Low Carb diet and Lactose intolerance

[Royjk]

So, simple question how do lactose intolerant T2 diabetics deal with low carb diets.

Royjk

 

[AllieRainbow]

So, simple question how do lactose intolerant T2 diabetics deal with low carb diets.

Royjk

Almond milk is much lower in carbs than dairy milk. I don't think it would be too hard these days for lactose intolerant low carbers with a lot of lacto free products available.

My daughter is lactose intolerant and she just has to read labels very carefully. Most of the processed foods that you should avoid when low carbing also contain a lot of milk products such as skimmed milk powder etc.

I do not appear to be lactose intolerant, but I use almond milk and always have lacto-free products in for her, but would only eat things like cheese or cream due to the carb issue anyway. Dairy milk, lacto-free or otherwise will raise my blood sugar a lot.

 

[Antje77]

So, simple question how do lactose intolerant T2 diabetics deal with low carb diets.

Royjk

I'm thankfully not lactose intolerant, but I have a friend who is and I take this into account when eating together. Which is not the same as living it every day of course.
If I cook for her, I make sure to not use cream, milk, yoghurt or soft cheeses. I usually cook from scratch but I double check any ready made products I may use for lactose.

For proteins, there is still all the meat, eggs, fish, hard cheeses, tofu type products. All veggies are good to go too of course. And there are quite a few LC vegan substitutes nowadays if you have a recipe needing cream or milk, although I've never used them.

 

[Outlier]

I'm not lactose intolerant, but my usual keto diet would accommodate it if I left out yoghurt, cheese and butter. So - protein sources meat fish and eggs, any green vegetables, would all be okay.

 

[KennyA]

If I was lactose intolerant (I'm not) I'd just exclude cream, butter and soft cheese that I currently eat. That leaves meat/fish/veg, so still plenty of natural fats and proteins.