At 06:39 PM 9/29/98 EDT, Kathi Papciak wrote:

>Also, does anyone know if allergy testing (any type) distinquishes between
>caesin and whey and any other form of milk protiens?    Would it do any
>good to have her tested to find out she could possibly have the phony cheese
>with caesin in it?  Or do these tests only find a milk allergy in general.

A bad reaction to milk is normally either an intolerance - to lactose - or
an allergy - to milk's proteins -.

Lactose is a sugar, milk's sugar. Casein, Lactoalbumin and Lactoglobulin
are the three main proteins in milk. The most comon allergy is to casein,
but it's possible to be allergic to all three, and they can be tested
separatedly (my son Nikolas' tested positive to all three). In any case
I would not give any milk product to anyone allergic to any of the three
proteins, as it is very easy that the product contains little amounts
of the offending protein.

Angela