Life Without Dairy

[Jake the Snake]

So I found out today that I'm lactose intolerant. While it does explain a few things (like how the glasses of milk I have with meals is what was contributing to daily flatulence) I am sorrowfully disappointed I am really like dairy products, including Ice Cream, Milk, Yogurt and Most of all, Cheese. It sucks that I can't eat it any more.

So my fellow Escapists (especially ones who share in my misfortune) how does one cope/live with L.I.? (namely, what do you do for calcium, what are some other foods to turn to etc.) Silly question? Perhaps, but I would love to hear some feedback.

 

[Rasputin1]

Sorry I have always been looking for an excuse to use that..

OT: Can't give you any advice there. I'm not allergic to dairy or anything, I have a few friends who are, but that;s hardly helpful.

 

[Ironwampa]

You can buy milk with no lactose, also good quality cheeses usually have only small amounts of lactose so if you can still have a little lactose you don't have to stop eating all cheeses.

 

[Snarky Username]

Gee, I wonder how you got that "Frozen Heart" badge...

OP: That's how I feel with mango. I love mango so much, it's my favorite fruit. The only thing is whenever I eat it, my entire body breaks out into a terrible case of the hives. I usually wake up looking like the thing from The Goonies. That being said, I still enjoy a nice mango every so often, and it is totally worth it...

Of course, there aren't that many mango products, so I can't really relate to being lactose intolerant. I'm glad I'm tolerant of lactose and all of it's products.

 

[Rasputin1]

Gee, I wonder how you got that "Frozen Heart" badge...

It's a skill to be as heartless as I am.

 

[Hollock]

I love mango so much, it's my favorite fruit. The only thing is whenever I eat it, my entire body breaks out into a terrible case of the hives. I usually wake up looking like the thing from The Goonies.

HEY! His name is Chunk.


OT: eat it anyways and fart til there's no tommorrah! [sub]Hollock is a bad doctor, he barely passed his exams, please consult with a better doctor before engaging in such acts[/sub]

 

[Rasputin1]

I love mango so much, it's my favorite fruit. The only thing is whenever I eat it, my entire body breaks out into a terrible case of the hives. I usually wake up looking like the thing from The Goonies.

HEY! His name is Chunk.


OT: eat it anyways and fart til there's no tommorrah! [sub]Hollock is a bad doctor, he barely passed his exams, please consult with a better doctor before engaging in such acts[/sub]

Amazing, you managed to quote me on something I didn't say..

 

[Jorias]

Yeah being L.I. sucks. I tend to avoid milk like the plague, prolly why i only like dark chocolate over milk chocolate....Then again i love Dairymilk....I have noticed that the fat free milk seems to not bother me as much as whole milk.

 

[DSEZ]

can you still drink skim milk or no milk at all and that sucks buddy im sorry but

im pretty sure they make lactuose free ice cream and all that stuff

my friend used to be lactuose intolerant he took pills before he ate ice cream he was fine

 

[IxionIndustries]

I love milk, and if I were ever to be forced to go to that soy shit, I would literally have to bash myself into a comatose slumber at night.

Seriously, the only thing that keeps me from staying up through two whole days is a tall glass of milk.

 

[lokun489]

you could eat them at specific times when no one'd be around you.

 

[Mimssy]

http://www.turtlemountain.com/products/purely_decadent.html

Dairy free ice cream. There's a ton of substitutes. You'll be okay.

 

[RobotNinja]

Soy milk tastes good (to me anyway) and it does not have lactose.

 

[Hollock]

I love mango so much, it's my favorite fruit. The only thing is whenever I eat it, my entire body breaks out into a terrible case of the hives. I usually wake up looking like the thing from The Goonies.

HEY! His name is Chunk.


OT: eat it anyways and fart til there's no tommorrah! [sub]Hollock is a bad doctor, he barely passed his exams, please consult with a better doctor before engaging in such acts[/sub]

Amazing, you managed to quote me on something I didn't say..

Sorry I tried to quote a guy who quoted you but cut his name instead of yours.

 

[monstersquad]

There are lots of delicious milk alternatives, not only soy-based. Theres almond "milk", it is delicious, providing you're not also allergic to nuts, of course. Then it's just a sweetened bottle of death. I personally avoid most milk like things, except in cooking, then I don't mind using butter, cheese and cream. But I could never bring myself to drink a glass of milk, that's just too disgusting to imagine.

P.S. the thing in the Goonies is called Sloth, Chunk is the husky kid who did the truffle shuffle.

 

[Jamash]

Soy milk tastes good (to me anyway) and it does not have lactose.

Please do not call it soy milk. It's soy juice. Milk comes from tits.

Remember : No tit = No milk.

Ah, but if you drink enough soy 'milk' you'll grow tits.

I think they put a lot of phytoestrogen in soy milk to keep the tit connection and foil the man from Trading Standards.

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

This is what happens when you eat dairy now. Avoid it!

That is a serious downer though, but I'm sure you'll learn to adjust. I'm sure everything will turn out fine.

 

[BlackWidower]

They have pills which treat that. Lactose intolerance is caused by a missing enzyme that those pills contain. May I suggest that when you're in the mood for cheese.

I know I love cheese. Even when I was a vegetarian, I would look for an excuse why it was okay to eat cheese. If I couldn't eat cheese I'd have nothing to eat with my Branston Pickle.

 

[Player 2]

Get milk/cheese with lactase added to it, then you shouldn't have that reaction.