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The Great Lactose Experiment
May. 24th, 2013 11:53 amSo, I've mentioned before that I have a problem with cow's milk. I actually went to an allergist about it and discovered that it wasn't a true allergy (I don't start to react until I begin to digest it) and that I was actually "cow dairy intolerant." I've been careful to make the distinction between that and lactose intolerance... because I don't have a lactose intolerance reaction. There are no digestive problems, no gas. It's all respiratory... stuffy nose, plugged ears and, if I get enough of it, my lungs get in on the action (and if I have even a little over a sustained period of time, I get sinus infections and bronchitis).
The thing is, I remember going off milk as a child for these very same issues... and at one point being given a prescription for this stuff that was described as being an enzyme (which I now think might have been lactase), then later using Lactaid when it came out and having it be relatively effective. Eventually, it seemed like I'd grown out of the problem and didn't think about it again until a few years ago when my doctor recommended I go dairy free for a bit again and see if that solved my sinus infection problem. And it did.
So, for the last few years, I've just avoided cow's milk... and found that I actually don't care for the stuff much (it tastes sort of rancid to me now) and I'm perfectly happy with substitutes. But I recently remembered the enzyme treatments and using Lactaid and decided to try an experiment. I picked up a thing of Yoplait Lactose Free yogurt and tried eating it... and had no reaction.
( So, of course, I had to devise a double-blind study. )
BTW, the other thing I discovered is that pre-regular flavored yogurt is WAY too sweet. I've gotten so used to adding just a bit of Torani syrup to plain goat yogurt.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
The thing is, I remember going off milk as a child for these very same issues... and at one point being given a prescription for this stuff that was described as being an enzyme (which I now think might have been lactase), then later using Lactaid when it came out and having it be relatively effective. Eventually, it seemed like I'd grown out of the problem and didn't think about it again until a few years ago when my doctor recommended I go dairy free for a bit again and see if that solved my sinus infection problem. And it did.
So, for the last few years, I've just avoided cow's milk... and found that I actually don't care for the stuff much (it tastes sort of rancid to me now) and I'm perfectly happy with substitutes. But I recently remembered the enzyme treatments and using Lactaid and decided to try an experiment. I picked up a thing of Yoplait Lactose Free yogurt and tried eating it... and had no reaction.
( So, of course, I had to devise a double-blind study. )
BTW, the other thing I discovered is that pre-regular flavored yogurt is WAY too sweet. I've gotten so used to adding just a bit of Torani syrup to plain goat yogurt.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
