Whole And 2% Milk A No-no?

[strawberrygm]

i was recently told by a lady w celiacs that whole and 2% milk is a no-no for those with celiac.

is this true?

[Tim-n-VA]

The issue is underlying causes. There is nothing about celiac that makes a person unable to have milk. Depending on the nature of damage to the villi, an unhealed celiac might have problems but that would be due to damage not the celiac directly. Once off gluten and completely healed, there is no reason for a celiac to avoid milk. Of course, being celiac doesn't preclude you from having other diseases that might prohibit milk.

[strawberrygm]

The issue is underlying causes. There is nothing about celiac that makes a person unable to have milk. Depending on the nature of damage to the villi, an unhealed celiac might have problems but that would be due to damage not the celiac directly. Once off gluten and completely healed, there is no reason for a celiac to avoid milk. Of course, being celiac doesn't preclude you from having other diseases that might prohibit milk.

so as long as she has no other diseases she is ok with milk?

her damage to her villi was minimal but there.

[dandelionmom]

On the advice of our GI we kept our daughter off of milk for a few months when she first went gluten-free. After a few months, we reintroduced milk with no problem.

Whole milk is actually better (less lactose) than skim if you're having trouble digesting milk.