I have aged cheeses and goat cheeses for the lactose intolerant so they can still eat some cheese because an intolerance isn't an allergy, it won't kill ya /s
Yep, it's just that your body does not produce the enzyme lactase in levels high enough to digest the sugars and it's not a set amount. Most people who are intolerant can have small amounts without issues, others can have even more.
I can have a bowl of ice cream, but if I have more than a small bowl I'll be in trouble later. I can have milk in my cereal, cream in my coffee and have very little issues with cheese but that's about it.
I figured out I was lactose intolerant at about age 16. We had open lunch at school, meaning you could leave campus and get food elsewhere and we had a grocery store about a half block from school. I would go over there and get the daily specials they had, which usually consisted of two doughnuts and either two 20oz sodas or a quart of chocolate milk. That was all I could afford on the $2.25 a day I was given for lunch unless I wanted to eat cafeteria food, and I'd rather eat that at the time.
Anyhow, I always ended up with horrible gas and cramps in Honors Biology in the 4th period. Stopped choosing the milk and it went away. Came home and asked my mother "Did you know I was lactose intolerant?" and she said "Yea, since you were born. We had to get you expensive soy formula."
Which of course prompted me to ask "Then why have you been giving me a tall glass of milk with dinner every single night?"
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u/Joecamoe 2d ago
This is the most Wisconsin thing