Questions about dairy intolerance

Ok so the long and the short of it is, yes you can develop an intolerance, if you are an adult and 'develop' it, then it could be that you always had it and until now hasnt been a problem, or you are just more senstiive to it now due to other factors. And not it isnt always genetic, ie. not always passed on from a parent. It can be tested for and singled out on  your own unique DNA chain, but often times it can be a number of environmental factors contributing to the problem.

It is also worth mentioning that there are a few things that can be inferred by the word 'intolerance'. Like, is it anything containing lactose, dairy in general, or if it is cooked/prepared a certain way. IE. A friend of mince cannot eat the pre-packaged grated cheese from the supermarket due to being intolerant to the preserving agent they use so the cheese doesnt go hard at the edges.

It may also be a sign of bigger problems. Like do you get cramps, bloating, wind, diarhhoea or stomach upset when you eat dairy? What about other foods high in fat or oily foods? This may be a sign you have irritable bowel syndrome or something of that nature. My DP used to have an iron stomach, and now struggles with some foods he would never have looked twice at.

Best of luck with your query, and hope I have been of some help and not confused you too much!

My mum was "diagnosed" with it - not exactly sure what her symptoms are but I suspect bowel-related - last year and now she almost avoids milk and ice-cream, but eats cheese to keep up her calcium. Because she never had problems when she was younger, I suspect that it is a "conditioned" problem, perhaps made worse by her being anaemic but not wanting to have iron supplements, and being obese with a medioka diet. And because of that I leave it out of family genetics (like when Plunket ask me etc) because I don't think it is genetic. She also has fibroids but I'm not sure if that has any relation.
Do you think I'm right to leave it out of the medical history? or misguided?

When I was 13, I was diagnosed with Asthma (incidentally it was the same year that we moved to NZ!) I learnt over the following few years that certain diary products trigger an attack or made me wheeze. I tend to tell people that I have I am lactose intolerant / diary intolerant - as its easier than saying: I can eat cheese, but not milk / cream / ice cream / yoghurt etc.  Although I am fairly careful - I will very occasionally have an icecream, but only if I am "well" and I will always monitor myself afterwards.

 

Milk gives me yukky tum, but I have no probs with cheese or yogie, funny how that works, aye?