Sandy,

Milk and milk products were part of the 96-food group allergy blood
test I had done last year.  I had to eliminate ALL dairy--I scored
3,000 on dairy on a scale of 1 to 3,000!   My father also has problems
with dairy and, like you, gradually added it into his diet but has found
that he reacts to them.

The dietary restrictions I have to deal with are even more far-reaching
than dairy.  I have also eliminated gluten (wheat, rye, oats, etc.), eggs,
corn, soy, sunflower seeds, garlic, and all their related forms and
families.  This leaves me with four grains, all fruit, almost all
vegetables, and all meat.  I used to be hypoglycemic but I eliminated
ALL forms of sugar, including fruit, and the problem went away.
Now that I'm back on fruit, my doctor cautioned me to avoid fruits
that have high fructose, such as ripe melons, and to stick to harder
fruits such as apples so that my blood sugar won't shoot up so
rapidly.  I have noticed that if I'm hungry in the afternoon and
eat fruit that I occasionally have a sugar "spike."

I think the key for me is to try to keep my protein and vegetable
intake up so that I have less of a tendency to have a blood sugar
drop.  It will take your body a while to adjust to this, but protein
is the key.  If you can have soy, there are plenty of foods from
soy that could possibly fill the bill when you need something to
eat.

Nancy

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>I apologize if this has already been discussed but I'm curious if anyone
>knows anything about the blood test that can be done to determine allergies?
> Is it an accurate determination of "milk allergy"?  I was diagnosed shortly
>after I was born (they figured it out when I quite breathing after drinking
>milk).  The past couple of years I was able to eat more milk products and the
>effect crept up on me slower - then all of a sudden I seem to be extremely
>sensitive again.
>
>Also, do any of you also deal with hypoglycemia in addition to the dairy
>allergy?  If so, how do you handle the diet limitations of both?  The diet
>for hypoglycemia tends to incorporate cheese as a quick protein - I feel very
>limited by the time I rule out sugars AND milk.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give...
>
>Sandy