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beelzebubble Contributor
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i know that i have a problem with dairy. it's not bad enough to make me stop eating it, though ;) . but, i'm wondering if anyone here has noticed a larger problem with melted cheese? i can have a piece of cheddar and be fine, but if i take the same piece of cheddar and melt it, about half the time it will give me d.

maybe it's all in my head (i don't think so...but). has anyone else noticed this? and if you have, any idea why?

carrie

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beelzebubble Contributor
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i guess it is all in my head ;)

Lisa Mentor
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i know that i have a problem with dairy. it's not bad enough to make me stop eating it, though ;) . but, i'm wondering if anyone here has noticed a larger problem with melted cheese? i can have a piece of cheddar and be fine, but if i take the same piece of cheddar and melt it, about half the time it will give me d.

maybe it's all in my head (i don't think so...but). has anyone else noticed this? and if you have, any idea why?

carrie

I would think it is a good possibility. Rather not the melted cheese, but hit and miss with dairy.

Jestgar Rising Star
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Maybe its what your melting it on. Some kind of combo response.

Nic Collaborator
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The nutritionist at my son's gastro. office told me that with a dairy intolerance it could be hit or miss. She said that some people who are lactose intolerant actually produce enough lactase to be able to digest some dairy. So for example, maybe you could handle dairy once a day but not more than that. I think it depends on the person and the intolerance.

Nicole

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Maybe its what your melting it on. Some kind of combo response.

That would be my guess....

Lots of gluten-free bread can be a little hard to digest by itself... add a very fatty item like cheese and the fact our dogestive systems aren't 100% and...

beelzebubble Contributor
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those are good points. i can't understand it, it's the oddest thing. i was thinking that it might be a change in the chemical composition that's the problem. i don't know. i was hoping that someone else would have noticed the same thing. ah well, i guess it's just the way it is.

thanks guys :)

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Angewallace Newbie
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I have the same problem have done for 20 years sny melted cheese worse if i make cheese sauce or lasagna i was allergic to milk as a baby but grew out of it its not lactose intolerance at all its the milk proteins i was allergic to csn drink milk loads but cannot have it with melted cheese or melted cheese on its own weurd eh 

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Ash001 Newbie
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Its not in your head. I just recently started having a problem with melted cheese but so far I am OK with other dairy foods. The enzymes in cheese that react inside our bodies to digest easier gets cooked away while melted and makes it harder for our bodies to digest it. The fats in the cheese also separate which is also another problem with our body strugglinghttps://patientslounge.com/conditions/Can-You-Be-Allergic-To-Melted-Cheese-Cooked-Cheese-Allergy to digest it.

I copied a link to this comment of something I read earlier.

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