K-SO I'm at work and I'm blogging. But that's because I feel completely nauseated and can't think about my work. Instead I am thinking about the reason why I am feeling bloated and currently I'm sure my stomach exists in my throat. The reason...I had to use milk on my shredded wheat this morning.
Last year when Ra was in the middle east I decided I didn't need milk in my life. I searched the refrigerator at the grocery store and found alternatives. I tried Rice Milk but it tasted just like Rice so basically I felt like I was drinking rice. That wasn't right. Then I tried Soy Milk. Ummm NO! The final alternative and the one I stuck with Dairy Ease - the lactose free milk.
Do you know what lactose is? According to wikipedia -
Lactose (also referred to as milk sugar) is a sugar that is found most notably in milk. Lactose makes up around 2–8% of milk (by weight). The name comes from the Latin word for milk, plus the -ose ending used to name sugars.
Do you know what it means to be lactose intolerant? Wikipedia again
People who are not lactose tolerant may suffer uncomfortable and/or socially unacceptable symptoms of too much lactose consumption. In these people, lactose is not broken down and provides food for gas-producing gut flora. This can lead to bloating, flatulence, and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
A perfect description of how I am currently feeling - but without the socially unacceptable symptoms - if you know what I mean.
This morning when I looked in the fridge for my Dairy Ease it was all used up. I was in a hurry so I grabbed the milk the boys drink - Vitamin D of all things - poured it on my cereal and gobbled it down. Three minutes later...I'm not kidding...I was having a bad case of "gut flora".
Now I am at work. The nausea continues and I have promised myself never to put lactose into my body again!
The moral of the story -
We crave certain foods simply because we have allowed ourselves to overdose on them. We learn early in life that sugar, salt and fat tastes good in our mouths and then we learn later in life that what tastes good is not necessarily good for us. Then comes the hardest lesson - how to learn that we do not need certain foods and that there are things that taste good and are good for us at the same time.
I have learned, quite by accident, that my body produces all the lactose it needs all by itself. It doesn't need me to fill the cup to overflowing. That's like self inflicted - what was that word again - Oh Yah...GUT FLORA!
Last year when Ra was in the middle east I decided I didn't need milk in my life. I searched the refrigerator at the grocery store and found alternatives. I tried Rice Milk but it tasted just like Rice so basically I felt like I was drinking rice. That wasn't right. Then I tried Soy Milk. Ummm NO! The final alternative and the one I stuck with Dairy Ease - the lactose free milk.
Do you know what lactose is? According to wikipedia -
Lactose (also referred to as milk sugar) is a sugar that is found most notably in milk. Lactose makes up around 2–8% of milk (by weight). The name comes from the Latin word for milk, plus the -ose ending used to name sugars.
Do you know what it means to be lactose intolerant? Wikipedia again
People who are not lactose tolerant may suffer uncomfortable and/or socially unacceptable symptoms of too much lactose consumption. In these people, lactose is not broken down and provides food for gas-producing gut flora. This can lead to bloating, flatulence, and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
A perfect description of how I am currently feeling - but without the socially unacceptable symptoms - if you know what I mean.
This morning when I looked in the fridge for my Dairy Ease it was all used up. I was in a hurry so I grabbed the milk the boys drink - Vitamin D of all things - poured it on my cereal and gobbled it down. Three minutes later...I'm not kidding...I was having a bad case of "gut flora".
Now I am at work. The nausea continues and I have promised myself never to put lactose into my body again!
The moral of the story -
We crave certain foods simply because we have allowed ourselves to overdose on them. We learn early in life that sugar, salt and fat tastes good in our mouths and then we learn later in life that what tastes good is not necessarily good for us. Then comes the hardest lesson - how to learn that we do not need certain foods and that there are things that taste good and are good for us at the same time.
I have learned, quite by accident, that my body produces all the lactose it needs all by itself. It doesn't need me to fill the cup to overflowing. That's like self inflicted - what was that word again - Oh Yah...GUT FLORA!
