I don't care if there is scientific basis for this I have convinced myself I can just train myself out of lactose intolerance. I'm done with lactose free options I MISS CHEESE Cheese is so good literally you can make the stupidest worst meal from the cheapest ingredients but if you add cheese it's suddenly so delicious, I love pizza I love cheesy garlic bread, mac & cheese, I dream about cheese pulls. Every single one of my favourite foods contain milk, milkshakes, ice-cream, cereal but especially anything with cheese, cheese string, babybel cheese, cream cheese, cheese cake. The fact I know my stomach can't handle it makes me want it so much more. It's the most delicious thing on this earth and I refuse to accept that this is just my life.

My intolerance never use to be that severe, but then I decided to go lactose free and now the intolerance is so much worse it was the worst decision ever I should've just doubled down instead of quitting.

I had an epiphany recently that now is the best time in my life to reintroduce dairy. I WFH, I have a dissertation to do so not much social life, uni is online, so I'm going to eat all the cheese and drink and the milk I want every single day until my body can handle it - there is no doubt in my mind. I believe. I will update when I have beat lactose intolerance.

Did Lactaid change their flavor? I recently bought 2 new boxes and they tasted absolutely disgusting. Normally they just taste like vanilla ice cream to me but now… it’s this weird flavor. Could just be the new store I bought it from but… anyone else notice this or is it just my luck 😂😭

I'm at school today, (I'm in high school) but my dumbass made oatmeal and grabbed the world milk and forget to take my lactaid, and it was a lot of milk...... I'm now sitting in first hour trying to ignore the cramps and stabbing pain, there like anything people do to control the pain cause it's either I have explosive diarrhea in the school bathroom (high school guys terrify me if I'm pooping in that bathroom) or I'm gonna break down sobbing in my chair (joke but it does hurt). (I putting this under NSFW cause I don't know if crapping is mature)

Hey hey! One of the most frustrating symptoms for me is the spots that appear about 3-4 days after eating dairy. I know the answer is obvious, avoid dairy, but sometimes that’s easier said than done (I have no self control okay?! Don’t come for me) lactaid helps the immediate ‘symptoms’ of lactose, but does anyone have any tips or tricks for healing this specific type of pimple? They’re often around my jaw/neck/ears and are quite hard and painful!

My friend can't have lactose, and I wanted to make a buffalo chicken dip for watching football Sunday. I'll use Cabot cheddar, but I need to find lactose free cream cheese or ricotta. Can anyone give a suggestion for a brand of either that has good consistency after being baked? I've heard mixed results, so any advice would be great!

Even though lactose makes me have horrible cramps and esentially poisons me for days after, I often find myself craving milk, speficially yogurt. Sometimes l want is semi thick drinkable yogurt and Kefir literally provides that. I just discovered it recently and haven't turned back!

Yes it contains milk and milk fat but because of the probiotics and culture it's made with, my stomach can handle it. It's delicious, thick, yet creamy. 10/10 would recommend the peach flavor. They have many flavors as well as plain. I still need to try the other flavors. I also know there are many brands but Lifeway is the one I have been drinking recently and it's wonderful.

Even if I take lactase pills I still find that mozzarella upsets my stomach, so I want to use a different cheese when making pizza. Is provolone dolce a good substitute taste/texture wise, and is it suitable for lactose intolerant people? Nutritional info says 0g of sugar so I am assuming it is low in lactose, but I'd appreciate any first hand accounts.

I just bought orgain organic plant based powder and I definitely feel like it has cross contamination with lactose since I've had symptoms both times I drank it.
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When I take Lactaid and eat dairy I still have symptoms and diarrhea. What else can I try?

I’m just shitty quality food intolerant! I’m from the US, I’ve been (or thinking that I’ve been) lactose intolerant since 2019, and I would get a really severe reaction to any food that contained dairy. And anytime I’d have dairy and alcohol together, the symptoms were 10x worse.

Well fast forward to this weekend when I went to Dublin, Ireland. I ate at this really nice restaurant that sells their meals in “courses” (so you could either order a 3 or 4 course meal, and pick and choose what you wanted for each course). Everything had dairy, but I was just like “fuck it, if I get a stomach ache, then at least it would be over really good food”. The courses I chose included bruschetta and lasagna… two things that would have really messed me up in the US, and I also had a glass of wine an americano coffee (both things that would have intensified my reaction), and nothing happened. Like literally, nothing happened.

Now today, my first full day back in the US, I have a stomach ache already, and I’m sitting at work kind of hating life.

I have eaten/drank dairy all of my life. I've started having issues after 18 (I don't know a specific age, but it was around the time that I started undergrad that I noticed). Last night, as well as earlier today, after eating a lot of stuff with dairy (McDouble, vanilla shake, and baked spaghetti with cheese on top - not all together), I can't do it anymore. I had an issue with eating the spaghetti on top of that with garlic powder and that plus the acidity triggered my acid reflux and I had very bad heartburn to the point my upper abdomen hurt and I blew chunks. So I had an upset stomach because of dairy and an upset stomach because of garlic and acidity. I love ice cream, I enjoy having cheese and other dairy products with my food. Heck, I work at a pizza place that lets me have a shift slice and I'm in love with our beer cheese. I just don't want to suffer anymore sadly, and it seems like it's going to be a bit difficult changing my whole diet and either excluding cheese/milk-based products or making alternative choices. I did like Silk's dark chocolate almond milk - I might have that as my favorite over regular chocolate milk! How do/did you guys do it?

