SC - Lactose Intolerance

Fri Aug 11 17:14:17 PDT 2000

LOL!!  I just wanted to throw these two cents in. 
After years of drinking several glasses of milk a day,
I started to develop chronic intestinal problems.  My
doctor suggested that I might be lactose intolerant,
so I stopped drinking milk and eating any milk
products.  My symptoms cleared up, but then I had the
wonderful problem of finding recipes etc., that didn't
use any milk products.  While I was in the process of
doing this, I went out to dinner with some friends and
after thoroughly scanning the menu, I picked the one
item that appeared to not have milk products in it. 
When it arrived, I discovered after I started eating
it that it had been cooked in butter.  But I was so
tired of my new diet that I decided to eat it anyway. 
Afterwards, none of my usual symptoms appeared.  So I
experimented with eating some cheese.  Nothing
untoward happened.  I ate some ice cream, same thing. 
So I tried some milk and I got sick.  It turns out
that I am not lactose intolerant, but I do have a milk
allergy.  I can eat processed milk products, which
must cook out some of the harmful lactic acids.  I now
drink water and use Lactaid milk in my breakfast
cereals.

Huette 

- --- Jeanne Stapleton <apiskp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Heh--this just made me think--at an event a few
> weeks
> ago, a lady helping us cook was discoursing at
> length
> on lactose intolerance--down to symptoms and such.
> (It just got a little overly detailed--no lack of
> sympathies to the lactose intolerant in our midst.)
> 
> I responded without thinking at one point, "Yeah,
> I'm lactose intolerant myself--I'm planning on
> punching
> a cow later".  She didn't get it.  
> 
> The other cooks did.  Including the other lactose
> intolerant in the group.
> 
> Berengaria
> 
> --- Olwen the Odd <olwentheodd at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I thought they just used lactosereduced cows ...
> but
> > that wouldn't make any 
> > sense would it?  As for me, I drink some lactose
> > free milk then gulp down 
> > all the lactated stuff I want for the rest of the
> > day.  It's a lot cheeper 
> > than buying the tabs.
> > olwen
> > 
> > 
> > >From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at efn.org>
> > >Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> > >To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> > >Subject: SC - Re: Tummy grumbles
> > >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:25:01 -0700
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Sue Clemenger wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Oooh, I _do_ hate it when I get the middle of
> a
> > thread before I get the
> > > > beginning....
> > > > I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling good, and
> I
> > know how frustrating it
> > > > can be to be hungra AND have an upset
> digestive
> > tract...kinda like a
> > > > mine field, trying to find stuff that's
> "safe."
> > >
> > >French fries are *right out*. :-(
> > >
> > >I'm tired of plain baked chicken, yogurt, naked
> > pasta. And yes, Olwen,
> > >I've tried herbal teas. I've cut WAAAYYY back on
> my
> > caffeine
> > >consumption- including my breakfast tea, though I
> > still had that in camp
> > >while Seumas and I made breakfast for the
> > household.
> > >
> > >The doctor sez that in my case- especially since
> > under normal
> > >circumstances I have a pretty decent diet- this
> is
> > probably about 80%
> > >(if not more) STRESS. She offered me anti-anxiety
> > drugs to go with the
> > >stomach meds but I told her no- because a) they
> > just knock me out. Cold.
> > >Tried that tactic before. And b) I really need to
> > be fully awake and
> > >aware to be able to *deal with* the circumstances
> > that make the stress,
> > >you know?...
> > >
> > >She also suggested that I try dropping dairy
> > products. I'm thinking
> > >about it, but it sort of doesn't make any sense-
> > I've never had a
> > >problem before, and dairy foods are some of the
> few
> > things I can
> > >tolerate...
> > >
> > > > What did you do to your knee?
> > ><snip>
> > > > When I
> > > > couldn't take the anti-inflammatory drugs
> > either, the dr. had me
> > > > elevating and icing it, which helped somewhat.
> 
> > I still have reusable
> > > > icepacks stashed here at home and in the
> freezer
> > at work....<g>
> > >
> > >I didn't really *do* anything. I have
> fibromyalgia,
> > which is systemic
> > >and can cause joint problems on its own. My knees
> > frequently hurt, and
> > >thanks to that and other problems, I get around
> > with a cane (mostly
> > >because otherwise I end up falling on my a** with
> > an alarming frequency.
> > >I still do- just not as often). But no, this
> > appears to be excess of
> > >birthdays, overuse, and Someone in the Universe
> > Hates Me. The doctor
> > >asked if I mas working as a maid or janitor and
> on
> > my knees scubbing
> > >alot. No, unless you count my occasional frenzies
> > cleaning the bathroom
> > >(I'm kinda anal about that). Do I play alot of
> > sports? HA! Do I have
> > >toddlers? (I guess for the getting upand down and
> > up and down and
> > >picking up toys and...) No, I have teenagers. I
> can
> > whack 'em without
> > >stooping. ;-) Basically I have here a knee worthy
> > of an Old Used Duke,
> > >and I didn't even have to rhino my way through
> the
> > lists to get it!
> > >(tongue firmly in cheek... ;-P) Anyway, about a
> > month ago it started
> > >making a clicking noise going upstairs. And kept
> > doing it. and last week
> > >instead of the click, it became a *click-crunch*.
> > So I went in. She says
> > >the noise is the grumpy cartilage. Well I'll tell
> > you who's grumpy...
> > >
> > >Ibuprofen. STAY OFF OF IT. alternating hot and
> cold
> > packs if the
> > >swelling if a problem. Some mild exercises. A
> brace
> > if I think it will
> > >help with stability. And MSM or Glucosamine,
> > neither of which is covered
> > >by my ins, natch.
> > >
> > >Life bites- but consider the alternative?
> > >
> > > > Hope you feel better soon,
> > >
> > >Thanks, Maire. And thanks everybody. This list
> has
> > some of the greatest
> > >people on it!
> > >
> > >*Obligatory Food Content" (besides my whining...)
> > Does anyone know how
> > >they get the lactose *out* of milk? (To make the
> > Lactaid milk, that is).
> > >
> > >a Very Grumpy 'Lainie
> >
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