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Dairy? Okay Or Not?

Kit.DaMommy

By Kit.DaMommy
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Kit.DaMommy
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I have been seeing a lot about people eliminating dairy from their diets as well as gluten. I am not a big dairy person anyways, I rarely have it. But is dairy bad too? :(

Love to All,

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Mother of Jibril
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I had to take dairy out of diet because I'm breastfeeding and my son is very sensitive to casein. :( Last week I got the results from my genetic test... one interesting thing I found out is that the DQ7 gene is associated with intolerance to both gluten and cow's milk (plus thyroid disorders, lupus, and pollen allergies).

Dairy is not an easy food to digest. A lot of celiacs become lactose intolerant when their intestines are damaged, but can have small amounts again after a few months on a gluten-free diet. Some kids with autism do better on a gluten-free, casein-free diet.

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Lisa
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Dairy is often suggested to eliminate or limit for a period of time while you are healing. There is a connection between dairy and your villi in your small intestines. If your villi are damaged due to Celiac Disease, dairy may give you symptoms similar to gluten.

Once some healing takes place, dairy can be reintroduces without issue.

GFinDC Veteran
GFinDC
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I have been gluten-free for almost a year now, and just last week started being able to eat dairy again without having reactions. Although I do take Lactaid with it. But before this I had been lactose intolerant for 12 years and totally avoided it for the most part. Some lactaid type pills have gluten in them so watch out for that if you are using it. The cheaper store brands are the ones to really check the labels on.

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ksymonds84
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I have been gluten-free for almost a year now, and just last week started being able to eat dairy again without having reactions. Although I do take Lactaid with it. But before this I had been lactose intolerant for 12 years and totally avoided it for the most part. Some lactaid type pills have gluten in them so watch out for that if you are using it. The cheaper store brands are the ones to really check the labels on.

I tried to save cost on generic lactaid and vomited both times I tried to use them. I wasn't savvy about calling companies back then, just threw the stuff away. Lactaid brand fast act doesn't cause me to vomit so I am betting gluten was in the other one's so as GFinDC says check the labels or call the company if you decide to try them.

Hummingbird4 Explorer
Hummingbird4
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When I went gluten-free, I did not have to avoid dairy at all. It doesn't bother me a bit, but it seems like it's a fairly common thing for people to have to give up, at least for a while. Your mileage may vary. :P

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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My daughter didn't seem to have any problems. The doc did recommend a lactaid with dairy for her first two months post diagnosis. She didn't take it everytime . . . only when she seemed to be hitting the dairy products kind of hard. When she had her endoscopy, her lactase levels were checked. They were low but not too far out of range.

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Kit.DaMommy Rookie
Kit.DaMommy
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Thank you all for the good advice. I am not a big dairy person anyways, but its good to know.

love to all,

be blessed

one more mile Contributor
one more mile
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I am fine with milk. I gave it up for a while because I thought it cased me to want to binge but now that I am gluten free it seems to not bother me at all. I eat a lot of dairy at this time because I have had to give up other things so that I feel good.

I eliminated most foods then slowly added them back to see what I can eat and what I can not eat. Somethings I am still stumped on such as some raspberry tea makes my tongue swell. But that is another issue.

I am more concerned about staying away from the foods that I know I have issues with at this time. My kid had me bought in to the rights of enslaved cows argument for a while. Yes I think the cows should be treated better but I need to eat.

Some people choose not to consume dairy for political reason.

Right now cheese is my big flavor treat. I love butter cheese and smoked cheese and try to buy a new cheese each time I go to the farmers market, just to stimulate the taste buds.

One more mile.

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