Lynda Mitchell wrote:
>How would an enzyme such as lactase possibly be of any help 
to someone with a true milk (i.e., protein) allergy?  The milk 
allergic person is reacting to proteins not to the sugar.<

Pharmaceutical grade lactose should approach 100% purity. 

Synthetic lactose would ineed be better for the purpose, but I 
have not heard of anyone making it. Natural lactose is 
extremely cheap, and is used for that reason. 

If anyone on the list knows about synthetic lactose, please 
email me [log in to unmask] I will also try to 
research the subject.

And if anyone can give me a medical journal reference to a 
documented case of a milk allergic reaction to lactose in a 
pill, let me know about that as well.

Steve Carper
author of Milk Is Not for Every Body: Living with Lactose Intolerance
Steve Carper's Lactose Intolerance Clearinghouse
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stevecarper