Lactose free milk

Hello everyone.
Simple question:

I bought lactofree milk for my morning coffees. Bought some cereal and had the milk with it. However i felt really bloated from all of it.
Does lactose free milk can protect you agains a sensitivity to dairies? Or are they putting other ingredients in it that can still trigger?

thanks

There are a number of options that I've seen: almond milk, coconut milk, rice milk.
Some are pricier than others. I look for sales and coupons.

Almond milk is my favorite (Silk and Almond Breeze). I no longer drink any other milk.........no bloating or gas.
Can get coupons online from time to time.
Price Rite grocery chain in the Northeast sometimes has good prices, too.

tournevice,

Cow dairy has 2 diffferent probems with it: casein and lactose. So you could have a lactose intolerance or a casein intolerance. Lactose free milk, still comes from cows. And if your have an intolerance to the protein of cow dairy, called casein, you'll still have problems with lactose free milk.

I only use almond milk.

tournevice,

I had lactose intolerance too, I've actually had it twice in my life, once when I was a toddler and again in my mid 30's. I found the lactaid pills and milk seemed to help....you can also rid your lactose intolerance yourself by avoiding ALL lactose (you'd be surprised in the products that lactose shows up in, crackers, chips, you you really have to read lables) then slowly bringing it back into your system by having a very small amount one day (after avoiding it completely for 6 months) then after one day, don't ingest any for 4 days, then the following day after that you increase the amount a little, and then avoid it for 3 days...and so on.

If it's the casein in milk that's bothering you, that would be different as it would be an allergy to the casein protein...an allergy is different from an intolerance. The symptoms can be very similar but the negative reaction is obviously worse for an allergy to something compared to an intolerance.

You can get a lactose tolerance test done from your doc.

Oh thanks eveyrone.
Im still not sure if im lactose intolerant or casei intolerant (thanks insofla for the specification i was looking for).
However i always seems bloated and i can feel the cold of the dairy in my left side actually a few minutes after having it.
I noticed im more sensitive to fresh milk, yogourt, cream, processed cheeses.

Im not doing well on matured cheeses and butter. I also take yakult probiotics. Any thoughts of than?

Soy's negative effect on men

http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-effects#axzz1lZ5aZ3jt

It contains natural estrogen. Estrogen by itself has a whole host of negative effects in general for men AND women.

Estrogen's effects-

http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/opestrogen.html

Carlie

I love Almond milk, no matter the cost... so do my Children.

hey guys I didn't know you could make your own almond milk!
Though I don't know what would be the cost from buying the almonds.
but if you can get a huge almond bag at a discount price that wold be worth a try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9FJc5u-910

i would double the recipe to cover a few days. And I read to not forget to soak the almonds to release the bitter taste and the bad components.

Im gonna give it a try!

     Have you tried Silk?  I used to drink that with my cereal in the morning when I suffered with UP.  The vanilla flavor is excellent.

tournevice said...
Oh thanks eveyrone.
Im still not sure if im lactose intolerant or casei intolerant (thanks insofla for the specification i was looking for).
However i always seems bloated and i can feel the cold of the dairy in my left side actually a few minutes after having it.
I noticed im more sensitive to fresh milk, yogourt, cream, processed cheeses.

Im not doing well on matured cheeses and butter. I also take yakult probiotics. Any thoughts of than?

I'm a similar case. Don't know if I'm lactose sensitive, intolerant or if it is about casein... For now, I just don't care anymore, as I'm not a biggest fan of diary myslef. Had my share when I was a kid and that's it Sometimes I just eat a little of home made cottage cheese (made from organic low-fat kefir) and usually it's ok with my gut. Some cheese - yeah, ok as well. Butter - oh nooo, fresh milk - even bigger nooo, matured cheese - only in full remission.

Recently, I've started using Silk PureAlmond milk unsweetened, in vanilla for my shakes and coffee, and it's ok. But have another brand in the fridge, Almond Breeze with carrageenan... yeah, maybe after half a gallon I won't flare.

Carlie said...
Soy's negative effect on men

http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-effects#axzz1lZ5aZ3jt

It contains natural estrogen. Estrogen by itself has a whole host of negative effects in general for men AND women.

Yes, that's why I skipped the soy based formula when my son was still a baby and was having a milk-tolerance issues. I got one can from his pediatrician, read about it on the internet and throw it away.

Stereo,
That's right soy is GMO, another great reason to stay away from it.

stereofidelic89 said...
Where is that old topic about GMO's, I read almost 75% of soy is GMO, same with corn.

I don't know if this is that old topic: www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2328704

And if you haven't seen it, please look for the "Food, Inc" movie.

Giving up dairy, especially milk is crucial to UC patients in my opinion.
Dairy is a huge problem for digestion in even healthy people and you can get all the nutrients that dairy provides elsewhere.
It was actually very easy dumping dairy after the first little bit and I can still occasionally have a bit of the harder cheeses.
It's been over 8 years and I don't miss it at all.