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How much milk have you drank?
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Silvermoon
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I don't find that lactose bothers me... milk fat can cause a few issues, so as long as I still to low fat milk products I am lucky enough to be able to consume them 
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Of course, that being said, I do enjoy my higher fat content dairy products on occasion, but only if I am prepared to 'pay for it' the next day... lol.
. Of course, that being said, I do enjoy my higher fat content dairy products on occasion, but only if I am prepared to 'pay for it' the next day... lol.
Milk doesn't bother my stomach at all, I eat other dairy products regularly, but I don't drink milk because I just don't like the taste and that has been the case for a long long time, far before my diagnosis. But if I have to drink it for whatever reason, it has to be 1/2%. I refuse to drink any other.
Nyx
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When I was growing up I drank milk every day and that's all I drank. Once I moved out of home I stopped because I couldn't afford it. And now I drink it rarely. Not because it bothers me, but because I've gotten away from it and haven't really missed it much. I'm not lactose intolerant at all.
Milk daily with breakfast cereal. Sometimes I will get chocolate milk, although too much of it (or milkshakes) will definitely result in more trips to the washroom. Cheese and ice cream in moderation are also part of my diet.
ekay03
My dog has hands!
As a kid I rarely drank milk. I hated it!! I still don't like milk by itself. I drink it in coffee or w/ a cookie. I use 2% because I was taught that nobody over the age of 2 needs all that milk fat. I used to use skim. It is not bad if you get used to it, but the rest of my family hates it so we settled on the 2 %.
I'm with you Jessi, don't really drink milk, only have it when I'm having a bowl of cereal. I could eat cheese all day long though. Cottage cheese, cheese and crackers, I've even been known to cut a chunk off of a block of cheddar and eat that by itself....
I'd blame the mouse proteins in the Remicade, but I was a cheese-aholic long before then!
(Mmmm....now I'm hungry!)
I'd blame the mouse proteins in the Remicade, but I was a cheese-aholic long before then!
(Mmmm....now I'm hungry!)
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
I agree with everything said about cheese, it is literally in everything I eat! I love cheese more than anything else that is edible!
Milk, on the other hand, I don't touch. I've had maybe 3 glasses in my lifetime. Tastes like crap to me and we never had it in the house. Plus it seems odd to drink the breastmilk of a completely different animal produced for their babies. Seems unnatural. Or maybe I'm just weird.
Milk, on the other hand, I don't touch. I've had maybe 3 glasses in my lifetime. Tastes like crap to me and we never had it in the house. Plus it seems odd to drink the breastmilk of a completely different animal produced for their babies. Seems unnatural. Or maybe I'm just weird.
Angrybird
Moderator
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I don't mind milk, I just never really hanker for it. I love cheese too, I really like having little chunks of it on either a mini chedder or ritz biscuit for my supper - yum!
- Location
- birmingham, AL
Love cheese but don't drink milk and very rarely eat ice cream
Do like Kefir though
Do like Kefir though
Growing up, I had milk three meals a day. And cheese, lots of cheese.
And then I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant and my cheese eating career came to an abrupt end I haven't had milk for 10 years now and can only handle really old or really stinky or goat cheese and even those I need my 'cheese pills' for
Definitely the thing I am most angry at my Crohn's for
And then I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant and my cheese eating career came to an abrupt end
I haven't had milk for 10 years now and can only handle really old or really stinky or goat cheese and even those I need my 'cheese pills' forDefinitely the thing I am most angry at my Crohn's for
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
I wasn't so much in milk about a year and a half ago before I've decided to get pregnant. From the moment, I have started drinking about 2 glasses every single day until I found out that I have Crohn and severe lactose intolerance.
