# Food you love, but can't eat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 3, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107 "2024-05-03T16:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/102 "2024-05-06T15:39:55Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > And Lactaid pills…UGH!! Both my daughter and I get violently ill from them. It’s like a bad stomach flu. I used them twice, 2 or 3 years apart and got the same result both times. I threw up all night long. It was horrible. That sounds like a good enough reason to not risk that again!!! Interesting about yogurt; I’d heard somewhere that yogurt and cheese tend to have less of a problematic effect, compared with straight milk, but obviously that doesn’t hold true in your case. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I violated my no ice cream rule last night and paid for it dearly. Gonna need a nap today. Now THAT’s tragic!! Not the nap, the “no ice cream” bit. The nap sounds like an excellent idea, I’m just sorry for the reason! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/103 "2024-05-06T15:44:01Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Now THAT’s tragic!! Not the nap, the “no ice cream” bit. The nap sounds like an excellent idea, I’m just sorry for the reason! On the plus side, if I ever need some sort of prodding in the nether regions, I won’t need a colon cleanse product, just a bowl of chocolate ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/104 "2024-05-06T16:20:28Z")
As a cheese addict, when I first realized that I had developed lactose intolerance I was not happy. Then I found out about Lactaid, and life became worth living again. I’ve never had any problem using it, although I have found that I’ve become more intolerant as I’ve gotten older. I used to be able to eat a cheeseburger without having to take a Lactaid, but now anything with dairy requires me to pop one. Oddly enough, I can eat my breakfast yogurt without a lactaid. I use almond milk on my cereal and when I make an occasional smoothie. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/105 "2024-05-06T18:24:45Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > And it’s not just what to eat, but when. If I eat too big of a dinner past, say, 7 pm, it feels like it all wants to come back up at bedtime. I told my wife awhile back “Now I understand why retirees go out to dinner at 4 pm! They need time to digest!” Amen. Between my reflux, and apparent gastroparesis from diabetes/medications, if I can’t be finished with dinner by 6 p.m., I skip it altogether. Anniversary dinner last night caught me out, ate around 6:30 or 7 at the restaurant, all my dinner was still hanging out in my belly at 4 a.m., and it came back up barely used. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/106 "2024-05-06T19:20:50Z")
Happy anniversary, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/107 "2024-05-06T19:54:09Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > Amen. Between my reflux, and apparent gastroparesis from diabetes/medications, if I can’t be finished with dinner by 6 p.m., I skip it altogether. Anniversary dinner last night caught me out, ate around 6:30 or 7 at the restaurant, all my dinner was still hanging out in my belly at 4 a.m., and it came back up barely used. Bleh. I’m not quite that sensitive - but since I started the Ozempic, I’ll sometimes be burping the taste of what I had for dinner, at 4 PM the next day. “All smoke and no fire”, at least, and it has to be something strongly seasoned (Costco’s raviola lasagna is one known culprit), AND it seems to have gotten better in the past month or so. But no fun at all. For the most part, I can eat later in the evening, but it’s best to be careful about just WHAT that evening snack is (and how much). ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/108 "2024-05-06T21:04:46Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Oddly enough, I can eat my breakfast yogurt without a lactaid. The buggies that turn milk into yogurt eat all the lactose. Something similar happens in very hard cheeses ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/109 "2024-05-06T21:17:12Z")
I’ve also heard that sheep and goat cheeses are low in lactose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107.md?page=5)