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Yes, she does and love it..so lots. 2% milk. Cheese sticks. Yogurt when I have it in the house. Sour cream, etc. She is a dairy hound. Pizza. I try to blend our red meat intake with some vegetarian dishes (which the teenage boys absolutely hate) and some pork or chicken or fish every week. I try to mix it up.
how do I test her for lactose intolerance? Do I go to a physician and ask for allergy tests? Does anyone have a favorite web site. My web site time reading is limited as right now I only have 1 day a week off. I like to save my computer time to catch up on BYC
I would hate to lose that time.
again, thank you so much.
She might hate you for this but cut her off cold turkey from ANY dairy! That means ice cream, sour cream, yogurt, any soft cheese, creamy salad dressings, cream soups..... ect...
It will take a couple weeks to a month for her body to adjust but I would bet that she will feel better sooner. Once her body is fully clear of the lactose proteins you will find that when/if she does ingest any then she will feel bloated, full, upset tummy.
A good way to switch her to rice or almond milk is by buying the UNSWEETENED plain kind and then buy a chocolate kind (rice or almond) and mix them half and half. Much easier to adjust to the different consistency and taste if your drinking chocolate milk!!
At her age I would be careful with to much soy milk. It can screw with estrogen levels and she doesn't need that going into puberty! But Soy Dream or Rice Dream make YUMMY ice cream. Mix with the chocolate rice milk for a nummy shake!!!
I have found that Fred Meyers has an awesome selection of Dairy free & gluten free stuff!!
Thank you for the information. DH is of course NOT on board. he just thinks she is pudgy and it would be a hassel to do all of this....so I know he will not be supportive or help me enforce this...so it will be very hard. I will have to do this with trying to make it special and coming up with ideas to tell her how this is going to help her. She has
It is just her mid section that is pudgy though. She has "muffin top" type rolls along her mid section. She does not eat loads of garbage...I don't allow it. She gets a minimal amount of normal kid junk food...other than that I try to make pretty round meals...well tonight is left overs.
Rice and peas with a chicken soup gravy (mixed with milk)....so tonight is not a good example.
I will do a bit more research and start this next week. School might be a challenge also.