One of the interesting things we (the doctor and I) figured out is that this mild, cheese, ice cream, yougurt freak is lactose intolerant. They say you can have food allergies/intolerance for all of your life and it isn't until a really bad flair-up of the allergies or sickness that they become known.
Well for me...I've had instances from time-to-time over the years that were indicators of what was to come. I now wish I knew what I had eaten on those days when I felt icky...
So, I have totally had to embrace DRASTIC changes in my died.
I'm learning that Lactaid is my new best friend, but let me tell you...friendships take time to develop. There have been many meals eaten or mostly eaten before I realize "SHOOT! I need to take a pill!" I've had mixed results with taking the pill mid-meal, so I need Need NEED to start recognizing dairy more...
(Note to self: Pizza has CHEESE on it! TAKE A PILL!)
Here is a modification on a classic snack that I enjoy. If you had talked to me 3 months ago, I would tell you my typical bedtime snack is Ice Cream and that it often has chocolate sauce on it. Well...here is the new snack: Pretzels dipped in Chocolate sauce! Talk about the best of both worlds here...crunch, salty, and chocolate!
Do any of you, dear blog friends, have any experience with lactose intolerance/dairy allergies?? I feel kinda lost, not sure where I go from here. I've heard some people can re-introduce dairy after an extended period of time away from it, but has anybody actually done this?? Any good replacement foods you'd suggest??? ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED!!!
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Hey-
I am lactose resistant, meaning I can't have foods with high levels of lactose in them, and I have a few things that I usually eat to replace dairy foods. Have you tried lactaid almond milk? It is pretty good. Or even soy milk. Both are pretty good. I usually try to eat snacks that don't have milk in them. Like apple slices with caramel dip :-)
Hamburger soup has lots of diary in it...TAKE A PILL!!!
like PheebsBee said, Almond milk, Soy milk and Rice milk are all pretty good alternatives when you've just gotta have that bowl of cereal. The rice milk is a lot like having skim as far as the consistency goes but it is a little sweeter. Maybe worth trying though? I wonder if there is a thing such as Soy Ice cream out there?! we should look into that sometime or ooo I have an ice cream maker....we could get some soy milk and try to make or own! ;) hmm sounds like a fun winter girls night date going on there ;)
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