I have dairy allergy

Also, Casin is considered Lactose?

Almost all of pain meds. have lactose in/on them. lactose is used for a filler in some meds. They put a coating on alot of pills made from lactose called 'lactose monerate' (sp?) It acts as a preservative so the pill can withstand heat/cold. Zertec (allergy med) has lactose in it as a filler and this preserative. Lipitor also has it. Only way to know is to read the ingredients. It is listed as an 'inactive ingred.) (giggles - not in me) If prescription med. - ask pharmists or ask for paper that comes w/ the med. Or check it out on the web.

One ingredient that looks like an milk product is 'lactate'. That is the enzine our bodies make to digest milk. That is what a lactose intollerant person is missing. Our bodies make this. You can buy it in pills in drug stores/health food stores. Take it before injesting milk products. Ppl. with intollerance it helps. You can buy lactate milk & ice cream. It has the enzine added to the product. Ever see that in the dairy case?

I'll check around for a web site with this info. in it for you. Gotta run now

Let me know if I can be of any help. Rainey

Yes - casin is a milk protein. This could be reason you reacted to products that were lactose free. I made this mistake in the beginning of my journey. I'm sending you to nomilk.com. I can't get it to post a link. Copy and paste it. It has valusable information that I think would really help you.

A dairy intollerance will keep its discomforts/reactions confined to the digestive track. A dairy allergy will give digestive discomforts and also hives and/or congestion. It is not confined to the digestive track.I had a dairy intollerance and grew into a dairy allergy.

I just want to tell you this as I tell anyone interested this: Arby's and McD's french fries have milk on them. They put whey on them to make them look pretty and give them a coating. Anything with a breading or a coating could have whey on it. I had one of my worse experiences with ff from Arby's. I asked emplyee, too and she said 'no' and thought my question was a joke. You always ask for allergen book in fast food places or check web site for allergens. Don't depend on employees. I learned that the hard way.

Anxious to hear from you again. Rainey

What a great and helpful website, nomilk.com. It is so helpful and enlightening and scary all at the same time. I love food and to see all of the restrictions is just overwhelming. Again, thanks so much for all you help though. Knowing there are other people out there who are searching for answers is comforting. I am so new at all of this having JUST been diagnosed.

I am wondering however (AND THIS GOES FOR ANYONE READING THIS), is anyone here also has a Fructose Intolerance on top of your lactose intolerance? I was diagnosed with both which is even more restricting. Scary stuff for a food lover and non-cooker like me.

Talk to you soon

Cynderela25

How are you feeling? Are you making an progress w/ the dairy free diet and frustose free diet. I don't know anything about frutose free diets. I'm going to go goggle it now.

bye Have a healthy day Rainey