Dairy Friend Or Foe?

[sfsassy]

I have been gluten-free for just over 3 months. I noticed a change for the positive right away.

I am super careful about my diet and eat mostly at home. I eat mainly whole foods too. (basics non processed)

I have noticed having increased D here and there, but could never figure out what was causing it. I started to suspect dairy.

I went two days without heavy dairy last week and felt pretty good. No D. (When I say not heavy I just mean that I had a tablespoon of lactose free cream for my coffee and a tad of butter in something, but nothing else the rest of the days)

Well, yesterday I consumed a heavier dairy meal and had issues today. (I had cheese and cream in a homemade egg frittata)

So now I am wordering is I am not tolerating dairy. Could it be something other?

Why can I have some and not a lot? What is that limit?

Do any of you have dairy sensitivies? Do any of you have luck with a gluten-free dairy free diet? Is it worth trying for a longer stretch.

I just hate being so limited already. But at the same point I don't like feeling sick from food.

Any advise is great!

[O.N.]

I started gluten-free diet in January 2010. And only in March I realized that I am lactose-intolerant. Also I found other food intolerances, which surprised me a lot. But it is common to find other food intolerances when you go gluten-free

[mushroom]

I have been gluten-free for just over 3 months. I noticed a change for the positive right away.

I am super careful about my diet and eat mostly at home. I eat mainly whole foods too. (basics non processed)

I have noticed having increased D here and there, but could never figure out what was causing it. I started to suspect dairy.

I went two days without heavy dairy last week and felt pretty good. No D. (When I say not heavy I just mean that I had a tablespoon of lactose free cream for my coffee and a tad of butter in something, but nothing else the rest of the days)

Well, yesterday I consumed a heavier dairy meal and had issues today. (I had cheese and cream in a homemade egg frittata)

So now I am wordering is I am not tolerating dairy. Could it be something other?

Why can I have some and not a lot? What is that limit?

Do any of you have dairy sensitivies? Do any of you have luck with a gluten-free dairy free diet? Is it worth trying for a longer stretch.

I just hate being so limited already. But at the same point I don't like feeling sick from food.

Any advise is great!

You have to separate out the lactose from the casein when it comes to dairy. l They are digested by different enzymes. Lactase which digests the lactose is made at the tips of the villi in the small intestine, which are damaged by gluten for those who are celiac. So it will not be until those heal that you will be able to (possibly ) digest lactose (most heal just fine). So that means eliminating milk, cream, ice cream and frozen yogurt at the very least. For cultured dairy products, most of the lactose gets digested by the culture, so you may be able to tolerate cheese, butter, sour cream, even cream cheese. You will just have to try it. Goat's cheese is an alternative to cow's, as is also sheep cheese like pecorino.

[sfsassy]

Good tips. I need to try cutting out all milk, cream, ice cream to see how that works.