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1. shlishi
   Joseph

   Does anyone here suffer from lactose intolerance? How does it affect your diet? How severe is your intolerance? What can you eat and what can you not eat? How does your digestive system tolerate dairy products such as pizza? How do you treat it?

   Do you take the Lactaid pills? Chewable or tablets? Do they work well for you? What milk do you drink (if any)? Do you take a lactaid tablet with the milk? Or do you get the lactose-free milk? What brand? What are the differences between the different brands and between using the tablet with regular milk as opposed to lactose-free milk?

   What other insights can you share about lactose intolerance?

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. ShloimieB
   Member

   This should really be answered for you by a health professional with health knowledge and specific knowledge of your situation.
   In the absence of those I will mix in.
   It was harder when I was diagnosed. lactaid pills nor milk did not exist. I ate no dairy for years.
   Really, most people can get away with a little, assuming this is an intolerance (stomach ache) and not a true allergy that can kill you or make you REALLY DANGEROUSLY SICK.
   Cold or fatty foods are digested slower so your natural or added enzymes get to work longer before they are messed up. Hot dairy would be much worse.
   Some yogurts can be less problematic because the lactose is digested into the sour taste of yogurt. Some other yogurts add too much milk powder as a thickener and this includes more lactose.
   I use a foreign product called LACTRASE, good luck finding it. It works. I use huge amounts of Lactaid brand milk. NOT CHOLOV YISROEL! It works great if it is marked 100% lactose free. I would never drink regular milk as the pills are not that strong to deal with regular milk.

   If you just got the diagnosis relax. It is not life altering. Chances are after a long period some intestinal inflamation will become less and other foods will be more easily digested. Always be suspicious of other foods that always make you sick, you might also have an intolerance to othr sugars.

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. charliehall
   Member

   Lactaid milk is great! I drink it in huge amounts of it. It also lasts a long time unopened. If you want to drink it on Pesach you have to buy it BEFORE Pesach so you can bitul the very small amount of chametz in it.

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. Pac-Man
   Joseph

   For some reason the Lactaid tablets are OU (Pareve) while the chewables are OU-D.

   Posted 2 years ago #

5. minyan gal
   limericist extrordinaire

   The chewable Lactaid tablets must contain some type of filler or binder that is dairy.

   Posted 2 years ago #

6. ronrsr
   Member

   when you first became lactose intolerant, what were your symptoms? How long did it take to get the correct diagnosis?

   Posted 2 years ago #

7. Daniel Breslauer
   Member

   I'm lactose intolerant, as are (both) my parents and my sisters.

   Nobody needs milk. Milk is meant for young cows, not for humans. I haven't drunk milk in the 25 years that I'm alive and I'm perfectlt healthy. So are my parents and sisters.

   I use a Dutch product called Kerutabs, which works great. I have my parents send me it by mail now and then, when I run out. Take half a tablet and I can eat all milk products except for real milk for 2 to 3 hours.

   Combined with being a vegetarian (again, my whole family) these lactase enzymes are truly lifesaving... imagine not eating meat/fish and not eating dairy! I'd go crazy.

   Posted 2 years ago #

8. Pac-Man
   Joseph

   Kerutabs tablets sounds to be the same as Lactaid tablets.

   Posted 2 years ago #

9. shlishi
   Joseph

   Is there any reason someone who is lactose intolerant would benefit more from soy/rice/almond milk rather than lactose-free milk (which is real milk unlike the former)?

   I know there are reasons someone might enjoy the soy (or rice or almond) milk in general better than real milk (i.e. taste or health), but specifically for someone lactose-intolerant is there any reason to avoid lactose-free milk?

   Posted 2 years ago #

10. minyan gal
    limericist extrordinaire

    Shlishi: Why don't you ask your "Good Wife"? If she is so perfect, surely she must have the answer you are looking for.

    Posted 2 years ago #

11. Health
    Member

    Join the crowd, between 50 & 75% of Americans (med. literature) are somewhat lactose intolerant, including me.

    Posted 2 years ago #

12. emlf
    Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

    I've noticed recently that if I eat a lot of milchigs - pizza, frozen yogurt - I regret it! I read on a medical website that many people with lactose intolerance can tolerate about 2-4 ounces of milk, and that seems to be true in my case.
    It's interesting, because I never noticed this as being a problem until within the last year; it never came up when I was a kid. But it does seem to run in my family.
    I think that there once existed a Cholov Yisroel version of lactose-free milk. If anyone has further information on this - as to whether it's still available - please post. Thanks.

    Posted 1 year ago #

13. emlf
    Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

    A couple of corrections: I'm not sure that pizza causes a problem; I seem to have an issue with frozen yogurt. Also, it seems, from what I read, that it's possible to drink a larger quantity of milk without it causing problems.
    As an earlier poster mentioned, medical advice from a doctor is really the best way to go.

    Posted 1 year ago #

14. sushee
    Joseph

    Golden Flow makes Cholov Yisroel lactose free milk.

    Posted 1 year ago #

15. 2scents
    Mint and Raspberry

    What's the issue?
    Is it that your missing out on the goodies, or that your concerned about lacking the necessary nutrients.
    I am severely allergic to milk (anaphylaxis), I have never eatin a dairy meal. I don't feel deprived.

    I do carry an epipen with me all the time. (my rav told me to carry it on shabbos even if there is no Eruv).

    There are other foods that are rich in calcium.

    Posted 1 year ago #

16. LemonySnicket
    Member

    I noticed I became lactose intolerant lately as well. My sister used to be terribly intolerant but she grew out of it. I'm hoping it'll be the same for me.

    I bought a generic brand of lactaid at CVS for much less and it has helped a ton. Many pharmacies and supermarkets have there own generic brands that work just as well. I would take 2 at a time if I'm eating or drinking something heavy.

    Posted 1 year ago #

17. realtalk
    really likes to talk

    I am lactose intolerant and cant have any milk products. Some people can have more depending on if and how many enzymes your stomach has to digest the sugar in the milk. Some people can have yogurt because the bacteria found inside of it, can help to digest the sugar. There is also an intolerance to the protein in milk and that would mean that you have a problem with eggs. I found that the lactaid pills did not help me, but its possible that it can help other people. There are also probiotics out there that can help with this issue. I have never tried because most have some sort of dairy product in them and if you have a protein intolerance, it may be an issue. I know someone who took probiotics and now has no problem whatsoever.

    Posted 1 year ago #

18. mewho
    Member

    hubby is lactose intolerant and he uses lactaid milk, lactaid yogurt or soy yogurt. there is tofutti frozen pizza. loads of tofutti and pareve ice creams. smart beat cheeses. tofutti cream cheese and sour cream. you need to be watchful of not eating ou ''d'' products as well.
    that can be in your cereals and noshes.
    my mother in law takes the pills and will eat a regular slice of pizza.
    try things and see what works best for you

    Posted 1 year ago #

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