Instructions for Lactose Intolerance

Lactose intolerance may be avoided by using the following dietary strategies:

• Whole milk in very small quantities may be better tolerated than low fat milk.
• Heated milk products such as soup, custard or puddings may be better tolerated than the cold milk products.
• Varieties of cheese such as Cheddar, Parmesan and Cottage Cheese may be better tolerated due to its low lactose content.
• When restricting milk and milk products try to include plenty of other sources of calcium in your diet such as dark green leafy vegetables, canned fish with fine bones ( such as sardines and salmons ) and dry beans.
• Read labels and watch out for words like milk solids, whey, skim milk powder / solids, milk sugar, lactalbumin and lactglobulin which means that lactose is present.
• For STRICT LACTOSE FREE diet, do not even attempt foods which indicate a low lactose content.
• When dining out make sure you order foods which have absolutely NO MILK and MILK PRODUCTS added.

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