Planet Lactose

I haven't been back to this blog in a very long time, which means I have to apologize to all those commenters who got hung up by my need...

Milk contains lactose. People with lactose intolerance have insufficient amounts of the enzyme lactase. Therefore, they can't digest all...

"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades."* More news about better products maybe possibly hopefully some day coming to ...

Ritter Phamaceuticals is the firm founded by Andrew Ritter, who has been working to try to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of lactose Intol...

Google News allows you to customize a page for searchwords of your choice. I've been following all the articles that contain the words l...

As you can tell by the dates, I haven't been keeping up this blog. I started in 2005, had a stroke, and then had to restart it 2006, aft...

Hard to believe, but I started this blog seven years ago. That means I've watched entire generations of products come onto the market, l...

This is a blog about lactose intolerance. I need to say that upfront because I take so many detours to talk about dairy-free products and li...

A new website for Gluten & Dairy Free recipes is being launched. (I told you vegans and allergy sufferers that I'd have news for you...

"Scientists at a north China university say they have bred the world's first genetically-modified calf that will produce low-lactos...

Consumer Reports is a noted buzzkill, so none of you should be surprised that they gave poor reviews to a couple of dairy-free frozen treats...

It's not out yet, but you might want to keep an eye out for the July issue of Consumer Reports, which will appear on newsstands on June ...

If you're a regular here, you know that I've tried to make you aware of dozens of books that could be helpful to anyone who wants to...

Delicardo alerted me to a great deal. Because this is the season of allergy awareness weeks worldwide , they are giving discounts of their a...

This week is FAAN's Food Allergy Awareness Week FAAN is of course the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxsis Newtwork , who is the leading advo...

Another lactose-free product announcement from DairyFoods.com that I somehow managed to overlook when it first appeared. Omira Oberland-M...

As you might imagine, I get a ton of unsolicited email because of this blog. People want to sell my lactose all over the world. Or sometimes...

The good people at Kozy Shack sent me an announcement for their new lactose-free dairy pudding, and I've been dilatory in posting it. So...

Hey all of you out there reading this who are lactose intolerant. Whenever anyone makes fun of our shared condition remind them of one big t...

So much misinformation out there. And so many phony tests being pushed by the Internet. I like this article, Common intolerance myths by Ju...