Re: To scoff or not to scoff


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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:12:23 GMT, "Julie Bove"
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Never the less I decided to buy it. I realised I scoffed more than I
should about people who claimed gluten intolerance and lactose
intolerance.

Since I was a teen, I was told I had lactose intolerance. But now I know
it is a full out dairy allergy.


G'day G'day Julie, Lactose is a carbohydrate with the simple sugars
joined by a beta
linkage. Beta linkages produce straight chains rather than the
spirals found in starch which have alpha linkages. Beta linkages
generally make things completely inedible for humans.
Cotton and paper make good examples. They all have beta linkages. What
is surprising is that ANYBODY can digest lactose. Yet a few
people can. I say a few people because only those descended from
herding populations retain the ability to digest lactose past infancy.

The important learning here is that food intolerances are primarily a
matter of faulty digestion or in the case of lactose a lack of
exceptional digestion. What of the "full out dairy allergy?" Is that
also a matter of faulty digestion? IMHO it is. Most people digest the
proteins found in milk fully.

Milk allergy, as measured immunologically is actually pretty common, here
at least.

As a baby, I had an awful reaction to cow milk, but I outgrew it. Year's
later when I had serological allergy testing, I was still allergic, but
the effects were less pronounced, and probably more of a chronic irritant,
certainly not acute.

I consume dairy regularly, still. Dunno if I still have an allergic
response I'm unaware of.

In my case, the allergic reaction was a constantly runny/stuffy nose and
chronic ear, nose and throat infections. Daughter's reaction was pretty
much the same. I think my dad should be tested because he too has chronic
respiratory problems.

I judge how much better I'm doing not only from the fewer Dr. visits due to
infections, but the amount of facial tissue I now use. I used to buy about
5 or 6 boxes of Kleenex a week. Not joking. I kept a box in my car and a
box in every room in my house. A couple of pocket packets in my purse. In
rooms where I spent much time, I had to replace that box almost daily.

Now, the box I go through the soonest is right next to the computer. This
is where I test my blood. I use up to two tissues daily for that. Don't
always bleed enough to warrant a tissue. I rarely have to blow my nose any
more.

I will go through more tissues if I have a cold.

When I go shopping with my parents, we have a tendency to split up and meet
up again somewhere else in the store. My dad was always easy to spot. How?
The repeated blowing of his nose. He can't do it quietly. So for this
reason, I think he should be tested. But he won't have it done.


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