Posted on 02/25/2010 8:11:01 AM PST by decimon
I am mildly lactose intolerant. I use it to make me regular. Better than ex lax. If I get bound up I eat a bowl of ice cream and it moves me. LOL.
I know vegans and vegetarians who look far younger than their years and they do take supplements. They normally eat only organic (many of them from their own gardens in the summer) and get a lot of exercise as well.
You might be able to solve your problem with acidophilous and/or digestive enzymes.
I stay away from soy milk as it is made from GMO grains; and because I read the book The Whole Soy Story.
It causes gas.Yeh kind of like banana,beans,onions,eggs...
Drink organic milk to avoid the cow hormone injections.
Bingo!
I am fortunate that the lactase supplements almost always “fix it” (assuming I remember to take them). Had suffered for years and took forever to realize what was going on.
Vegans don't. They manage for a while, but eventually their bodies become severely depleted of some key nutrients (especially certain fatty acids). There have been some real horror stories about babies born to long-time vegan mothers. Some have already suffered permanent neurological damage before they're born. One was near death when it was finally admitted to a hospital, after gestation in a nutrient-deprived mother, followed by months of breast-feeding from a mother whose breast milk lacked essential nutrients because of her vegan diet. The only way to maintain good health on a vegan diet is to consume a large quantity of artificial supplements, and even then it's very difficult. Lacto-ovo vegetarian are a whole different ballgame. I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 35 years, and am in excellent health. I do take supplements, including fatty acids, but also consume a large quantity of dairy products and eggs.
Then two months ago I broke my collarbone and ankle in an accident. I wonder if a better diet of dairy could have made a difference. After 6 weeks my collarbone still wasn't back in one piece, so I went all-out and have been gorging on milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream - you name it. And you know what, I'm showing no sign of lactose intolerance. I figured I'd single-handedly cause global warming, but I've been fine with it all.
Lots of food allergies involve digestive problems. One of my cats developed an intolerance to grain after having had no problem with the grain in ordinary dry cat food for over 10 years. He lost more than half his weight and had stools of yogurt consistency. Within less than 2 days of switching to a grain-free food (has potato replacing the grain) he had perfectly normal stools again.
This is common in people as well, e.g. celiac disease and similar conditions.
500 changes suggests some serious REDESIGN.
The percentage of whites with lactose intolerance is fairly consistent with the percentage of whites today who live in deserts or highland areas not conducive to dairy cattle, or in high latitudes where, again, dairy farming is difficult.
Our nuclear family is 100% lactose intolerant. We know about what happens ~ 1 cup?! Hahahahahahah!!!!! You can blow out the toilet with that!
The lactase pills are necessary.
At the same time some dairy products are effectively lactose free ~ yoghurt, Lactaid, aged cheddar, other aged cheeses at least 9 months old ~ more if possible, and those cooked such that the lactose combines with other sugars.
I haven't been able to drink even half a cup of milk for 43 years ~ not even the amount mixed in whipped mashed potatos ~ without also using a lactase pill or eating yoghurt beforehand.
I do not trust The American Dairy Council when it comes to dairy products ~ they lie through their teeth!
Word to the wise ~ given that triple creem brei is pretty much concentrated milk and milk by products, always eat yoghurt before or with a chunk of that stuff. It goes down easier after the mushrooms grow fruiting bodies on top BTW.
Thanks. Tried both in the past....they don’t help unfortunately.
Other racial groups have a lower or unknown degree of difficulty.
There are Vietnamese who are so adapted to consuming rice they actually cannot handle any other grains. This is not the same problem folks with Celiac have ~ the genes involved are quite different.
A sedentary population can't have too much fat and sugar without becoming very fat. Basically the situation we have now ...
Try Dr. Schultz #1. It’s available on the internet and is a great “cleanser”.
One variation found frequently in Korean people has the problem start right at the pyloric valve, so they can eat a cheese burger, wait 20 minutes, and then engage in 30 and 40 foot projectile vomiting!
It's difficult to deal with the upper GI problem with just lactase pills ~ better for them to just become very paranoic about traditional American foods and not eat anything with dairy products in them ~ which can include balogna, frozen hamburger patties, most candy bars....
I think you have a valid point about it being a transient thing for some folks. I’ve read that some folks are capable of building up (and losing) their tolerance to lactose. Also, I think there are some folks who are probably misdiagnosed (self or professional) with lactose intolerance.
Can something like Bean-O help deal with the gas created? I thought most of our gas was a methane-type, not hydrogen.
I’ve never really compared. www.bluediamond.com has the information. They sell the brand Almond Breeze.
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