The Ice Cream Queen is lactose intolerant!

[Barb]

I am figuring this out and going to the doctor next week. I can't eat many milk products! Who has this problem? I get SEVERE heart burn after a latte, ice cream, cheese, 2% milk and (SOB) chocolate bars. I do know that fat free yogurt doesn't hurt. I haven't heard of anyone getting heart burn from it before.

So I am trying to stay clean from that stuff! I am trying to use Soy milk. I have to admit, it is not my favorite. I have only tried Silk. Is there anything out there that is better and cheeper? Yikes the soy stuff will kill my grocery budget.

[Selkie]

Get yourself some Lactaid, girl!! You might have just overloaded on the dairy stuff. Maybe if you don't eat so much of it at one time you'll be OK. I know that when I eat a lot of milk-based stuff, I get indigestion.

[Pedal Wench]

I'm intolerant too. I use the Lactaid Ultra pills whenever I think I might have a problem. Yogurt is the only dairy product that doesn't hurt (the lactose is already broken down by the yogurt cultures.) Chocolate shouldn't cause a problem though - in fact, chocolate should help - they (whoever 'they' are...) suggested eating chocolate with the dairy to cut down on the effect. Hard cheeses (aged) are also better tolerated than soft ones. I just keep the 'milky pills' with me all the time - they're small enough to swallow without water, and I take one with the first bite of questionable food.

[Barb]

I have started the lactaid pills. They work just ok. I don't eat a ton of dairy anyway but the thought of ice cream denial is sooo said! I am learning to eat WAY smaller amounts when i take the pills and that helps. The worst thing that has happened is being at work, forgetting the pills at home along with my lunch when all they are serving in the cafeteria is cheese laden pizza. OH my gosh! I have never been in pain like that. It felt like a heart attack! I am glad school is out and I won't be trapped like that again!

[DeniseGoldberg]

...but the thought of ice cream denial is sooo sad!

I'd recommend trying sorbet instead of ice cream for your ice cream fix - no dairy products included. I really like the Hagen Das sorbets, especially chocolate (of course)! But the lemon and the raspberry are good too.

--- Denise

[effulgent]

For cereal, I would HIGHLY recommend going with Blue Diamond Almond milk - vanilla flavor. After using that, I just cannot stand soy milk with my cereal anymore. It's super good with Grape Nuts. For my smoothies, I use Silk Enriched because it has Omega 3's and other vitamins.

For ice cream, the Soy Delicious ones aren't *too* bad, but I think you'd be better off with frozen yogurt instead.

[chick on a bike]

Bleckh!! That sounds really painful, I'm sorry. I hope you can get better from that hiatle hernia and acid reflux and that you can get the acid under control. I've never had a hiatle hurnia but I know severe stomach pain. Mine bleeds if I get too severly stressed. ~cringes~

If the lactaid pills that your taking don't have enough kick to them, you can take two at a time. That's what I do as otherwise it's not enough. You might even try the extra strength lactaid pills; that's what I take as the regular strength isn't quite enough. My system is just as ornery as I am, *giggles* so I make sure that my system gets hit with heavey artillary as otherwise it won't listen! *lol* Stupid system!

If I lived close to you, I'd ride with ya to help you get back into shape. Hope you get better! ~hugs to you~


~Liz