Falling Over In Agony

[jcheshire]

Despite my long held distrust of self medication, I decided to give Lactaid a try. My cereal in the morning just doesn't taste as good with soy milk, and is occasionally too sweet due to the added flavoring in the soy milk

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[jcheshire]

More importantly, why would I assume there is more than one type? That's interesting. I compared the ingredients of the three brands I saw on the shelf and all were just "Lactase enzyme". Shows how little variety I have available to me out here. :(

A little more evaluation and discussion with thenik leads me to believe that the pill itself is causing my agony. How's that for a kick in the gut?

[desihop]

Maybe that is an indication that you are not actually lactose intolerant? Have you been diagnosed as such? Dairy could disagree with you for a reason other than the lactose....?

Yeah, why didn't you talk to a doctor first? F thought he might be lactose intolerant, went to his doctor and learned he was something else (having nothing to do with milk).

[desihop]

No, it has nothing to do with milk or dairy. He's not a huge dairy person to begin with, but solving the other problem solved what he thought was lactose intolerance.

[desihop]

Oh, that wasn't to imply that he doesn't like dairy--he loves cheese and ice cream, but he doesn't drink the milk leftover from his cereal and thinks that drinking a glass of milk as a beverage is somewhat strange.

[jcheshire]

Mine has always been best described as a "Lactose Sensitivity." It's hereditary, and has been joked about for generations. The result has never been anything like an upset stomach or violent episodes of gastrointestinal ick. It is, at worst, a case of uncomfortable and embarrassing gas