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With the school year starting, the Food Allergy &
In Planet Lactose - Posted 10 hours ago
With the school year starting, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) is starting its Be a PAL ProgramBe a PAL: Protect A Life From Food Allergies is an educational awareness program designed to help parents and educators teach students wha...
Lactose Intolerance Transcends Race
In Planet Lactose - Posted 14 hours ago
What ethnic groups are most likely to be lactose tolerant? As I wrote in my book, Milk Is Not for Every Body: Living with Lactose Intolerance, northern and western Europeans and various African tribal groups who live along the fringes of the Sahara a...
Canadians To Survey Food Allergy Prevalence
In Planet Lactose - Posted 3 days ago
How many people in the U.S. have a food allergy? For that matter, how many have each of the eight major food allergies?Nobody really knows. All those numbers you see floating around? They're estimates based on, well, who knows what?Other countries ha...
Breastfeeding Baby With Dairy Allergy
In Planet Lactose - Posted 6 days ago
I received an email today asking a delicate question.I was wondering if you could help. If my baby has a milk protein allergy (she is breastfed) can I eat products that are non-dairy but with added lactose such as deli meat?This is a question I had t...
Greek Monk Writes Dairy-Free Cookbook
In Planet Lactose - Posted 1 week ago
Father Epifanios Milopotaminos, an Orthodox Christian monk at the Mount Athos monastery in Greece has been in charge of cooking there for 40 years, still cooking most of the group's meal over a log fire as they've been doing for the last century.The ...
Dairying More Than 8000 Years Old
In Planet Lactose - Posted 1 week ago
Archaeological news usually doesn't impress people unless a new tomb or underwater is found. So the fat residue on some old pots normally comes filed under the heading of specialists only.Well, I'm a specialist and I think these old pots are megacool...
More A2 Milk Nonsense
In Planet Lactose - Posted 2 weeks ago
Remember A2 Milk, the latest rage from New Zealand?Let's quote a reputable site, an official New Zealand government FAQ.What's the difference between A1' and A2' milk?The name comes from the type of protein in the milk. Milk from cows, and any ...
New Food Labeling Requirements Proposed in Canada
In Planet Lactose - Posted 3 weeks ago
Health Canada, the governmental department that is similar to the Department of Health and Human Services in the U.S. had put new food labeling requirements up for public comment for the next 90 days.Food Allergies - New Labelling Requirements for Fo...
Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Hope for School Lunches
In Planet Lactose - Posted 3 weeks ago
The annual School Nutrition Association national conference is taking place this week at the Philadelphia Convention Center. So naturally, a local paper, the Bucks County Courier Times sent a reporter to cover it.The article by Jo Ciavaglia contains ...
Non-BST Milk Same as Any Other Milk
In Planet Lactose - Posted 4 weeks ago
Last year, I posted Another Victory for Ignorance, which started:Is there any actual evidence that the growth hormone rBST (recombinant Bovine SomatoTropin -- also known as rBGH: recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) causes harm to anyone? No.Can milk b...
