Question:
LACTAID,,,12 GRAMS OF SUGAR!!!
We have been told to use LACTAID, for our protien drinks, post-op if we encounter any lactose intolerance. What I don't understand is, we are told to, SOOOOO CAREFULLY, watch our SUGAR intake yet there are 12 grams of sugar in 8ozs. of lactaid. I checked back with my post-op diet papers given to us just to make sure I didn't misunderstand. It's right there in black & white!! Please help clarify for me,,,Thank you all — DONNA S. (posted on June 4, 2003)
June 4, 2003
Call the doc and ask them for clarification. They will probably talk to
you about lactose sugar vs. the sugar used in lactaid. Sugar is sugar. I
don't do milk that often. I mix all my protein drinks with water. Tastes
the same. Good luck and God bless!
— Kimberly L.
June 4, 2003
I keep my sugar grams down to 10 but I tried a small bit of Lactaid just to
see how it would do and it made me dump big time. I also can not have
yogurt because of the sugar grams. It too makes me dump and the sugar free
kind (made with splenda) is way too sweet. I did inform my surgeons office
of this and was told to wait a few months and try again. If it still makes
me ill(and it did) it goes on my "do not touch" list. Just one of
the down falls of WLS. But you know, I CAN live without dairy products.
No big loss. ~Sidney~ Open RNY 10-23-02 down 90+
— Siddy I.
June 4, 2003
I was doing lactaid since surgery and then I switched back to skim milk a
few weeks ago because I don't think I'm lactose intolerant. I have lost
weight on a more regular basis since dropping the lactaid (I use it in
coffee and cereal). I don't know that the lack of Lactaid is the reason
why, but that's the only thing I can come up with (the only significant
thing I've changed about my diet recently)
— susanje
June 4, 2003
Sugar in MILK is NOT the same as surgar 'else'where... Its not processed
sugar.. The 'sugar' you find in Dairy is NATURAL would be like the sugar
found in 'fruit'. Besides that; its the 'protein' in the dairy that your
body is using. You will also find yogurt (NO surgar added) also has
'sugar' listed.
— star .
June 4, 2003
DOnna, you still may not get alot of clarification here either since
everyone has different views on sugar! I personally believe natural sugars,
or non-added sugars like in milks and fruits and ygurts, etc. are okay. It
is the sugar in candy and other sweets that's the killer. But to some,
sugar is sugar so we should stay away- so you do still have to be careful.
Early post-op that much sugar will probably make you dump (there is 12gr.
or more in regular milk as well). I suggest using maybe half lactaid/half
water? Some people dump on more than 5 grams, others on more than 15, and
some don't at all. So its up to you if you want to use the lactaid, but
start out slow. Goodluck to you :)
— Lezlie Y.
June 5, 2003
Could it be that your nutritionist meant to use the tablet form of Lactaid?
I take the tabs whenever I'm going to be eating or drinking milk. Really
helps with the nasty feeling I used to get.
— Anne R.
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