dunc@unc.UUCP (Laura Glass) (01/11/84)
I am also intolerant of lactose in milk, besides having a colon problem anyway. I am greatly surprised that no one has even mentioned lactaid yet. This is a formula that can be purchased in most drug stores from the pharmacy that once added to milk, breaks down the lactose in it. I think it comes in tablet and liquid form. Add 4-5 drops to a quart of milk, let sit 8 hours and you have milk to drink! It has worked great for me, and as far as I can tell, there is no taste difference. Someone also mentioned the sweet acidopholus milk - I am also intolerant of that. For you people in the DC area, the lactose-free milk is available in some supermarkets already cartoned. That's where I first tried it out. Please don't ask me any more about the chemical details - I don't know. I do know that it works. Laura Glass unc!dunc Univ. of NC at Chapel Hill
kwmc@hou5d.UUCP (K. W. M. Cochran) (01/16/84)
Could someone please explain to me what the symptoms of lactose intolerance are? I drink a lot of milk and yogurt products and suffer no ill effects , but I'm curious about this condition. Thanks, Ken Cochran hou5d!kwmc
koved@umcp-cs.UUCP (01/23/84)
<> I have tried Lactaid twice. I have a severe case of lactose intolerance. I have not (intentionally) had any milk products for 8 years since I learned that I had a lactose intolerance (I'm now 24). It did not work at all for me. I bought extra lactaid to add to the container of milk which had already been treated (it comes in a blue and white quart container). I let it sit for 2-3 days, and then had my first bowl of rice krispies in 10 years! (I always liked rk's). Trouble right away...I had cramps and diarea the next day. I tried this a couple of times to be sure it was the milk, and not something else. I suppose I will abstain again... Larry