LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

Several years ago I started eating Fiber One cereal because of its high fiber content – 15 grams per half a cup. However, since I never liked milk with cereal, I had to think of a substitute. It may sound crazy, but I chose ice cream. And why not, it is simply frozen milk. Thus every morning I ate Fiber One cereal with mint chocolate chip ice cream and breakfast became almost my favorite meal of the day.

However, it wasn’t long before I had to give it up. Because I suffer from lactose intolerance, my stomach became very bloated and hard from eating ice cream. Darn. I had to continue eating the cereal but what else could I use as a substitute. I decided to try yogurt and picked Yoplait whips. I loved their cafe au lait flavor and was happy again – though truth be told I didn’t like it as much as mint chocolate chip ice cream. But lo and behold, I soon started experiencing the same unpleasant stomach symptoms. Once again, I was back to square one.

A friend suggested ice cream made from soy. Yuk I thought and was skeptical but bought some soy butter pecan ice cream any way. I tried it and discovered that I liked it almost as much as mint chocolate chip. Now I just have to hope I don’t have a lactose intolerance to the soy ice cream.

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