Lactose intolerance is VERY common and as we age even more common.I was never lactose intolerant for 25 years of my life but suddenly developed it in the past year. Is this common or normal?
What are your symptoms?@Kristin251 thanks for your reply. I'm asking because I don't know of anyone who has developed it suddenly, most people I know are usually born with it. I haven't spoke to my endocrinologist or GP about it yet though
What are your symptoms?
If that’s you in your avatar pic, you look Asian? My ex SIL was Chinese and could not do dairy, or even butter.
I'm Chinese and in my early 20s I started reacting poorly to milk. Would feel queasy an hour after having it, have to go to the loo (etc, you know). I avoided milk for about 3 years but then it just went away. *shrug* the human body is a mysterious thingYes Asian, but have never had this problems till a year ago
@Kristin251 thanks for your reply. I'm asking because I don't know of anyone who has developed it suddenly, most people I know are usually born with it. I haven't spoke to my endocrinologist or GP about it yet though
Have you had SIBO tests? If you haven't see if you can, as other things can also appear to lean towards lactose intolerance, nut they aren't...
I can eat some ( small amounts) of certain cheese but not milk. I had full fat cream in a sauce I made and seemed ok
I heard from my sister in law that Asians don’t do well with dairy as it’s not a part of their normal diet
We can become into,errant to any food at anytime
I'm Chinese and in my early 20s I started reacting poorly to milk. Would feel queasy an hour after having it, have to go to the loo (etc, you know). I avoided milk for about 3 years but then it just went away. *shrug* the human body is a mysterious thing
I have dairy now fine (lol except it probably makes me fat) go through 2pts a week.
Bonus: in those 3 years I learned to stop having milk in coffee and now I'm a coffee connoisseur (ie snob)
The type of dairy matters for me. No milk ever, hard aged cheese like Parmesan pecorino romano bloat me. Cream cheese is iffy. Brie, Colby jack Boursin havarti are working these days.I mostly usually get stomach issues and mild diarrhea but nothing as bad as feeling queasy. Good to hear that it went away for you. I hope it would be the same for me. Despite that i still consume dairy although somedays I feel fine and get no bad reactions at all.
Very interesting. As of Monday I gave up all dairy. I’ll see how that goes and if my aches go away. Then I’ll slowly reintroduce starting with ghee. KG butter was even bothering meThere is a list of cheeses (and other dairy products) with their lactose percentage - the advice is that most people with lactose intolerance can manage 2% or less:- http://www.stevecarper.com/li/list_of_lactose_percentages.htm
Unfortunately, some cheeses have ranges that span the 2% value so the only way to know if they are OK is to trial a brand and, if there are no symptoms, stick to it.
May also be of interest to @Kristin251