Dairy & Tolerance

[alamaz]

I've been gluten-free and DF since about March One. This past weekend was my b-day so Friday night I had a small scoop of vanilla ice cream and today I had another small scoop of vanilla ice cream along with some cream cheese icing on a cake. I feel fine. Does this mean I'm okay with dairy now? Enterolab said I had an allergy to dairy but I don't feel like I'm reacting to it or could I just be reacting internally possibly? I don't want to jinx my recovery time but man that ice cream was just about the best tasting ice cream a girl could ever have As a side note, I was never a big dairy person to begin with but I did eat cheese and kefir regularly but can't stand the taste of a glass of milk or milk on cereal etc.

[Lisa]

Don't know if this is much help, but for me (recently discovered dairy/cass issues) it take a few consumptions to react, or a more generous serving. As in today's lunch: I had salad with my own gluten free blue cheese dressing, mimosa (could be Tropicana, gluten related) and creme brule. As we speak, I am about half the size of the Hindenburg.

[ArtGirl]

I avoid dairy most of the time and at home will not have it. But, if I'm eating out (a rarity for me) I don't stress over a tiny bit of dairy in something.

I have a casein intolerance. There is no immediate reaction that I can detect, but if I continue to eat it I will end up with very sensitive, itchy skin, which won't go away for weeks.

My understanding from reading posts here on this forum (and from the explanation from Enterolab) is that if it's an allery, then it's for life. If it's lactose intolerance, then it's possible that it could resolve after being gluten-free for a while and the villi have completely healed.

[francelajoie]

I can't digest dairy if I've been accidently glutened. I'll stay off dairy for a couple weeks until I feel 100% again then start introducing it little by little along with Lactaid for another week or 2 and then I'm fine. I'll never have more than 2 small servings a day. If I have ice cream, I'll usually have a lactaid with it because my ice cream servings are huge!!