Avoiding Milk Protein

Lactose intolerance is the responce of the digestive system. The person is unable to digest the sugars in milk.  

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Unable to digest the natural sugar (lactose) in milk causes the lactose intolerant abdominal pain and/or diarrhea. Normally the enzyme called lactase breaks down the lactose to sugars called glucose and galacose. The levels of lactase usually drops with age, the less enzyme lactase the harder it is for the body to break down the lactose. Even lactose free milk contains some lactose.

Lactose intolerance is more common in certain ethnic groups such as Blacks, Orientals and Native peoples of North America.

Some people find relief from taking a lactase supplement before consuming dairy. Most lactose intolerant people can handle small amounts of dairy depending how much lactase their body is naturally produces. Their are some people who can not even handle drinking lactose reduced milk.

Food intolerance vs. food allergy: What's the difference? From the Mayo Clinic Web site. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-allergy/AN01109

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An allergy is an inappropriate immune responce to an allergen. The body reacts to the proteins found in milk or other food. Avoid all milk. Companies are allowd to "hide" milk in processing agents, food adatives and other means.

Reactions can varry person to person so much that diagnosis can be difficult. A person can have a sudden anaphilatic reation. One person can have heives another a gastral intestine reation minites or sometimes days later, though generally 20 minites to a couple hours later. Children with milk allergy don't always commuinicate an upset stomach, but don't gain weight or act sluggish or moody after consuming milk.


One would never offer "sugar free peanut butter" to a child who was allergic to peanuts. Someone who is allergic to peanuts is allergic to the peanut protein not the sugar in peanut products. Often people will think a person who is reactive to milk protein can have sugar reduced milk, commonly known as lactose free milk. A person who is reactive to the lactose or sugars in milk lack the enzymes to digest sugars in milk, so these products are created for these people, not for the Milk protein allergic.

Unlike nuts companies are allowed to put hidden milk in "milk free" products and often combine factory lines with products that are labelled milk free.

The RASP test, is a blood test that measures the IgE anti body measurement. Labspec  explains this in a very scientific way this site comes from New Zealand. Other science sites are on this web page.