I never knew that I have lactose intolerance until then. Funny enough, I grew up eating lots and lots of cheese and yoghurt though. I can't survive a day without cheese. Now I'm having lactose free cheese and cheddar cheese (usually I look for the ones with as less sugar as possible) and almond milk.
cheers,
I never knew that I have lactose intolerance until then. Funny enough, I grew up eating lots and lots of cheese and yoghurt though. I can't survive a day without cheese. Now I'm having lactose free cheese and cheddar cheese (usually I look for the ones with as less sugar as possible) and almond milk.
cheers,
- Location
- Penryn, Cornwall UK
I can't really drink milk or eat cheese as it really bothers me so I try and stay away from it.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
I drank cow's milk regularly as a child, as well as lots of cheese, ice cream and yoghurt. I was the calcium queen! I started having troubles with milk a few years before any other crohn's symptoms appeared and used lactose-free milk before making the switch to soy about a year ago (lactose-free still causes the gurgles!). Just started drinking rice milk this week as a trial and enjoying it, no stomach upsets.
Love cheese and eat it just about every day, as well as organic Greek yoghurt. I've read there is much less lactose in these items because the processing involved in their production lowers the content.
Ice cream however, sadly makes me really sick so I've had to give it up - gutting!
Love cheese and eat it just about every day, as well as organic Greek yoghurt. I've read there is much less lactose in these items because the processing involved in their production lowers the content.
Ice cream however, sadly makes me really sick so I've had to give it up - gutting!
Drank milk with cereal until age 20. Stopped milk until 36 for the most part. Now I only drink Raw Unpasteurized organic milk medicinally.
I couldn't tolerate milk when I was young - but I have always loved cheese and ice cream, so I don't think it was from lactose intolerance.
97% of all Soy grown in USA is Genetically Modified Organism. GMO's cause organ failure in lab rats, specifically digestive organs.
Soy also mimics estrogen and can cause cancer.
- Location
- Burnaby British Columbia
I don't drink much cow's milk but I love almond milk! And I can't say no to cheese.
This is one of those interesting threads/discussions one can have... From 1~15ish years old growing up we drove a mile down the road (lived far out in rual country area) to neighbors dairy and got raw unprocessed milk from the holding tank befor the milk truck would come and take it away. We did this right up tell the state decided raw milk could not be sold.
This then set up a still ragging long long battle between my parents as to which brand milk tastes like actual milk.
I just recently tried tasty milk again and I defiantly can have it again which is important cause cause peanutbutter or cookies and cream milkshakes have returned, yay!! (drink a lot of milk)
This then set up a still ragging long long battle between my parents as to which brand milk tastes like actual milk.
I just recently tried tasty milk again and I defiantly can have it again which is important cause cause peanutbutter or cookies and cream milkshakes have returned, yay!! (drink a lot of milk)
Glad I live in a state that allows raw milk and cannabis .
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It is not for those with thyroid issues.
It can interfere with thyroid medication.
At one time I did like it but then discontinued it because of Hashimotos treated with synthroid.
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Trysha
I love milk...but milk does not love me. Growing up I drank whole milk with dinner. By the time I was out of high school it would give me excruciating cramps, terrible gas and diarrhea. Now I never drink it or have ice cream. Last time I had ice cream I was in pain for hours. I have almond milk instead.
- Location
- Vancouver,
I'm lactose intolerant. But, I'm determined to get my calcium and do my best to take supplements for it. Although, the supplements don't always work so well.
My son is allergic to cows milk, I have rarely eaten anything with a milk product in it in the last 4 years. I developed Crohn's during that time (during my second pregnancy).
I have thought about re-entering cow's milk yogurt into my diet, but am not really sure how without contaminating my house with cow's milk ::
I have thought about re-entering cow's milk yogurt into my diet, but am not really sure how without contaminating my house with cow's milk ::
- Location
- New Jersey
I was told by a nutritionist that whole milk introduces less lactose in it than 2% or skim, since the fat helps the human body digest the milk in a more efficient way. I have found that skim milk aggravates my IBD, but whole milk does not. So, if you are feeling adventurous, give whole milk a try!
I drank it all the time as a kid and now all of the sudden I'm having crohns like symptoms. I read earlier today that MAP infection can be transferred to humans through cows milk. Seems like an interesting coincidence.
I love milk. All through chilhood I had two or three cups a day. Dairy has never been an issue for me. Recently when in hospital I had a sudden drop in blood sugar which caused an insane thirst for milk. I drank about four cups over the space of an hour, along with all the Lucozade the nurses were making me drink. I don't know why the blood sugar drop caused that particular craving, but few things feel as satisfying as drinking that milk did.