are you dairy and/or wheat free?

[thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat]

I have tended to employ a large dose of scepticism when people do this when they aren't actually allergic, coeliac or have other truly medical reasons. But, for various reasons I am thinking about it and trying to do a bit of research. if you have excluded either why did you do it? did you get medical advice? are you totally strict? what do you count as "diary"? has it made you more sensitive to them, and, most importantly, did it achieve the thing you wanted it to?

[PeachyClairHasBadHair]

Dairy, because it causes me stomach pains that I consider worse than labour (and have three kids LOL), diarrhoeea, 'absences' and exaccerbates my eczma. Two of my boys are also dairy free for the same reason. What would I count as diary? Um a book with... . Sorry, I'm not one to type! I CAN have smalla mounts, but I couldn't have say more than 2 teaspoons in tea and I rpefer black coffee and dairy free if I wasnt to feel OK health wise.

yes it achieved what I wanted- pain free.

I ahev seen an NHS dietician by GP referaal, boys have seen the same and Paeds

[thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat]

do you exclude eggs and butter? and therefore also most baking?

[CantSleepWontSleep]

I'm dairy free at the moment (for 3-4 months so far) as DD is intolerant and breast fed.

I don't eat ANY dairy, but do have eggs (they are a totally different protein to dairy products).

This means that baked goods are still allowed, as long as they are made with 'proper' margerine (ie not containing any buttermilk), or oil (mil found a good cake recipe using sunflower oil instead of butter).

Medical advice was simply a list of milk products from dietician (things like casein, whey etc), passed on to me by my h/v, and also her recommendation to drink soya (or rice/oat) milk plus have soya yoghurts each day for calcium.

I would certainly hope that it hasn't made me more sensitive to them, but I won't know until I stop b/f and can have them again! It certainly has achieved the thing that I wanted, as DD is no longer in constant pain.

[bettythebuilder]

Yes, exclude dairy.
After a couple of years of IBS gp refered me for a hydrogen breath test which showed that I am lactose intolerant.
I have cut out all dairy and lactose and associated products.
no milk (occasionally use soya for yorkshire puddings)
no butter (use soya butter or 'veg marg stuff', Stork I think it's called, for baking)
Eating out can be a problem.
If I do inadvertantly have dairy, I do suffer (and I think it's worse than it used to be) with diarhoea and bad, bad stomach cramps.

[petunia]

My Uncle cut out wheat products several years ago. I think it was after reading an newspaper article about a link between wheat and hayfever/colds. One side effect is that he's lost loads of weight. He is fairly strict about it but I don't think he's had a cold or bout of hayfever since.

[PeachyClairHasBadHair]

I don't generally eat baked goods anyway except home baked, when I can use dairy free options. Don't need to exclude eggs, they don't have the thing I am intolerant of (Casein, I think).

Don't eat bread much but that's due to largely following the weightwatchers eating style, as opposed to gluten. Had a test a few months back, was negative.