Yeah I was tested and am pretty borderline with lactose, but something else in milk messes me the hell up. Not going to skip out on ice cream though. That kinda just becomes a little problem for me and a bigger problem for those around me.
People who have never heard of milk free ice cream are a bliss. So much to learn about the world. Must be wonderful to experience all those incredible things every day.
The lactaid pills needed in his case were excessive. This managed to temporarily cure it, and permanently reduce the number/frequency of pills needed long-term to a reasonable level.
As I’m getting older, I have noticed that I can’t eat as much trash food as I used to without consequences. Lactose intolerance was annoying enough, but now It seems that I also have IBS.
Planet Oat has some tasty varieties, I’m a big fan of their Blueberry Oat Crunch. Also, Dole Whip is dairy free as well and is getting more popular just about everywhere.
Otherwise lactaid is always good if it helps you at all and you still want ice cream.
At the grocery store I’ll buy almond/oat etc ice cream, but sometimes the ice cream shops only have dairy, or if I’m at friends/family and they only have regular ice cream.
Lactose is in nearly everything from chips, to baked goods, to some random noodles, sauces, and everywhere in between.
If I’m outside of the home and planning on eating I’m 100% strapped with lactose pills
I still buy lactose free milk (costs a comparative fortune) but have been toying with the idea of just cracking a lactose pill (they’re powder with gelatin capsule) and simply adding it to the milk
If a lactose pill is like 25 cents and 4L of lactose free milk is $4 more expensive, I’m thinking it’s time to run some experiments.
For me, ice cream works great with lactose pills, it’s when meals have some cheese that my coverage gets spotty, probably has to do with the ice cream being the only thing I’m eating while meals have lots of non lactose stuff that can prevent lactose pills from hitting all that dairy
