I don't have an explanation for it, but I experience very much the same thing
with dairy.  It makes my mouth feel disgustingly slimy, and my whole head
feels like it's full of phlegm.  (I used to think milk affected everybody that
way, but maybe it doesn't?)

In a message dated 9/25/2003 5:07:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> I usually avoid dairy as I found that drinking milk (pasteurised,
> homogenised), after about 6 weeks I would always come down with something
> (Flu, head cold) brought on I think by the build up
> of mucous
>
> I thought i was lactose intolerant but I recently read the symptoms of
> lactose intolerance and I don't experience them.
>
> Has anyone had a similar experience and know why it happens?
>