After months, nay, years of experiencing prolonged periods of bloating, excessive gas, abdominal discomfort, and sudden bouts of "the rumblies" (I'll leave that one to your imagination), I recently self-diagnosed myself as being partially lactose intolerant.
I finally googled "how to know if you're lactose intolerant" after experiencing various combinations of the above types of gastrointestinal issues after drinking chocolate milk the other day.
The thing I read online said that a good way to know for sure if you are lactose intolerant, or partially so, is to not eat dairy for two weeks and see if you feel better. Then, if you start eating dairy again and your symptoms return, you are probably lactose intolerant.
Well, I don't know if I'm going to stick to that totally, but I haven't had any dairy yesterday or today, and I can definitely tell a difference. It's as simple as feeling different after making a slight to change to something that I normally eat. For instance, yesterday at Starbucks, I got a soy hot chocolate instead of one with nonfat milk. I felt totally different after drinking it. And today, I had a hamburger for lunch. A HAMburger, not a cheeseburger. I always thought that I felt so bloated and uncomfortable after eating a burger and fries because it's not the healthiest of meals, but after eliminating the cheese, I feel pretty normal (I also went easy on the fries, which probably also helps).
I can't say that I'll never eat real cheese or ice cream again. But it is nice to know that I can, within reason, control what ails me.
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