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[beermat]

Hello LJ. Sorry I seem to have decamped and been posting FB status updates 'stead of using you

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[marypcb]

the lactose in milk is far more accessible than in cheese or even butter, so the one won't necessarily have the same effect as the other.

having had an unhappy gut one day can mean normally fine foods cause you a problem because things are still unsettled (smooth muscles in spasm, bacterial byproducts distressing the intestine so the water from the lumen flushes it out resulting in faster transition times, etc)

step 1 short term: camomile to calm the smooth muscles of the gut. long term: live yoghurt or probiotics in case something has disrupted your gut bacteria's normal happyfuntimes.
step 2 longer term: food diary with notes about stress so you can see if it's food or circumstances.

[syllopsium]

I'd also note that milk proteins differ; goats and ewes cheese is not the same as cows cheese. I still can't really have anything cow based, and having tried goats yoghurt recently the results weren't particularly wonderful, but goats and ewes cheese has been ok for a bit..

[marypcb]

Yes, goat is often less problematic. Milk sometimes makes me mucusy, and goats milk does that much less.

[beermat]

I've liked goats cheese the few times I've had it in the past, if I find that cow milk cheeses are causing issues, I have a goat to fall back onto. Or even start trying now to enjoy tasty new stuff! :)

[beermat]

Yes, the food diary is something I keep starting when an episode occurs or I get to thinking about diet & nutrition, but it soon wears off and I revert to form...