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n a message dated 2/2/99 2:51:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I have been on the celiac diet for 8 years and I was lactose and dairy
intolerant before cel/diag. It has taken years for me but I am now able
to tolerate some dairy. I save the use of it for "special times" so it
is a nice treat.
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Hi,

I was on a grain free, dairy free, sugar free diet for a year called the
Gottschall Diet.  I was having very frustrating digestive problems for years,
with no help from the medical community.  I tried this diet in desperation,
and it was best thing I have done for myself in a long time.

According to the author of this diet plan..started by a
Gastroenterologist...after a year or two on the diet, many people are able to
go back to eating normally.

I have started eating grains again, after a year on the diet, and so far am
doing okay.  But I am and have been lactose intolerant for even longer.  And
I don't even know if it is the lactose I can't tolerate, because using those
lactaid pills didn't help me.

It took me quite awhile to figure out if I was dairy intolerant.  Finally,
after staying totally away from it for at least a month, the next time I
tried dairy, there was no doubt it was provoking symptoms.  I ended up in the
ER, with bloody diarhea.

I learned a great trick from the Gottschall Diet, that I would like to share
with anyone needing to limit dairy.  Women especially need their calcium, and
being dairy intolerant, and calcium supplement intolerant, I had to figure
something out.

The author of this diet, figured out that if you make yogurt at home, and
ferment it for 24 hours, it eliminates all the lactose in it.  I was
sceptical, it sounded too good to be true...but it is true.  I have been
eating 1 cup of yogurt twice a day for a year, with no problem at all.  And
it is easy to make.

Hope this helps...good luck
Jane