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To be given milk to drink that had been open for 3 days!

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LittleMe03 · 07/02/2018 22:00

Now I expect to be flamed for this, and for it to seem really silly to lots of people....

.... but I was diagnosed with IBS around 4 years ago now after being terribly ill on and off for a few months.

I was told to keep a diary to figure out what 'triggers' caused me problems. After around a year I worked out what foods and drinks caused me to be poorly.

I love milk, will drink 1/2 a pint a day on its own or have it with cereal, I rarely drink any hot drinks. However, I soon realised that if my milk was not REALLY fresh (used same day opened or day after) I got terrible stomach pains. So even thou it's more expensive I tend to buy a pint at a time for home use and I try to avoid drinking milk elsewhere.

I nipped in to see my sister today after work, she is well aware of this strange issue of mine. She asked me if I would like a drink. I said I fancied milk but if she didn't have 'fresh' milk i would have some water. She went to the kitchen and came back with a glass of milk claiming 'I have just opened it' I drank it and soon after left.

About an hour ago I started to feel really funny, stomach pains and grumbling pains Sad I couldn't figure out where I had gone wrong and rang my sister to check on the milk she had given me. She laughed and said it had been open a few days but it was fine so she didn't think anything of it and thought I was just paranoid Angry

AIBU to be upset with her? I didn't say much to her on the phone other than explain that I do think that could be why I may now feel poorly tonight Sad

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Buttons44 · 09/02/2018 20:03

@soupdragon for the best taste apparently

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LittleMe03 · 09/02/2018 20:13

@virtualreality

Completely agree.

Everything you do, eat, drink, smell! Seems to have some sort of health issue.

Each to their own, but realistically can anybody say they live a life where they do nothing that can in some way damage their health!?

I was told off years ago by a complete stranger for giving a 3 YO a small bag of milky buttons, they tried to give me the 'health issue' reasons as I walked away like Hmm

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TheClitterati · 09/02/2018 20:25

I've had IB's badly. Low FODMAP sorted it out.

Then I started making and drinking kefir, and now I can eat pretty much whatever I want too!!

Just saying.

virtualreality · 09/02/2018 20:26

LittleMe03

The less exposure the more problems ensue.

Try everything, and avoid nothing. Until it causes grief.

Some are avoiding things JUST IN CASE. That is the problem!

Anyway, the OP should just bring her own as I said before.

I am heartily sick of divas now. It is your problem not mine! Woo hoo.

clarkl2 · 09/02/2018 20:26

"May" you either were or weren't unwell. Stop overthinking pathetic "triggers" and you "may" find your IBS settles on its own! Weird eh?

MrMeSeeks · 09/02/2018 20:33

Pathetic triggers?
How dare op want to avoid something that gives her a bad stomach Hmm

sumsumsum · 09/02/2018 20:45

Can anyone explain why people with IBS/dodgy stomachs may have more trouble digesting cream than milk, please? It's referred to above and I know a few people who say it's their experience. Is it to do with high fat content? Or what?

Great thread, btw, OP. YANBU.

speakout · 09/02/2018 20:48

Apparently "fresh " milk in the supermarket can be up to two weeks old.

fenfarmdairy.co.uk/milk-area/why-so-good/

Ebba84 · 09/02/2018 20:49

I can only drink milk when it is creamy, mixed with some irish whiskey over ice Wink

virtualreality · 09/02/2018 20:52

Baileys is the only way to innoculate yourself from all this absolute shite.

I wish I had some but all done over the Christmas period. But I will survive.

Thisisnotreallymyname · 09/02/2018 20:55

Apparently human beings are the only mammals that continue to drink milk after weaning.
Loathe the stuff !

brotherphil · 09/02/2018 21:02

It could be related to other factors in the milk - not just how long it has been out of the cow. Milk in an unopened bottle has been pasteurised - not sterile, but not far off. Once it has been opened, bacteria get in from the air, as does oxygen. Either of these could be making a difference. If you don't believe me, try the difference between a freshly opened bottle of red and one that's been open for an hour or two - the flavour develops as compounds in the wine oxidise, which is why they say that you should let red wine breath. Once you've enjoyed it, leave a glass or so setting on the side open for a few days. Try it then.

brotherphil · 09/02/2018 21:05

Apparently human beings are the only mammals that continue to drink milk after weaning

And pretty much only Europeans, at that - it was a mutation about 5000 years ago that led to Europeans continuing to secrete lactase after infancy. A beneficial mutation, as it gives us an additional source of vitamin D, which our weak sunlight doesn't give us as much of naturally.

brotherphil · 09/02/2018 21:08

Everything is just so scary now, but we were born when none of this shite was evident. We are still here

It may not have been so obvious, but people still suffered from it. You just didn't hear about it so much.

CalcatrippticLego · 09/02/2018 21:11

Op, YANBU.

All the dairy haters, how do you ensure you have enough iodine, given that dairy is a substantial soirce of it?

I don't drink milk unless it is in tea. But I do drink hot chocolate! I can't say I know any adults who drink it. I make sure the DC have at least one glass a day though and will continue as long as possible.

Nimmykins · 09/02/2018 21:14

I suffer with IBS and it is so much better since I became vegan. I haven't drunk milk or eaten yogurt for years because of the IBS and have been cheese free for 14 months.

Bite the bullet, ditch the dairy.

Chugalug · 09/02/2018 21:15

Op ..your upset tummy is probably due to all the puss in the milk from the cows untreated mastitis,or blood from the infected teats ..that's dairy for you.

tenbob · 09/02/2018 21:17

chug

'Probably'?
You got a source for that?

Step away from the PETA website. It's making you look a bit... dumb

floriad · 09/02/2018 21:20

Calcatripptic

Wild caught seafood, eggs, sea vegetables, green vegetables, beans, whole grains or iodised salt, I imagine.

Not eating processed food (seeing as they apparently often contain iodine inhibitors) might be good as well.

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LittleMe03 · 09/02/2018 21:25

Are we still talking about milk?? 😂🤣

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virtualreality · 09/02/2018 21:25

No, there is too much emphasis on eliminating this and that. With little empirical evidence that it works.

Do it for yourself but do not lecture others.

Or just take time out to read a good book and forget it all WRT to telling others what is right or wrong.

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Sarahrellyboo1987 · 09/02/2018 21:57

To be fair it does sound a bit fanciful and attention seeking.
Surely that amount of milk antagonises IBS

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LittleMe03 · 09/02/2018 22:04

@Sarahrellyboo1987

Eh?? Who's attention seeking exactly!

I seriously no longer have any interest in hearing about milk to the point where I'm thinking of hiding this thread Hmm

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