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Lactose
Nov 8, 2004 15:25:55 GMT -5
Post by annette on Nov 8, 2004 15:25:55 GMT -5
Hi Jayne , My daughter was recently diagnosed with lactose intolerance, I was wondering if there were any alternative to the medication lactaid . My Insuarnce doesn't cover it and it is very expensive, Or if there are any alternative foods she can have that won't upset her stomach. Thanks Annette
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Post by Jayne on Nov 9, 2004 6:23:45 GMT -5
Hi Annette, Is it possible that the reason so many people are lactose intolerant is because people were not designed to drink cow's milk? Many people do, and get away with it (I did for most of my life!), but many others, like your daughter, cannot tolerate it. Pasteurizing it makes it even worse. (Back in the 1940's Dr. Francis Pottenger did a study on cats that spanned a period of 10 years while he studied four generations of cats--900 in all. The results were very interesting and showed the effects of cooked food on the health of the cats. Cats in the raw food category fared very well through the four generations, but the cats in the cooked food category did not do well at all. In the cooked food category, there was no fourth generation of cats because the third generation were mostly sterile and those that weren't, produced offspring that died at or before birth. You can do an Internet search to learn more about the Pottenger Cat Study.) As with most every other subjects dealing with natural health, there is a huge debate going on about whether or not dairy products should be consumed by humans. But let's think this through. Suppose someone gave you a bottle of bug killer to drink and suppose you had a reaction to it like an upset stomach. Would it make any sense to go to the drug store and buy some Pepto Bismol to make your stomach feel better so you could keep drinking it? Of course not! So why would a person even consider buying lactaid? It's like telling one's body to shut up and be quiet as one continued to poison one's self! Good quality calcium can be obtained from plant foods (cows get theirs from grass!), so it is important that your daughter eat an abundance of green leafy vegetables to get the calcium she needs. I would caution against most calcium supplements, but you will need to do your homework on this to find out why. I would also not go the soy milk route either. Once again, this is another very controversial subject, and one must make up one's own mind about these things, but there are known SAFE alternatives, so why take a chance, especially when one's own body is screeming out that it does not do well with milk? I personally substitute almond milk (that I make myself) any time I want "milk" for something. There are some recipes for almond milk on my web site and it is very easy to make. I would not buy the cartons of almond or other milks in the health stores, but that's just my personal preference (because of the pasteurization and processing involved). There is a web site you might be interested in checking out for more information on milk. It is located at www.notmilk.com. In fact, take a look at this article in particular regarding calcium and bone disease: www.notmilk.com/deb/092098.htmlI hope this helps. ~Jayne
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