Lactagen® A Solution to Lactose Intolerance

I have suffered with lactose intolerance for twenty-one long years.  After colon cancer and treatment afterward, I had almost 24 hour diarrhea and thought it was from now having such a short colon.  The doctor gave me the news about being lactose intolerant after several months of feeling so sick all the time.  I could not believe it as I was used to drinking at least 2 gallons of milk a week and had done so for years.  I tried many different prescriptions and sometimes dairy tablets.

After reading about the Lactagen 38 day program, I thought the claims were false and would never work.  But it sounded so good that I tried it.  I have been able to enjoy grilled cheese sandwiches, ice cream, mashed potatoes, French toast and even a milk shake now.  This has been going on for several months now and I don’t even check menus any more for hidden milk products.  I am so gratefully for this gift of diarrhea-free days and no more being sick at night.

From the time I was in junior high until last year – 34 years – I suffered with lactose intolerance.  I loved the taste of milk, especially drinking a cold glass in the summertime.  But I couldn’t do it anymore and that was bothersome for me.  Not only did I love milk but I knew it was so good for me. I could have a small amount of hot milk and some cheese and ice cream without repercussions, but could not enjoy just a glass of milk or I would suffer from terrible gastric distress – bloating, gas and diarrhea.  I would be doubled over in pain, and therefore, would be no good for the rest of the day.  It wasn’t the end of the world to go without milk, but I really felt my body was missing something wholesome and good for me.  I resigned myself to not drinking milk period.  I drank soy milk but it didn’t taste like milk.  I tried the Lactaid type milk, but even then, I sometimes suffered the same effects as when I drank regular milk and it was very expensive.

I thought Lactagen was too good to be true.  My sister-in-law, a biologist, happened upon the Lactagen website while looking online for a remedy for her daughter who also suffered severe effects from milk.  Scientifically, it made a lot of sense to her.  My niece tried the program and thankfully it worked for her.  So I thought if it worked for her that it might work for me. 

It is so liberating to be able to drink milk again!  My body can tolerate even a tall, 24 oz glass, with NO side effects!  I am living proof that it works!  I am getting older, so bone and related health conditions, such as osteoporosis, are concerns of mine.  Knowing that I can feely drink milk again is a real comfort to me and it is a welcome addition to the things that I’ve incorporated into my lifestyle to stay healthy and fit.

My lactose intolerance started when I was in my 20’s.  When every I would eat macaroni & chees or ice cream, I would get diarrhea afterwards.  When I hit my 30’s things got worse.  By the time I was 36, it seemed like everytime I ate something with dairy in it, I would have these same symptoms.  I ended up taking Lactaid pills right before eating dairy products but as things got worse, I needed more pills to control the symptoms.

I decided to give Lactagen a try even though I was skeptical.  I experienced some symptoms during the program and had to back things up a few days, but I was able to complete it.  I am so happy!  The first few days after completing the program, I experienced a lot of gas after eating dairy but I was willing to live with that after what I had to put up with before.  Now I don’t experience any symptoms at all.  I am very thankful for your product.  It was money well spent.

I am 14 years old and have suffered from lactose intolerance since I was 8.  I couldn’t even eat a cookie, yogurt or butter.  Nothing with milk AT ALL.  No birthday parties with pizza and I couldn’t ever go for ice cream.  I tried lactaid tablets but even taking 5 at once didn’t work.

When I heard about Lactagen, I was a little scared that it was too good to be true.  BUT I was so excited and I was thinking about all the yummy things I would get to eat!  I did work and I was soooo happy and I had an ice cream cake and one of my friends made cupcakes for all the birthdays I had had with a cake.  I can now eat anything…and I can go to restaurants without asking about the ingredients for everything.

I became lactose intolerant about 11 years ago after a severe stomach illness.  I spent about a week not being able to eat anything after being struck with some sort of dysentery.  Before that I use to drink 32 oz of skim milk with dinner every day.  After that illness, I started to have the problem of intolerance.  It started off  very mild with just gas and some discomfort, but over the next year my symptoms became much worse.  After about two years, even very small amounts of dairy would be disastrous.  My wife and I joked about me getting “Dairy Poisoning”.  I cannot count the number of times that I accidentally ate some dairy and had to work from home the following day because I was too ill to go in to work.  I had issues with any type of dairy – butter, milk, cheese and even yogurt.  I relied on Lactase pills to survive, but it wasn’t always easy.  My wife and I were late to dinner many time because I forgot the pills and we had to turn back or stop by the store on the way.

I always had to plan out my attack on every meal to consume the non-dairy and dairy segments to maximize the pills.  Big parties were the worst because there are so many things with dairy available.  I would get non-diary plate of veggies with no dip, fruit, etc.  If I wanted to have diary at event like this, I would have to consume the maximum portion within the time window for the pill.  I spent ll years as a highly functioning lactose intolerant person, but certainly didn’t enjoy it.

 I used Ulta-Lactase pills for many years – both generics and Lactaid brand.  They were inconvenient and expensive.  At one point, I left pills at friend’s houses in case I forgot to bring mine for a dinner party. It was a tough learning curve to calculate how much lactose and how many pills I would need to have.  When I traveled, I would have to carry dozens of pills.  Then 2 years ago, Lactaid brand switched to the new “Fast Act” and I was in trouble.  I have a slow digestive system it took a while to adjust to this.  I bought as many boxes of the old lactase pills as possible but realized I had to do something.

I went to the web to do some researching and that’s where I found Lactagen.  I was skeptical but I read the medical study and it gave me a glimmer of hope.  I am an engineer and I have seen many of these double blind studies.  What struck me was that the study clearly showed the placebo effect in the 1^st week and after 1 month, the placebo effect wore off.  The people who were given Lactagen showed improved results over time.  I spoke with my doctor and he said that I should give it a try.

I started the program and followed it very strictly.  My only deviation was that I did not eat the yogurt at first.  I had no dairy over the length of the program except for one or two dishes by accident.  As these happened later in the program, I didn’t seem to have an adverse reaction in these cases.  As I got toward the end of the program, I noticed that I had less and less issues.  When I got to the drinking milk portion at the end, it was a little nerve wracking.  I stared for a long time at that small innocent glass of cool white poison. I spent a very nervous 24 hours waiting for the hammer to drop and nothing happened.  I went through the milk regiment and also starting introducing yogurt to my diet.  Could I be cured?

When I finished the program, I went on a cruise and at anything I wanted.  It has been 2 weeks now and I feel great.  I have not had a single incident even with all the food on the cruise.  It still feels weird not to have to have the pills with me at all times and I think I will still instinctively calculate the amount of dairy in food for a long time.  I have high hopes.  My only worry now is that I will start having to watch calories instead of lactose. I would highly recommend this program to anyone who is lactose intolerant and is willing to take a chance.  I entered into the program with a lot of skepticism but did a lot of analysis and I have come out of the program as a complete success.