We have very good lactose-free milk products here in Finland so being lactose intolerant is no problem although those products are a bit more expensive compared to their regular counterparts.

[Borophyll]

Originally Posted by thehiddencheese

I found out about a year ago, Used to love cereal, but noticed its would cause gas, cramps, and ( ya know lol )

Never was a big milk drinker but now I can't even eat my favorite breakfast food lol

Try almond milk, and enjoy your favorite breakfast again.

[A SAD Finn]

Originally Posted by Borophyll

Try almond milk, and enjoy your favorite breakfast again.

Don't you have lactose-free cow milk in the US?

[Borophyll]

Originally Posted by A SAD Finn

Don't you have lactose-free cow milk in the US?

Some people who are lactose intolerant have bigger issues like ibs, colitis, crohn's disease, etc. Even tho they are lactose intolerant from it they still cant consume lactose free animal milk. Not sure if anyone here has that so just pointed that out, so they know other options besides animal milk are available. Besides pasteurized animal milk they sell in regular grocery stores at least in the US isn't even that good for you. Almond milk lasts longer, taste better(opinion of course), and similar price.

[A SAD Finn]

I think all the milk they sell in stores here is pasteurized. There's been discussion if that's a good thing or not. Some people say that pasteurized and homogenized milk gives them problems whereas non-processed milk does not even though it has the same amount of lactose. Some of the old-fashioned lactose-free milk products taste horrible. I actually puked when I drank it for the first time. However, the new state-of-the-art products taste just like your regular milk.

[thehiddencheese]

Originally Posted by Borophyll

Try almond milk, and enjoy your favorite breakfast again.

Ill have to give that a try, thanks!

[komorikun]

Originally Posted by thehiddencheese

I found out about a year ago, Used to love cereal, but noticed its would cause gas, cramps, and ( ya know lol )

Never was a big milk drinker but now I can't even eat my favorite breakfast food lol

You can also try soy milk. I like the "Soy Dream" brand.

[PeakOfTheMountain]

I have recently purchased almond milk and I like it very much. It's good with cereal and pancakes and even by itself.

[tikerkub]

I'm not lactose intolerant, at least not physiologically. But the thought of drinking a white liquid substance that oozes out of an organ that is not human was mentally repulsive enough to make me not touch milk since I was 8 or so.

[Nada]

I am lactose intolerant, but dairy is an absolute necessity at the moment so I take Lactaid which has been a godsend.

[JustKittenRightMeow]

I haven't been properly diagnosed, but I'm almost certain I have it. Cheese is the number one killer for me and I won't lie when I say I've nearly crapped my pants a few times 5 minutes after I've eaten it but I have been noticing milk really kills my stomach....The past couple weeks I've been having more stomach pain and all that jazz after eating things with milk in it...and it's weird because if I drink milk in cereal or from a glass, I'm usually fine.

[kilgoretrout]

Silk Chocolate Soy Beverage... almost 2L of this stuff is gone in two days at my house. Tastiest drink ever.