LTC3 - lactose in goats milk?

[Kazander]

Originally Posted by nerdvana

Another option is supplements you can add to the milk to predigest the lactose. We get drops we add to our milk because one of my daughters and I are lactose intolerant and it works well. The milk ends up sweeter, but that's not a problem.

This depends entirely on your level of lactose intolerance (i.e. how much lactase enzyme your body is still producing.) Typically your stomach doesn't drop off to 0% of 'normal'.

I however, am not typical. My stomach produces very close to 0% of the 'normal' amount of lactase enzyme. The drops were the first thing I tried when I discovered I was lactose intolerant. It worked for a few weeks and then it ceased to be sufficient.

Like all chemical reactions, the drops do not induce a 100% perfect reaction. There is still lactose left after they do their work. The store-bought version of the milk with the enzyme already in it, marketed as Lactaid here in Canada, is better because the reaction is done on an industrial scale under controlled conditions--rather than in your fridge. You get about 99% lactose free. However, I still cannot tolerate that.

As I said, soy and rice-based substitutes are all that work for me.

Ze'Manel Cunha's synopsis on the topic is right on the money. There is a great lack of understanding the difference between a milk allergy and lactose intolerance. The first is an immune system reaction (like any allergy) to a milk protein, the latter is the inability to digest and absorb the milk sugar.

Edit: I'm just looking at Lactaid's website now, and they're claiming 100% lactose free now. It didn't used to be that way. I may have to check it out again.