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I was lactose intolerant as a child. I insisted on eating ice cream anyways. One day, I realized I was no longer lactose intolerant.
As someone that eats a moderate amount of dairy despite being lactose intolerant, my intolerance has gotten much worse with age.
Tried lactase pills? Cheap and effective.
There are also a ton of great dairy alternatives now too! Except cheese. The final frontier.
Miyoko brand cashew cheeses are excellent if you're not looking for melted cheese. They have an aged cheddar and a soft herbed "cheese" that are great as a cheese-board type thing. Also there are other companies making fake shredded cheese that is lightyears ahead of the soy-based rubbery garbage of a decade ago. I use a fake shredded cheddar on pizza - and it's much better than being almost but not entirely unlike actual cheese. That said, I miss cheese. Stupid sexy alpha gal allergy.
I will have to check it out! Ive tried Daiya and a billion others but nothing is quite right (or is just flat out awful). That said, totally agree on soft cheeses / dips / spreads. Nothing beats a proper cheese pizza with mozz tho ;-;
Violife cheese is what my store carries. It’s better that daiya but not perfect. I’ve enjoyed the “sandwich slice” cheese they have, good melted.
For cheese you just need to find one that has 0 grams of sugar in it. Lactose is a sugar, so if the cheese has 0g then it's generally safe to eat.
I'm extremely lactose intolerant (makes my stomach bleed) and I can eat cheese all day if it has zero sugar.
Neat! Hadnt considered that. Luckily I'm just a veggie by choice so the worst that happens is I feel bad for the cows and maybe a bit bloated.
Not the op but when I use the lactase pills in the US, the fake sweetener gives me more stomach trouble than if I just get eat the ice cream. I have no idea why a pill needs to be sweetened when it does t require chewing.
I use these - not sweet: https://www.costco.com/kirkland-signature-fast-acting-lactase,-180-caplets.product.100096414.html
Also: I started with double the dose, fyi.
I wonder whether you can overdose lactase. I'd assume you can't, but I don't know.
Aww. You have my sympathies.
Live fast and eat cheese. 🫡
I need a shirt with this entire quote on it
Live fast, diarrhea
I was lactose intolerant as a baby. Grew out of it and ate cheese all the time. Then at 28 I was suddenly lactose intolerant again. Still eat cheese all the time but I just keep lactaid on me.
When I was a kid, I was diagnosed as being lactose intolerant as well. The thing is, I'm not lactose intolerant at all. I'm actually gluten intolerant. It's very hard to diagnose without cutting gluten out of one's diet. And I only figured out because I started making bread a few times each week and got very sick.
The thing is, I always used to think I'd outgrown my lactose intolerance, too. If you have the time, maybe give a gluten free diet a try. My life is so much different now after cutting out gluten. At one point I was going to the gym for 2 hours a day, trying to lose weight, but I just couldn't. Now, I'm the skinniest I've been in years and I mostly sit around.
Unfortunately, the diet really does have to be totally gluten free. Even cross contamination will give me noticable problems for days. The body basically cripples its ability to intake nutrients after having any amount of gluten and it takes time to heal. On the bright side, it's a pretty easy diet to follow when eating at home and a lot of restaurants now have gluten free options, too.