RE: Anybody lactose free as well as wheat free?

[Guest guest]

Hi , a few weeks ago, I found the book 'The Lactose

Free Cookbook' (370 pages) by Sheri Updike in our local Oxfam shop so bought it

for £1.00 to go into our TPA Library. It is a brilliant book and says " the

cookbook you've been waiting for! Buttery Mashed potatoes….cheesy appetizers….ice

cream….fettuccine Alfredo….elegant puddings….[prize-winning

cheesecakes….all lactose free - and more! Sheri Updike can show you how

to put all your favourite meals back on your table. 200 recipes for delicious-tasting

food. Eat without having to take a pill first. Includes substitute secrets and important

information your doctor or druggist won't tell you.

If you would like to borrow it, send me stamps to the value of

£2.80 and your address and I will send it to you.

Luv - Sheila

Just to let you all know quietly feeling much

better now on Hypoalergenic T4. Heart palpitations so improved I am so pleased.

I am taking temps as usual and although morning is 36.5 pulse 63. The evening

ones dip to 36.1 0r 36.2.

Am taking 8 nutri adrenal a day.

Have got rice milk to try as lactose free seems to be the way to go but has

anyone any tips or hints for a newbie on this diet please?

Luv Stephie

[Guest guest]

Hi Stephie, I am Gluten Intolerant ( wheat, barley, oats and rye ) and Lactose

Intolerant. I don't drink milk as I do not like it but hard cheese is fine as

it is low lactose and cream and butter are also low in lactose. You may find you

can tolerate goats and sheep milk cheeses also. It is mainly the bries that

upset me. Make sure the rice milk is gluten free. How are you coping with the

new Gluten laws there ? Are they working yet?

Jane

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> Just to let you all know quietly feeling much better now on Hypoalergenic T4.

Heart palpitations so improved I am so pleased.

> I am taking temps as usual and although morning is 36.5 pulse 63. The evening

ones dip to 36.1 0r 36.2.

> Am taking 8 nutri adrenal a day.

> Have got rice milk to try as lactose free seems to be the way to go but has

anyone any tips or hints for a newbie on this diet please?

> Luv Stephie

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Stephie,

I have been on a gluten free diet for over a decade and late last year I was

tested and found out I have lactose malabsorption issues, so like you I've had

to change my diet too.

I still have low fat cheddar (low fat because of a hereditary condition) and it

doesn't seem to be causing any problems, however that is the limit of my lactose

ingestion. Like you, I have lactose free milk.

I like to have the occasional decaf coffee while I am out, so rather than go

without, I've found a cafe that serves gluten free soy milk decaf coffees (try

and say that quickly!). I have sucrose malabsorption too, so I am trying to

limit my intake of soy because of its sucrose levels. Giving up sucrose

(normal cane sugar) is easy (says she who had a 'hiccup' with sugar over the

easter break), however it isn't easy to have a low sucrose diet when sucrose is

in so many fruits and vegetables.

Have you just gone 'wheat free'? I've found that my local coeliac society has

been of invaluable assistance to me over the years, even though I am not a

coeliac, so you may wish to contact your local society for hints and advice.

I know that this 'ingredients list' link is specific to Australian customers,

however perhaps you can find a similar guide in the UK.

http://www.coeliacsociety.com.au/r-ingred.html I used to use my 'ingredients

list' book like a bible in the early days. I have the 'book' version of the

list. They also have an iphone app, but I think it is specific to Australia.

These days I eat a lot of whole food that I make from scratch from home, so I

don't need the book as much.

Re eating out. I was told by a relative in the food industry that many chefs

take gluten free requests pretty lightly these days as it is a bit 'trendy' to

be gluten free. I found that telling the restaurant waiter that I get very

unwell and may end up bed ridden if I have gluten makes them sit up and take my

request seriously. They often go to the chef to check whether they can look

after my requests. I guess it is important to stress how bad you feel if you

have gluten or lactose. They need to know. Sometimes it means that I need to

seek an alternative eating place because they honestly tell me that they may

have contaminants in their kitchen. I am always grateful for their honesty and

realise that it can be difficult to be 'gluten free' in a standard kitchen. I

specifically seek out restaurants that are gluten free.

I have found that a lot of indian restaurants can cater for my gluten and

lactose free needs. They can also leave the lactose out of many dishes. I am a

bit of an Indian food fan! Unfortunately I've had to scratch a lot of Indian

meals off my menu because of the fat content. I am vegetarian and I find that

blending chickpeas into my curries makes me feel as though I have added cream to

my recipe, even though I haven't. It might be something for you to try, if you

ever cook a curry.

Anyhow, I'm not sure if this is the sort of info that you were after or not, but

hopefully some of it helped. You might have been gluten free for a while, in

which case, you probably know most of what I have written.

P

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> Just to let you all know quietly feeling much better now on Hypoalergenic T4.

Heart palpitations so improved I am so pleased.

> I am taking temps as usual and although morning is 36.5 pulse 63. The evening

ones dip to 36.1 0r 36.2.

> Am taking 8 nutri adrenal a day.

> Have got rice milk to try as lactose free seems to be the way to go but has

anyone any tips or hints for a newbie on this diet please?

> Luv Stephie

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila

I will be sending the stamps shortly, thanks for that it sounds a good book.

Luv Stephie

> Hi , a few weeks ago, I found the book 'The Lactose Free Cookbook'

> (370 pages) by Sheri Updike in our local Oxfam shop so bought it for £1.00

> to go into our TPA Library. It is a brilliant book and says " the cookbook

>> If you would like to borrow it, send me stamps to the value of £2.80 and

> your address and I will send it to you.

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> Just to let you all know quietly feeling much better now on Hypoalergenic

> T4. Heart palpitations so improved I am so pleased.

> I am taking temps as usual and although morning is 36.5 pulse 63. The

> > anyone any tips or hints for a newbie on this diet please?

> Luv Stephie

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