• ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      At the grocery store I’ll buy almond/oat etc ice cream, but sometimes the ice cream shops only have dairy, or if I’m at friends/family and they only have regular ice cream.

      Lactose is in nearly everything from chips, to baked goods, to some random noodles, sauces, and everywhere in between.

      If I’m outside of the home and planning on eating I’m 100% strapped with lactose pills

      • Mercival
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m allergic to milk and soy protein. Ain’t no lactase pills are gonna save me.

        I can digest lactose just fine. The issue is, if there’s milk protein, I’m getting gut inflammation for the next week or a month.

    • EtherWhack@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      The range of flavors is very limited for both lactose-free and vegan; mainly hovering around chocolate and vanilla.

      • GeekSquad1992@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        1 year ago

        Planet Oat has some tasty varieties, I’m a big fan of their Blueberry Oat Crunch. Also, Dole Whip is dairy free as well and is getting more popular just about everywhere.

        Otherwise lactaid is always good if it helps you at all and you still want ice cream.

      • Mercival
        1·
        1 year ago

        Ben and Jerry’s has amazing stuff. They use soy lecithin sadly, so I’m still getting a mild allergic reaction, but definitely better than dairy.

      • ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        I get them from Costco

        I still buy lactose free milk (costs a comparative fortune) but have been toying with the idea of just cracking a lactose pill (they’re powder with gelatin capsule) and simply adding it to the milk

        If a lactose pill is like 25 cents and 4L of lactose free milk is $4 more expensive, I’m thinking it’s time to run some experiments.

        For me, ice cream works great with lactose pills, it’s when meals have some cheese that my coverage gets spotty, probably has to do with the ice cream being the only thing I’m eating while meals have lots of non lactose stuff that can prevent lactose pills from hitting all that dairy

  • Chog@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    As I’m getting older, I have noticed that I can’t eat as much trash food as I used to without consequences. Lactose intolerance was annoying enough, but now It seems that I also have IBS.

    Getting older is sad…

  • Chev@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    People who have never heard of milk free ice cream are a bliss. So much to learn about the world. Must be wonderful to experience all those incredible things every day.

  • Deus@charcha.cc
    1·
    1 year ago

    Been a long time since I had one - milk or ice cream. My lactose intolerance is super bad up. Most Indians I know (e.g. my parents) still maintain that we can digest milk in its raw form when we can’t, genetically. Oh well!

  • becool@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is my wife. She thought she had IBS yet entire life. Nope, just dairy. Plugs her up for days.

    • Pandemanium
      4·
      1 year ago

      Doesn’t work for everyone, unfortunately. Lactose might not be the only thing in dairy that people have a reaction to.

      • Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I was tested and am pretty borderline with lactose, but something else in milk messes me the hell up. Not going to skip out on ice cream though. That kinda just becomes a little problem for me and a bigger problem for those around me.