On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:09:27 -0500, Wally Ballou <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! > >Further, as someone who was definitively diagnosed many years ago, I have >VAST experience of consuming lactose in varying amounts, from various >sources, both with and without lactase supplements. I also have vast >experience of consuming all sorts of foods WITHOUT lactose for long >periods, and I'm here to tell you that there is NO other reasonable >explanation. Ok, now I buy it. If lactase resolves the problem, milk protein can't be the culprit. Still I wonder what happens to lactose that's not digested by the human itself. I thought bacteria will take care of it. It I ate a spoon of lactose, I think a lot of it will be left over and not be digested by an enormous surge of lactase I may produce. It could be, the culprit is a very unfriendly bacteria which thrives on the lactose. Amadeus