anyone have any experience with "lactagen" ?

[DarkManX]

ive recently became lactose intolerent, and saw an ad for lactagen has anyone heard of this or tried it??

 

[Baked]

Recently? What?

 

[DarkManX]

yes.. a few years ago i had no problem with milk, ice cream, etc. now im 23 years old and cant digest milk or ice cream.

 

[George P Burdell]

Man that sucks.

 

[bobsmith1492]

The mechanism that digests lactose can shut down. I guess it's more efficient for your body if you're not eating milk anymore. Actually most people around the world don't drink that much milk, not nearly as much as Americans and maybe Europeans.

 

[Baked]

Interesting, didn't know that. That sucks. No more ice cream.

 

[MSCoder610]

Kinda happened to me... I'm 21 now, ice cream used to be fine, but not anymore, just happened about a year ago.

I just use Lactaid (over the counter supplement), works fine for me.

 

[theeedude]

Happened to me too at around 25.

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Happened to me too at around 25.

I don't think I've become intolerant, just less tolerant. I'll be 25 next Saturday and I noticed in March that I can't drink as much milk as previously. Granted, my former norm was a beer glass (16oz or so) with supper every night, but even cutting down 4oz to a 12 seems good to go.

Cheese, ice cream, butter, no other diary products seem to bother me.

 

[sciwizam]

I too have noticed I'm becoming lactose intolerant, or more specifically flavored milk intolerant while cheese, ice cream and butter are good to eat.

 

[aphex]

Lactaid FTW

 

[BoomerD]

Happened to my wife in her late 40's. Actually, maybe earlier, as she's had some of the symptoms for years, but only diagnosed as L.I. a few years ago.

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=854

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stevecarper/

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov...bs/lactoseintolerance/

http://www.dairycare.com/

 

[lightstar]

i use a gazillion tablets every time i eat cheese/dairy products. the Target brand is the cheapest & best (even better than walmart)

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
The mechanism that digests lactose can shut down. I guess it's more efficient for your body if you're not eating milk anymore. Actually most people around the world don't drink that much milk, not nearly as much as Americans and maybe Europeans.

I started to go LI when i was drinking the most milk (about 1/2 gallon a day)


anyways i've heard about this stuff but never tried it, how much does it cost?

 

[Mikey]

From what I've heard, a person only becomes more intolerant to dairy products as he/she ages. I used to drink 4 glasses of milk a day until my senior year in high school. Ever since then, I haven't been able to handle much lactose without taking some sort of lactaid pill.

 

[0roo0roo]

the name sounds a bit scary

 

[Ticky]

Anyone else think the name sounds like a breast-enlargement pill?

 

[ZaneNBK]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
the name sounds a bit scary

Yeah, "Lactagen" sounds like you're making MORE lactose, which would not be good.

 

[Mo0o]

It's a pretty common problem. Haven't heard of lactagen but I know Lactaid is a popular choice: http://www.lactaid.com/