Let me add my kudos to Steve on this response. Two points:
1) It's hard to imagine how Ms. Gallant could have spent this much time 
on this list and still profess to not understand the difference between 
lactose intolerance and dairy allergies. Since an anaphalactic reaction 
to a trigger can be fatal, you might think the difference would be 
clear. It's probably one of the most basic issues of the lactose 
debate; for her to be hazy on it seems astonishing.

Anywise,  I've never heard of anyone being in agony from consuming  
dairy
2) Her casual and unfeeling dismissal of the severity of a lactose 
response is also surprising and appalling. if she's been reading anyone 
else's posts at all, the experiences of LI people who suffer terribly 
from an accidental ingestion  have been well documented on this list. I 
refer her to Stefanie's post. My nephew was 5 when he was finally 
diagnosed; anyone who has seen a small child in the grip of an LI 
reaction would concur.

It makes me wonder how much of the list she reads.

Libby

On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:00 PM, NO-MILK automatic digest system wrote:

> Date:    Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:49:50 EST
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: milk-free chocolate chip, also varieties of allergic 
> reaction
>
> In a message dated 2/7/2007 11:00:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>  Susan Gallant  writes:
>> I know some would disagree with me on that and I suppose everyone is
>> entitled to their opinion,
>
> Everybody would disagree with you on that. That's because not 
> everybody is
> entitled to an opinion.
>
> You're entitled to an opinion if you've studied a subject and 
> understand it.
> Dismissing the sum total of medical learning just because it doesn't 
> agree
> with your pet theories or the quacks who want to sell you their 
> products or
> philosophies is not merely wrong, it's actively dangerous.---