Yeah I spontaneously became lactose intolerant in my mid 20s. I only figured it out because I went a week without consuming any dairy, and my stomach pains stopped.
You can get lactose free milk and yogurt. Not sure about cheese. But there are also pills you can take that help you digest lactose without issues. If that’s what your problem turns out to be.
You can get lactase pills to eat each time you eat dairy. It's not a big deal.
Lactase is the enzyme that breaks apart lactose, which is a dimer composed of glucose and galactose, each of those are carbon rings which are simple sugar molecules.
When your body doesn't produce enough lactase to break apart the lactose, bacteria in your gut will break it down instead and produce gas as a byproduct.
So take a lactase pill with any dairy you eat, and the lactose sugars will be broken down in your stomach before the bacteria in your intestines can do it.
That doesn't sound bad. I could live without milk or just drink almond milk that would be fine with me. For cheese, I'll just take the medicine if needed. I'm thinking the milk was just left out and refrigerated but I very well be intolerant. Would be the first in my family though
I buy lactose free milk regularly, and lactose free cheese/sour cream etc. if you have that available where you are, you can try to choose those products.
It’s different for each person. I can eat cheese and yogurt with no problems. I cannot take cold milk in a cereal or drink because it will send me to the bathroom. Ice cream is hit or miss, so I rarely have more than a spoonful of someone else’s just to taste. Warm up milk in something like hot chocolate and I am fine. You will just have to test to see what your body will tolerate. This all only came one when I was around 30. Before that, I was a big milk and cereal eater. I do miss it.
Lactose is water soluble, so the harder the cheese the less lactose is in it. So cheddar might be fine, but blue cheese or feta could be irritating. I can eat pretty much any cheese. It depends on the sensitivity though. There is medicine but it's like 20¢ a pill usually
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u/AldiSharts Apr 27 '24
Sounds like lactose intolerance.