Planet Lactose

The people at Chocolate Decadence never fail to send me reminders about upcoming holidays and all the specialty chocolates they have availa...

I can't believe it hasn't happened before this - and please correct me if I'm wrong - but lactose intolerant consumers had no eq...

In my last post I mentioned the No-Milk List. We're having a dust-up now as people argue about their anti-milk beliefs in particular an...

I belong to the No-Milk List, a listserv for people interesting in avoiding milk, fior whatever reason. For the most part, they aren't p...

Those pages full of tiny type that come along with prescription medication will have to be revised to make them more understandable starting...

Beth Cherico of Amanda's Own Confections got in touch to let me know of her web site. Amanda is Beth's food allergic daughter, for ...

I'll be adding some new products to my Product Clearinghouse soon. And I'll be debuting them here. One is GOODBODY, a frozen ice ...

About.com usually does a good job in compiling straightforward answers to questions. Their Lactose Intolerance page has a long Q and A abou...

The new food labeling law doesn't really change all that much, as most responsible companies have been warning consumers about the prese...

What is it with all the milk claims lately? Australians and New Zealanders (New Zealandites?) beware. A new type of "milk anyone can dr...

I recently received an email asking about what "modified milk ingredients" might mean when part of a food ingredients list. It...

Goats are becoming big business, so I suppose articles on the wonders of goat's milk will proliferate over the next few years. And so wi...

Raw milk is all over the news again, the latest round in this culture war, pardon the pun. Time to sort out fact from fiction. Raw milk is j...

You'll notice in the About Me column off to the right that I had a mild stroke this year, forcing me to take several months off. No, the...

The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA), passed back in 2004, finally goes into effect on January 1, 2006. The full ...

Milk and cookies. Milk and cookies. Milk and cookies. Ten million more homes to go. Milk and cookies. Milk and cookies. Milk and cookies. No...

I've said this before, mainly in my book - Milk Is Not for Every Body - but whether you are or aren't lactose intolerant depends mo...

Due to the pernicious influence of the Internet, which spreads misinformation worldwide in seconds, I've been getting a lot of people as...

According to medpagetoday.com , a new study by a leading Finnish research team denies that cow's milk is the cause of their gastrointest...

Lactose intolerance is caused by a gene turning off the production of the lactase enzyme that digests lactose. Simple as that. That has led ...