(US) Got lactose intolerance?

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Wednesday, August 23, 2000

Got lactose intolerance?

 

By Ruth Fantasia

Albany Times Union

 

Oh, the bloating, the cramps, the, pardon me, gas. All blamed on a sugar

called lactose that's found in dairy products.

 

According to the American Gastrointestinal Association, nearly 50 million

Americans are lactose-intolerant, and people in certain ethnic and racial

groups are more widely affected by the condition than others. As many

as 75 percent of all African-American, Jewish, American Indian and

Mexican-American adults are lactose-intolerant. The number rises to 90

percent of all Asian-American adults.

 

Simply avoiding dairy products is one way to reduce the discomfort

associated with lactose intolerance, but dairy products are a good source

of calcium, a much-needed nutrient. So how do you cope with the symptoms?

Here's help.

 

What causes lactose intolerance?

 

Cells that line the small intestine usually produce lactase, an enzyme the

body uses to break down lactose into simpler forms that can be absorbed by

the bloodstream. When the body doesn't make enough lactase to digest the

amount of lactose consumed, the results can be distressing.

 

What are the symptoms?

 

The most common ones are nausea, cramps, bloating, gas and diarrhea that

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What's worse is the casein in milk. It'll result in an

asthma attack. Any casein in food will cause an asthma

attack for me. ~ek

 

the following message is at:

http://www.notmilk.com/deb/070598.html

 

" What could be more American than a slice

of apple pie a la-mode covered with whipped cream and

accompanied by a tall glass of ice cold frothy milk?

The dairy industry would have you believe that by eating

such a snack you are ingesting " great protein. "

 

Let's investigate the most abundant milk protein, casein.

 

CASEIN is a tenacious glue. Eighty-seven percent of milk

is water. Four percent of the remaining thirteen percent is

CASEIN. The furniture in your home is held together by this

powerful glue. So too is the label affixed to a bottle of beer.

If you are a beer drinker, try scraping that label off this

weekend. That will be no easy task and quite a learning

experience!

 

Food manufacturers have long understood that glue holds

foods together giving them a firmer and more concrete

appearance. It is no coincidence that each of the major

tuna fish manufacturers have elected to put nature's perfect

glue in their little cans. Open that tin and expect to

eat tuna? Got milk? Got glue! Starkist Tuna (Sorry, Charlie),

Bumble Bee Tuna and even Chicken of the Sea all use this tenacious

glue. Why do they put milk in our tuna fish? It's not nice

to fool Mother Nature!

 

Can we ever look at Hostess Twinkies the same way after

learning that CASEIN is used as the binding agent?

American's munchie cravings are satisfied by Ring Dings and

Yankee Doodles...all containing this most powerful bovine glue.

Why do they do that to us?

 

How can glue be used in the name of good health? " Healthy Choice "

foods sells a product called Garlic Chicken Milano which contains

casein. Certainly not my idea of a healthy choice! Heinz sells a

" Home Style " gravy called " Chicken Classic. " They put this

CASEIN-glue in their home-style product. Is that the way you cook

home-style foods? Weight Watchers promotes a line of products

called " Smart Ones. " Their Strawberry Royal contains gluey CASEIN.

Is it really a smart choice to eat glue to lose weight? I'll bet

that this glue does quite a bit more than just stick to the ribs!

Not to be outdone, suppliments like Slim Fast and Ensure have each

added CASEIN-goo to their special foods. Ensure boasts, " #1 Doctor

Recommended... Complete balanced nutrition. "

 

I'd like to have a word with those doctors and give them all a

second opinion. Slim Fast sells " Jump Start, the natural way

to lose weight fast. " They put CASEIN in Jump Start. How does

one lose weight by eating glue? Perhaps your intestines are

internally cemented and no food can be absorbed. Doesn't seem

real healthy to me.

 

A review of cereals reveals only one product that contains CASEIN,

Special K. Now, revealed for the first time, What it is that

really makes Special K so special? It's glue!

 

The ultimate assault on logic and insult of our sensibilities

can be found in many non-dairy creamers. The front container of

Carnation's milk substitute contains a lie and should be taken

off the market, revealed as a fraud. The rear of that container

reveals that sodium caseinate; a milk derivative is a component of

this " non-dairy " product. How can they get away with this? Dry

Coffee-Mate perpetrates a similar deception... all in the name

of good health.

 

One of the few truly offensive racial stereotypes still adorns a

supposedly healthy food product. Aunt Jemima is no liberated

African American woman of the nineteen-nineties. She represents

a better and simpler era to some... a time when women belonged

in the kitchen producing stacks of pancakes for men to eat.

Can you imagine that a component of Aunt Jemima's secret recipe

was glue? Read the label. That's just what is in those pancakes.

 

What would America's foods be without this powerful adhesive glue?

 

Would they be as attractive? NO! Would we have as much congestion

and mucus and asthma resulting from histamines produced to combat

this allergenic protein? Food for thought!

 

Remember to carefully READ THOSE LABELS! "

 

Robert Cohen

Executive Director

Dairy Education Board

http://www.notmilk.com