Well it has finally happened to me. All these years of bragging about not having any allergies has finally bit me in the butt. Over the last few months I have been having stomach pain after eating. I went to the doctor to start tying to figure it out. After LOTS of blood test, and more still in the works, we have boiled it down to dairy. We are trying to figure out exactly what part of dairy it is, whether it's lactose and/or milk proteins like whey and casein. My doctor wants me to be so strict with it right now that I am not suppose to eat anything where any of these are any place on the ingredient list. Absolutely no cow or goat's milk products for me until my next appointment. As I went through my cabinets last night putting large black X's through everything I couldn't eat, I found something very interesting. Some of the same things do and don't have dairy. For example, we have two brands of spaghetti sauce in our cabinet, one did and one didn't. So where gluten people have to watch for cross contamination, I have to watch ingredients of different brands. I am hoping that once my stomach heals I won't have to be so careful, but only time, and testing will tell. I guess for now it's Soy Chai latte's for me!!
