I wasn’t surprised when I noticed that I had become lactose-intolerant when I was 21. After all, my sister had been lactose-intolerant since birth and my mother had been off of milk since she made the connection in her years ago that milk products made her quite uncomfortable.
Bloating, gassiness, explosive diarreah, constipation, headache… these can all be symptoms of lactose intolerance, particularly if they show up within 1- 12 hours of ingesting a dairy product.
Lactose intolerance is not fun, to say the least. It’s particularly common among Mediterranean, Asian, African and other dark-skinned people, but can affect almost anyone.
It’s worth noting that mammals didn’t evolve to digest dairy products after weaning, and the human mammal is the only one to continue to drink milk as an adult. Really, lactose intolerance should be no surprise to any of us.
Still, life without cheese makes me feel deprived. Evolution didn’t account for the development of cheese.
Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy
Most lactose intolerant people simply avoid dairy products whenever possible. We can also take the lactase enzyme to help digest milk products on a food-by-food basis, but for me, even though lactase will ease the discomfort of digestion, I don’t believe it does everything it needs to because I notice a direct correlation between when I consume cow’s milk products and weight gain in my own body.
Not so with goat milk products. Go figure.
Although goat’s milk has only slightly less lactose then cow’s milk (4.1% to 4.7%), something is different enough that many lactose-intolerant people don’t have a problem digesting it. Hooray! This discovery has opened up a whole new world for me and my family because we can have cheese again!
Some cheeses from Mt. Sterling Co-Op Creamery
The coolest part is finding how many products are now made with goat milk. Besides the typical soft Chevre log, we’ve found excellent Cheddar, Country Jack, and Mozzarella. Even our local Costco carries slices of unnamed goat cheese. Look for yogurt made from goat’s milk, too.
Colorado alone has more than 50 goat farms, dairies, and creameries. One of my favorites is the Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy — their cheeses are so delicious and special. Here’s a fun article about a program that puts prisoners to work on goat farms and then the goat milk goes to Haystack.
Mt. Sterling Creamery out of Wisconsin has wonderful harder goat cheeses, too.
(Do you get my newsletter? I send out a new Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe every other week exclusively to subscribers, and today’s recipe includes goat cheese!)
Don’t forget about Laloo’s–delicious goat’s milk ice cream! I’m not lactose-intolerant, but I still love it.
http://www.laloos.com/
Yum! I’ll have to look for that one!
i also have lactose intolerance that is why i always avoid dairy products.’:-
my sister has lactose intolerance and she can’t stand drinking too much milk”*”
my sister was born with lactose intolerance and she can’t even take more than a glass of milk;*`
i was born with lactose intolerance and i can’t eat cheese without having an upset stomach ;`:
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That doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense.
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Try Daiya(sp?) cheese or earth balance butter! I can NOT eat any dairy products and these two products have made my diet much more enjoyable…and easier!
Soy cheese is the worst for me hands down.
Hey, there is no lactose in cheese, whether from cow milk or goat milk or any other. The whole point of making cheese is to separate the curd (= cheese-to-be) from the whey, and all the lactose goes with the whey.
Enjoy your Cheddar.
Your logic seems valid, however if you were a lactose-intolerant person and ate some cow’s milk cheese, you’d soon feel otherwise. For me, melted cow’s milk cheese is the worst and will guarantee me at least 4 hours of pain and discomfort.
Yes it does.
I’m also lactose-intolerant. What a lof of people don’t know is that Dutch cheese doesn’t contain any lactose! I’m lucky because I’m from Holland, but I’m sure that everyone can get “gouda” somewhere close to them.
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I became lactose intolerant around 14, since then if I have anything even made with milk ingredients I get bad symptoms. If I am that intolerant, am I still able to have goats milk without hurting me?
It’s possible. You won’t know until you cautiously try it.