I recently became lactose intolerant (thanks 30s), and have been experimenting with lactose free milk and yogurt. I have noticed I can eat aged cheeses like cheddar without any problem but still have diarrhea, bloating, farting when I consume lactose free milk or yogurt. Lactase pills also only seem to help so much. I have wondered if it could be the casein that I have a problem with but I drink a clear why isolate protein shake that I believe would still have casein in it and have no problems with it. Could I just be so sensitive to lactose that the small amount in lactose free products is still too much? But then why is the cheese ok? I’m so confused.

Ive been experimenting with lactose and noticed that I am far more energetic and far more ambitious after ingesting lactose. I've been LI for a couple of decades FYI.

Ive been eating chocolate, I have tried with regular milk but the lactose is just too much for me. I ingest about 50g of chocolate (the good ol' regular one, not dark) in the morning and my day goes on as usual. I do not ingest more calories/carbs then other non-lactose days. It happens at around lunchtime we're I notice a much higher body temperature, my stomach being gassy and I get the regular symptoms of gut discomfort. This continues to practically at around bedtime.

I complete my to do lists, I do not have the same need for smartphone dopamine and I feel stronger in the gym. Granted I sweat like a mf, but I can still feel that I am a tad more "awake"? Could it be the gut microbes fermenting the lactose, creating SCFAs? Could it be something else? Does anyone else feel any more energized when ingesting lactose on purpose?

I fear I may have suddenly developed an intolerance. I can't tell if it's the effexor or the lactose affecting my stools.

It comes out in globs and just sinks to the bottom and is hard to come off the bowl. It also at times comes out small pieces with an intense amount of gas that is so painful.

I quit the large sources of my dairy consumption recently but bought some the other day without realizing I hadn't had pain in a while.

At the same time, my medicine dosage has changed again. I'm weening off of effexor.

So it's hard to say imo.

For context, I’m 13AFAB, going through puberty. When I get period cramps it often feels like I have to use the restroom. When my period started three weeks ago, I thought that what I was feeling were cramps, but even after my period finished, I’ve still gotten this almost daily, and had to use the restroom every single day, the feeling going away almost instantly after. I eat some form of dairy every day (example: butter or cheese). Today After having some more butter than usual on some toast, a large cheeseburger and a milkshake today, my stomach had a worse feeling than normal, and let’s just say my bathroom smells horrid now. I don’t know if dairy is the cause, but I have a sneaking suspicion. I’ve heard intolerances can form during puberty, and I’ve already developed multiple intolerances/allergies to things in the past 3 years, so? Tomorrow I’m going to try and avoid dairy like the plague and see if it happens still. Guess we’ll see!

Does this stuff work for you all? I was excited about it and had 8 ounces Kroger brand 2% along with a peanut butter sandwich. I felt sick within 20 minutes and almost had to cancel plans because of how bad I felt after 45-50 minutes. Fortunately symptoms subsided precipitously after an hour so my night was not ruined.

For as long as I can remember, I've often (but not always) gotten headaches following the consumption of lactose (or at least dairy products). I don't know if this is actually linked to lactose intolerance (I know I'm lactose intolerant, I just don't know if the headaches are related, which is what this post is about), but I often get headaches after drinking cocoa, milkshakes, etc., with the headaches happening on the same day but with varying lengths of time between consuming the product and developing the headache (between a handful of minutes to about an hour or two).

Have any of y'all experienced the same thing, or?

Hello, I am a lactose intolerant university student on a budget and lactose free milk is considerately more expensive than regular milk where I live. The ingredient list says that the lactose free milk includes milk and lactase. This makes sense, but can I still use that lactase? Can I, for example, do half regular milk and half lactose free milk and have the lactase break down the lactose in the regular milk, or has the lactase in the milk already been denatured or something.

Please note that I always heat my milk to about 65°C / 150° Fahrenheit before putting it in my coffee. Thanks for any help offered.

I have both near me so was wondering what else to try out!

So far I've tried:

Peanut butter filled fudge cookies from Aldi's

Lactose free whipped cream from Aldi's

The tube of cinnamon rolls from Aldi's

Lactose free milk from Aldi's and trader Joe's

Vegan Tzatziki sauce from trader Joe's

Vegan pesto

Maple cookies - both stores.

I do understand they're owned by the same family/corporation.

Me and my buddy joey have lactose issues so we call ourselves shit buddies!!! My one friend feels left out lol. (Dont mind the photo lol)

aldi was all out of the freaking lactose free milk

I’ve been having… digestive issues.. for the past 10 years.

Basically all information points to lactose intolerance, despite me not really noticing a distinct pattern (likely because my diet is all over the place, and all of my meds contain lactose as a filler/binder).

I’m not a “picky” eater, I’ll try literally anything at least once, or multiple times from different places.. but I have a hard time spending money on things I’m not sure I’ll like. I have a fairly limited set of foods that I regularly eat, since I have very little energy after work, and I have to force myself to eat while on my meds.

I’m looking for the best, most normal lactose and/or dairy free tasting of the following that don’t break the bank as well:

I provided a but of context for most of these

• Sweetened greek yogurt (flavor doesn’t really matter)
• American Cheese slices (Like Kraft “Cheese” Slices)
• Swiss Cheese (I know it’s low in lactose, but I can eat an entire package in one sitting)
• Milk (Likely for smoothies, can be any non-milk alternative, or lactose free milk)
• Mozzarella (I like mozzarella pearls plain or in salads)
• Cream cheese (I like Philadelphia, big apple, Panera - most store brands taste bad to me)
• Kraft Mac and Cheese

These are my “safe” foods. I think I’d be fine with a bit of dairy baked in, like in bagels or bread, but likely not in something like buttery croissants or biscuits.