<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> At 01:51 AM 6/12/1999 EDT, Patrick Meyers wrote: >Lactose intolerance cines in within 24 hours, sometimes within 1/2 hour. Not always true. A half a teaspoon of milk will ruin three days for me, at least. Though most can tolerate up to a half a glass without problems. People are different. >Lactose ingestion in an >intolerant person does NOT cause damage to the villi. On the other hand, someone here recently wrote that it did cause damage. >Once a person is on the gf diet for a while >(sometimes 6-12 months), he can tolerate lactose. Again, not always. I've been GF for five years, one year quite carefully and knowledgeably, and I still cannot tolerate even a small amount of lactose. People react to lactose intolerance differently, just as celiacs react differently. -vance