Re: Lacteeze-how long does supply last?

[Guest guest]

Mara, it's hard to say, because I was using Lacteeze long before

I got into SCD. I was drinking milk then, and using it that way. My last

batch lasted about nine months. I'll have to keep track of it now that I'm on

SCD, with the deviation I explain below.

I don't entirely follow Elaine's stricturse about dairy. If I want

to use ricotta, for example, I stir in the drops, and let it sit for

24 hours as I would cream. Lactose is my problem, not casein, so dairy, as

long as I have my Lacteeze, which I use more liberally than instructions say, is

not a major issue for me. I know that this is contrary to Elaine's theory, but

I believe she would eventually have liberalized that for different health

problems. If I am out, and want to eat a soft cheese, I take a couple of

lactase capsules, which thankfully are easily available in drug stores.

Lactase, when I happened on it in my 30's, changed my life.

I should add that my problem, besides lactose intolerance, was an unidentified

auto-immune response, manifesting as uncontrollable year-long hives, and extreme

fatigue. I seem to tolerate this much deviation, as many on this list cannot.

For me, grains are the real culprit, and I adhere strictly to that prohibition.

I've been hives-free, with more energy, for several months now, and I'm not at

all tempted to deviate on that score.

Rose in NJ

[Guest guest]

At 10:30 AM 12/19/2009, you wrote:

I don't entirely follow Elaine's

strictures about dairy. If I want to use ricotta, for example, I stir in

the drops, and let it sit for

24 hours as I would cream. Lactose is my problem, not casein, so dairy,

as long as I have my Lacteeze, which I use more liberally than

instructions say, is not a major issue for me. I know that this is

contrary to Elaine's theory, but I believe she would eventually have

liberalized that for different health problems.

I doubt Elaine would have liberalized her stance on lactose hydrolyzed

milk or dairy products.

There were plenty of people who wanted to know if they could just buy

commercial yogurt and put Lact-Aid or Lacteeze drops in it -- and the

answer was a resounding NO.

I just want it very, VERY clear to everyone on this list that what you

are doing, by either using the drops in anything but full cream or by

using the capsules, is not SCD-legal.

It's a free world. I'm not going to try to stop you, Rose, from doing

what you think works for you. If, however, you do not see the results you

hope for from SCD, please consider going to SCD-approved dairy products

and eliminating this set of illegals from your repertoire.

There were plenty of things which I thought I tolerated, too... until

Elaine demonstrated to me that I was wrong.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

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> At 10:30 AM 12/19/2009, you wrote:

>> I don't entirely follow Elaine's strictures about dairy. If I want to use

ricotta, for example, I stir in the drops, and let it sit for

>> 24 hours as I would cream. Lactose is my problem, not casein, so dairy, as

long as I have my Lacteeze, which I use more liberally than instructions say, is

not a major issue for me. I know that this is contrary to Elaine's theory, but I

believe she would eventually have liberalized that for different health

problems.

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> I doubt Elaine would have liberalized her stance on lactose hydrolyzed milk or

dairy products.

>

> There were plenty of people who wanted to know if they could just buy

commercial yogurt and put Lact-Aid or Lacteeze drops in it -- and the answer was

a resounding NO.

>

> I just want it very, VERY clear to everyone on this list that what you are

doing, by either using the drops in anything but full cream or by using the

capsules, is not SCD-legal.

>

> It's a free world. I'm not going to try to stop you, Rose, from doing what you

think works for you. If, however, you do not see the results you hope for from

SCD, please consider going to SCD-approved dairy products and eliminating this

set of illegals from your repertoire.

I think there are two separate and valid points here.

The first is that not everyone on SCD reacts to everything illegal on SCD. And

at some point in one's

SCD saga when one is asymptomatic or in remission, if you realize a foodstuff in

no way triggers you,

it is okay to add it back.

The second is that Elaine was writing for a large audience of people with a

variety of diseases

and reactivities. So she was unlikely to go more liberal on something like

lactose, because even

if X doesn't react, for sure, A, B, C, D, E, F and etc. do react. Some of them

very, very strongly.

Mara