Dairy (lactose) Free diet

paulwf

Teresita wrote: »

nutella ( I have found a recipe to try out. So the challenge now for me is to see what I can get him to eat without him noticing the change in wrappers. Will start with making the dairy free version of nutella and storing it in a nutella jar.

There are nutella sort of substitutes (i.e. ones with a lot less junk) in most wholefood shops if you don't fancy making your own.

Just been re-reading this thread and it made me realise that I don't ever think of being dairy free as a hassle or a problem. It's just second nature to us, we rarely think of ourselves as vegans, we just get on and cook loads of lovely food

Last night was home made bourbon biscuit and peanut butter ice cream with chocolate chips and chocolate sprinkles...vegans can have naughty food too

paulwf

BTW these are really good for kids - available in most supermarkets, not too expensive and just the right size:

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/Chocolate_Bags_Bars_And_Multipacks/Humdinger_Dairy_Free_Chocolate_Buttons_25g.html

There is a white chocolate version as well.

Teresita_2

Thank you everyone for your help and kind words. Am sure it will become second nature soon.

I was in the local health food shop and the lady was telling me to watch with soya as he is so young his digestive system may not tollerate it. She was also quite open in telling me the NHS system may not give me the best help with this matter and that there is often other intollerances/allergies go along with this.

I have managed to get a few treats and flavoured milks to try. I have also found that Green and Blacks do a version of hazelnut chocolate spread although havn't found it in the shops here yet.

From all the advice have also found that this type of diet may also be beneficial to myself as I suffer alot of migraines/sinus headaches so maybe this will be a blessing in disguise for us all in a way x

thriftmonster

Hi Teresita,

Is it a true dairy free diet or is he lactose intolerant? There is a big difference and if you are lactose intolerant, the lactofree milk is really good.

Pure marg is excellent for baking and the Alpro soya cream is good.

In true OS style it is definitely worth making most stuff yourself, as the prices charged for "Free From" stuff are exhorbitant. It's worth remembering that cocoa powder is dairy free so can be used to make choccy stuff.

Ds1 finds Christmas and Easter the hardest to deal with. At Easter I do baskets with easter themed Haribo (Lidl), jelly eggs and beans, etc.
Christmas we use candy canes etc - but it's amazing how many selection boxes you can get, even when people know that he's lactose intolerant. Although he got used to only eating 70% choccy.

Justamum

Teresita wrote: »

From all the advice have also found that this type of diet may also be beneficial to myself as I suffer alot of migraines/sinus headaches so maybe this will be a blessing in disguise for us all in a way x

It should help you. I used to suffer from really bad sinusitis and the headaches from it were really bad, and nothing helped. When I gave up all dairy it magically disappeared.

Teresita_2

thriftmonster wrote: »

Hi Teresita,

Is it a true dairy free diet or is he lactose intolerant? There is a big difference and if you are lactose intolerant, the lactofree milk is really good.

Pure marg is excellent for baking and the Alpro soya cream is good.

In true OS style it is definitely worth making most stuff yourself, as the prices charged for "Free From" stuff are exhorbitant. It's worth remembering that cocoa powder is dairy free so can be used to make choccy stuff.

Ds1 finds Christmas and Easter the hardest to deal with. At Easter I do baskets with easter themed Haribo (Lidl), jelly eggs and beans, etc.
Christmas we use candy canes etc - but it's amazing how many selection boxes you can get, even when people know that he's lactose intolerant. Although he got used to only eating 70% choccy.

At the moment I have only had a letter saying its an allergy and I have to see the dietitian. Out local NHS are great at sending out letters with only half the info on and making you worry often unecessarily.

Yep I intend to bake alot and cook alot myself, although am dreading nursery for him with birthday cakes being sent in by parents and making biscuits and stuff there. Think I will have to reteach a bit of cooking skills in there

theladsmum

My eldest had to avoid dairy for about a year when he was little.

Jaffa cakes were a great favourite with him too, and I was amazed when I found they were dairy free (need to check brands I think).

I also found that a lot of "saver" brand things were dairy free - presumably that's how they cut costs? For instance, McV Rich T had some sort of dairy in them, but smartprice didn't.

It soon becomes second nature checking stuff, but you can't assume that something that was dairy free is always dairy free. They do change recipes every now and then - a vegan friend warned me about that.

Good luck!

Teresita_2

theladsmum wrote: »

My eldest had to avoid dairy for about a year when he was little.

Jaffa cakes were a great favourite with him too, and I was amazed when I found they were dairy free (need to check brands I think).

I also found that a lot of "saver" brand things were dairy free - presumably that's how they cut costs? For instance, McV Rich T had some sort of dairy in them, but smartprice didn't.

It soon becomes second nature checking stuff, but you can't assume that something that was dairy free is always dairy free. They do change recipes every now and then - a vegan friend warned me about that.

Good luck!

I saw that with the biscuits today. I checked Tesco value and normal jaffa cakes (can't you tell the produce that is causing me most headaches :rotfl:) and it said that they cant guarantee there is no dairy due to where they are produced. I am hoping that this will be ok with him and maybe somethings he will tollerate.

Hope that the dietitians appointment comes in soon :cool:

theladsmum

We never had any problems - I think they have to put that on the packaging to cover themselves.

twinkle_star_2

With the allery information 'cannot guarantee' it generally means it was manufactured in a factory that also makes things that contain the allergen (milk/wheat/nuts/etc). They have to say this for people who have the scary allergies (e.g. would die if they came into contact with even a trace of nut).

The machines will have been thoroughly cleaned before and after and so should not be a problem for a less severe allergy.