Posted on 02/25/2010 8:11:01 AM PST by decimon
Beano does not help. That’s a different group of enzymes. To deal with lactose you need lactase pills. They are widely available.
Not all the lactose gets converted at once. There is a local dairy that sell lactase-treated milk. The day you buy it, it tastes like regular milk. If you keep it for 12 days, (it’s super-fresh so you can) it is intolerably, weirdly sweet as all the lactose has been converted by then. Probably would be okay to drink then, but who would want to.
I have intermittant lactose intolerance and I can not handle a cup of milk when it’s bad. My brother has it bad all the time. These scientists would not want to be in the same room with my brother if he drank milk.
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I would like to see stats for people who have eaten vegan their entire lives until old age (without supplements). Not that I care what anyone eats, but if it’s honestly a healthy diet for humans, we should see real proof.
True allergies are not the same as intolerances, which generally involves an inability to digest a food or a component of the food. Allergies are immune system reactions. Certainly, you could get some digestive issues with an allergy, but that is not generally the major symptom.
And, it puzzles me that cat food would have grains in them (not that I don’t believe you, I’m sure they do it to save money). Cats are true carnivours and cannot live without meat, unlike dogs which can (altho I don’t recommend it).
I sometimes make my own yogurt (from cream and half and half so it is low carb). Hard to beat it!
One time I intentionally drank a glass of milk before a long car ride with my buddies. At 60 MPH we had all the windows down and they still had to hang their heads outside the car to breath.
30 years later we still talk about that ride on occasion. They named me the rottenest man in the world, a title I am quite proud of.
You either believe calories are calories (in which case, while fat has about twice the number as carbs and proteins, it is still the number of calories you consume that matters for weight maintenance) OR you believe that a low carb diet, which can be quite high in fat can maintain a good weight. Either way, fat is not the enemy, it’s simply one component of a normal human diet.
It’s basically impossible to make dry cat food hold together in pellets with significant carbohydrate content. And this cat refuses to eat wet food (or any food other than dry cat food).
The line between allergy and intolerance is very fuzzy. The inflammation resulting from “intolerance” is caused by many of the same immune system cells and molecules that are responsible for a direct allergic reaction. And the inflammation in the digestive tract is what results in the digestive problems and in severe cases, in serious nutritional deficiency due to the inability of the inflamed digestive tract to absorb nutrients from food. The inflammation can be caused either by a direct allergic response to certain substances or by the failure to digest certain substances which then reach parts of the digestive tract that weren’t designed to handle them.
My 15-year-old son gets sinus symptoms when he drinks milk. He's been off milk for about 6 months now and doesn't need any of his allergy meds anymore.
He was a platinum blond and that may have had something to do with it. And yes, he regularly went barefoot in the snow while doing farm work.
Allergy is an immune response. Intolerance is a digestive system response. Symptoms may be similar but the are different things.
http://www.webmd.com/allergies/foods-allergy-intolerance
Interesting fact I learned back when I worked for a Vet. Cats often will only eat the shape of food they are used to. It’s the reason for all of the funny shaped cat foods, as opposed to dog foods which tend to all be the same shape (and dogs could generally care less, they will eat anything). Still, cats’ natural food is not potatoes or grains.
One of my sons had probable food allergies as a small child. For the first 3 or 4 years he was not to eat milk, wheat or eggs. He seems to eat those things ok as an adult, but yes, he had respiratory symptoms back then.
Soy helps create estrogen. Turns males into girly men. And that’s the truth!
I agree.
Could also be the blood type of individuals who are allergic to milk.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/eat-right-for-your-type
I can take “Lactose Free” regular milk. Otherwise, cow’s milk gives me hemmoriods. A real pain....
I think some of this is because of the AR agenda. But then, I’m cynical. ;)
AR = Animal Rights, yes? I knew it couldn’t be Arkansas ...
LOL yes, Animal Rights. But maybe those people in Arkansas...what do we really know about them? ;)
I know it does! And it sends too much estrogen to women, putting their hormones off-course.
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