Guest guest Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Just wanted to make note that a few of you mentioned lactose intollerance and dairy allergy as though they were the same thing. Lactose intollerance is when a person's body does not make the enzyme lactase. Lactase breaks down the sugar in cow's milk, lactose. If a lactose intollerant person consumes dairy they suffer from stomach cramping,and painful gas among other things. When a person is allergic to dairy their immune system recognizes all dairy (this is milk products and by-products like casein and whey)as an invader and they suffer an auto-immune response. The severity of which can range from exzema, mood-swings and intchy sinuses to full- on anaphylactic shock. Sorry if I sound like I'm splitting hairs but the difference is really quite profound. On the same note, someone mentioned the term " non-dairy " . Just to let you all know non-dairy foods can still contain milk products. The term currently used to describe a food item that contains no dairy at all is " dairy-free " . Now, for the explanation, my husband has a severe dairy allergy and confusion of the above terms could seriously effect him and others like him. I am now stepping off my soap box, thank you. Peace, Stephanie (in Maryland) , Doh! <dohdriver> wrote: > > Hembadoon Foluke <ayiti_cherie> > > wic > > > > (snip) ... i am of modest > > means and i currently receive food stamps and i was thinking of applying for > > wic. with a little research i was disappointed to find out that that wic does > > not > > allow soymilk due to the fact that they consider it nutritionally inferior to > > cow's milk even though soymilk is fortified with vitamin D, B12 etc. i found > > this particularly interesting because, coreect me if i'm wrong, wic does allow > > soymilk formula. (snip) > > Welcome to gov't subsidy. Yep, the WIC program allows for soy formula but > not soy milk. Soymilk is assumed to be a choice, and when you're on > government assistance, as you've already found, " choice " is considered a > luxury. You could try writing a protest letter, but you'd be doing it just > for the sake of doing it, since that won't change the program (I happen to > know). > > If you can get a doctor's note saying you're allergic to dairy, they'll let > you have soymilk. it has to be a medical concern. > > Take it for what you can, veggies and juice.... Apply for foodstamps > (separate program). > ~Doh > -- > Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent > upon you not to fit in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Stephanie, I understand what you mean because my son has a dairy allergy and is NOT lactose intolerant. People always want to argue with me about that one...LOL Jan > > " Stephanie in MD " <sjoynsen > 2004/01/10 Sat PM 03:58:26 EST > > wic point of clarification > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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