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Posted 4/9/2014 6:28 PM (GMT -5)
I've been avoiding dairy for about 2-3 months. I'm taking a probiotic powder nearly every day in my smoothie.

Yesterday, I experimented with eating 6oz whole fat fruit-sweetened yogurt for lunch. I couldn't tell much difference in my digestion until this morning---yikes! Had serious runs. (sorry TMI). I usually have gas continually due to some medicines the LLMD has me on, so that was no clue.

Here's my question: Does this signify I should remain dairy-free? Or could I have reacted to the probiotics in the yogurt? Or was my reaction due to an empty stomach? What would you conclude?
Posted 4/9/2014 7:32 PM (GMT -5)
Lactose inolerance is actually more common than not. The reason being: We originally weren't meant to process it past the age of weaning. As time went on, humans began drinking milk and eating dairy well into adulthood, so we, as a species, started to tolerate it better as adults. However, there's still a HUGE amount of people who never made this switch, and cannot tolerate milk or dairy products as adults.

My theory - after not eating dairy for so long, your system forgot how to tolerate it and now you need to build your tolerance back up - maybe the slower the better?

Here's an interesting article on the evolution of lactose tolerance:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolution/2012/10/evolution_of_lactose_tolerance_why_do_humans_keep_drinking_milk.html
Posted 4/9/2014 8:28 PM (GMT -5)
Goat milk is more tolerated than cows milk. I'd suggest milk from Nubian goats since it doesn't get that off taste that others do, but if it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it. There is goat kefir or yogurt available or you can make your own. But just try a little first to see how you tolerate it.

I wouldn't think you'd react like that to the probiotics alone, especially in the yogurt. Some yogurt doesn't have hardly any probiotics. You could just avoid dairy for whatever it was to clear your system all the way, then try just a small amount in the future to see if it bothers you. I hope you get to the bottom of it.
Posted 4/9/2014 9:30 PM (GMT -5)

Garden Peace said...
Goat milk is more tolerated than cows milk. I'd suggest milk from Nubian goats since it doesn't get that off taste that others do, but if it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it. There is goat kefir or yogurt available or you can make your own. But just try a little first to see how you tolerate it.

I wouldn't think you'd react like that to the probiotics alone, especially in the yogurt. Some yogurt doesn't have hardly any probiotics. You could just avoid dairy for whatever it was to clear your system all the way, then try just a small amount in the future to see if it bothers you. I hope you get to the bottom of it.

Your last line made me laugh! Haha!
Posted 4/10/2014 1:28 AM (GMT -5)
LOL! Well...I'm glad I gave you a laugh then! Laughter is good medicine they say. smilewinkgrin
Posted 4/10/2014 2:02 AM (GMT -5)
Since we're already giving tmi, I'll jump in to give some more smilewinkgrin

Whenever I drink milk or eat cream I have to run to the bathroom after about 12mins. I'm not joking, I can almost time it with a stopwatch - lol. The cramping is terrible, I start sweating like crazy.

So I changed to lactose free milk, a good brand (and expensive too rolleyes ), drank that for a while, and then I just stopped drinking it at a certain moment.

I'm only eating sheep's and goat's cheeses. And for some funny reason, I do tolerate mozarella.

Milk, even lactose free, made me produce so much mucus in my throat that at a point I couldn't get rid of it.

I don't even miss it right now.

I praise myself lucky that i don't have a casein allergy, and only a lactose intolerance.

If you want, you could make your own dairy free kefir too.

MarieLS

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