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is soya a safe substitute? Would be grateful for any info.

my son had lactose intolerance from birth and was given soya milk formula,it suited him fine,but beware it made him put on loads of weight. he couldnt touch anything containing milk until he was 9yrs old,hes 27 now and drinks milk in pint glasses.x :-)

l tried that but l have an intolerance to that too....Goats products are fine for me:)) although the cheese is very fattening:((

jude

Have you tried rice milk. I would not put it in coffee which I do not drink anyway, however on breakfast cereal it is quite OK. It tastes like boiled rice.

Daughter can manage goat's milk, but not cow's milk. She prefers skimmed as it can be rather rich.
She is fine with soya products and sometimes if we go out for coffee will have soya milk in her's as a change from black coffee.

You can get non dairy spreads suitable for use in cooking or as a spread on bread. It comes down to personal preference, but she likes Vitalite or Pure.

Gwyn

It is gdau - 25 yrs - been undergoing all sorts of examinations and tests etc for about 2 years. Is skin and bone. In past few days has thown up intolerance to milk and honey tests. Already know of same to onion family and possibly bread.

I have googled re soya and looked at Tesco and Sainsbury to see what they had but it is always better to hear from those on the ground who know and have experience of these things.

Thank you all.

My granddaughter who is now 3 was seriously ill as a baby and her parents were told she had a milk allergy. Soya etc, never worked for her . Turned out she was allergic to dairy. So had to have dairy free milk to drink and anything that needed milk in cooking or baking. She put all her weight back on and is now so healthy.
Just to add for info.if anyone needs it.
Neocate is a dairy free baby milk powder only available on prescription.
She thrived on it.

I have mentioned before a drink called Oatly which is made from oats, it tastes really nice cold from the fridge to drink but not good for using in beverages, altho would be nice on cereal.

Lizx

Nudging as info might be of interest to others.

Hi Chris, I use soya milk all the time. Lovely on cereals and makes lovely porridge. Not so nice in tea, but don't mind it in coffee

Take care

Julia in Derbyshire

If yiu do try Soya milk, then try both the sweetened & the unsweetened one. Usually the sweetened one is sweetened with Apple juice -which sounds odd- but actually tastes better, although it doesn't taste sweet

You can get Lactol free milk from T88co. not too bad.

Just got a mail from her - she has soya and Lactol free milk so that is a start.
Must tell her (if she does not know already - Grandma panicing) that there is a soya spread and think it is a yoghurt plus a bread although how that would work re the gluten I do not know.

my son hadall of the above products,he was also very ill and spent a lot of time in hospital as a baby,he couldnt have any dairy products,but he got over it,it took yrs but hes ok now.X