lactose intolerance

[HouseofWool]

I know we have a couple of peeps on here who are lactose intolerant and I have a few questions.

DS9 has always complained of a stomach ache, it comes and goes but is typically there most days. I've never noticed a correlation between dairy and the onset of sx.

At his last appt, his ped recommended a trial of going dairy free and we upped his dose of omprizole to 20 mg. 8 days into it he seems to be feeling better. He is not complaining of a stomach ache or loose stool (sorry for TMI).

Tell me about living with this. I am not sure how to handle it - we live in the Dairy State for pete's sake! I flove cheese and cannot imagine life without pizza. He is thrilled to be feeling better, but really disappointed at the same time.

Tonight we will be trying lactaid milk for the first time.

[L.Jane]

Thats so rough for him. Can kids have lactaid pills? Those rarely work for me, but for others I know they help. One thing I do, because I love pizza, is treat myself occasionally. I know I am going to get an upset stomach, but I choose when this is going to happen. There are a lot of soy options out there now that immitate cheese. I have not tried them, but I know many people who use them in their tacos, on their sandwhiches and more. There are a lot of ways to substitute recipes. I keep kosher, so any recipe with meat that calls for cheese I always have to figure out a sub. There are many types of lactaid milk. If he doesn't like the regular, try the almond or the vanilla. They tend to be too sweet for me, but he may like them.

[v-girl]

Kids can take Lactaid pills -- we used to give them to M before she decided she would rather have almond milk.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I had great success with Lactaid when I had lactose issues...I've subsequently grown out of them.

[DCJenn]

All of the vegan children drink almond milk. It's not that bad, really.

J.

[Thirteen]

We have unsweetened, vanilla-flavored almond milk, and I love it:


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[Momo]

We do not have lactose intolerance issues, however my kids love almond milk! They get to have the Trader Joe's chocolate almond milk for a weekend breakfast treat!

[diggitydot]

No one in our house is lactose intolerant, but our kiddos think chocolate almond milk is the best treat ever.

[Sheherezade]

I'm lactose intolerant. I haven't had dairy in 6 years. At first it is difficult - but I'm with your son. Nothing is worth feeling like crap for hours on end after every meal. My pizza alternative is to buy or make pizza dough, coat it in pesto and add cherry tomatoes and broil. Maybe not a kid pizza - but still allows me to participate in "pizza night". My junk food when we are out is usually buffalo wings of some sort.

I do soy milk. When baking, I use soy instead of milk. I don't sub out butter - but baked goods in any large quantity can upset my stomach. A brownie or a cookie isn't enough butter to do it. (stuff made with shortening doesn't bother me at all - as bad for you as that must be. ) I take calcium supplements (1400 IUs a day) and drink the calcium enriched orange juice. Some restaurants can be difficult. I usually just ask for them to old the cheese. It's on EVERYTHING and you don't notice it until you are reading a menu trying to avoid it. LOL

I don't do lactaid unless I've accidentally eaten something I shouldn't have. It helps but it isn't a total fix. I keep the chewables in my car and have a bottle at home. I find that I don't get the acute stomach pain , but my fingers and face swell and I feel uncomfortable the next day.

I'd say you'll sort it out pretty quickly and your son (if he is intolerant) will be WORLDS happier. I can't tell you what a difference it's made in my health. I was worked up for every stomach ailment as a teen and mostly had everything written off as anxiety related. My stomach was shredded and I threw up with amazing frequency. Now, I think most of that was lactose related. Can't believe I didn't know how easy it would be to fix.

[Phoebe]

We have unsweetened, vanilla-flavored almond milk, and I love it:


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Me, too!

[reciprocity]

We also drink lactose-free milk (which is usually milk treated with the same enzyme in lactaid, lactase - which breaks the indigestible lactose into galactose and glucose, which taste a little sweeter, but ultimately I like it on my cereal a bit more than soy milk)

and as for cheeses, we tend to stick to older cheeses, which tend to be much lower in lactose. also a little more expensive, but cheese is delicious.

[HouseofWool]

I did the whole vegan thing for a while during my hippie-dippie, granola days, but I just wasn't expecting to return to it. Given that DS had mild GI distress, my best guess is that going with lactaid milk (which he likes better than the other options), using vegan margarine, avoiding cheese etc will be enough. I will probably pick up some of the lactaid pills to have on hand for him so we can do things like pizza.

On the plus side, it will really push me back into making things like thai and indian foods again so that I can reduce the amount of dairy used in cooking.

[diggitydot]

Mmm...Indian food. I'm thinking tonight is a korma kinda night.

[ides]

I love korma. I have a vegetable korma recipe that uses coconut milk. If you want it I can post it for you.

[diggitydot]

That would be awesome!

Our grocery stores have recently begun carrying a line of Indian curries, decent quality basmati rice, and already prepared korma, tikka masala, etc. It's such a nice change.