[user104658]

Originally Posted by bobnot

Im Lactose intolerant and its a bloody curse i hate it. Nearly all mammals on earth become lactose intolerant after childhood it is natures way. Your body no longer needs to feed on milk after childhood so it stops producing the lactase enzyme.
Humans tolerance of lactose in a lot of people comes from a gene mutation that became dominant in parts of Europe and North America. 70%+ of the world has some intolerance to Lactose so your the weird ones really.

I dont know much about milk protein allergy but i imagine its worse as its an allergy whereas if i have too much dairy i just shart myself inside out.

None of them have a severe allergy it is mainly just a sore stomach followed by the inevitable toilet session. My 5 year old is not the world's best at being dairy free. Swapping her snacks at school for chocolate, for example! She's usually fine until about 1am and then we're up for hours... Haha.

But yeah the major difference is that they can't have any of the lactose free dairy products either as removing the lactose actually makes things worse. It also means that low-rate dairy (skimmed milk, etc.) is actually much worse than full-fat because less fat = more milk protein.

Some of the coconut substitutes are actually OK though, there's a dairy free cornetto alternative that even has the little chocolate end (soy chocolate) and it tastes almost identical to "real" ice cream. My daughter is also a big fan of chocolate milkshake, made with Nesquick powder and almond milk, and it's actually alright!