Anyone Dairy Free?
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Topic: Anyone Dairy Free?
Posted By: cuppatea
Subject: Anyone Dairy Free?
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 4:09pm
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We have been thinking about going dairy free and now Spencer has an allergy to the protein in cows milk so it is even more of a reason for us to do so.
My question is what do you use instead of milk, cheese, cream, yoghurt. We already use alpha Rice Bran oil instead of butter or marge as it was the only thing I could find without preservatives in. We don't do ready made stuff in general but is there anything that I need to avoid that isn't overly obvious for having diary in it. i.e pasta or bread etc Is not relevant just yet but Spencer would also need to steer clear of Soy. Cheers ------------- 
 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 4:22pm
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Are you meaning for yourself cos you are bfing? I was totally dairy free for about 6 months while feeding Hannah.
For milk you can have rice or soy. You may need to take a calcium supplement (just make sure it has no hidden dairy ingredients). Really you just cant have cheese and cream  You can get dairy free ice-cream (Lite Licks in various flavours). And there are several brands of soy yoghurt. If you are going strictly dairy free, watch out for most biscuits, crackers and any meal tins/sachets etc. Oh and I thought that rice bran oil was dairy based (not sure about the lite one though).
Have a look at these - http://www.mfd.co.nz/ - Manufactured foods database , click on the milk/lactose free link at the top, and http://www.actagainstallergy.co.nz/aaa_couk/986-infant-and-young-child-with-food-allergy---practic.html - this one has the list of foods that are derived from cows milk, plus the website is worth a look around as well. Hope that helps.  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 4:25pm
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Oh and pasta and bread are fine. We mainly have cereal/porridge/weetbix for breakfast or toast, fruit, sandwich and soy yoghurt for lunch, meat and veges for dinner (very plain, but easy enough to make things from scratch as well). And I bake becasue then I know what is in biscuits etc, and if you end up with multiple food allergies it starts to get tricky.
If you are only avoiding dairy it is relatively easy once you get into the swing of it. How did you work out he was allergic? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 4:40pm
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I stopped bfing at about 14 weeks because I had 5 breast infections and nothing I tried would stop them from recurring and slowly weaned him to formula where he then got constipation and ezcema, gp and plunket were both totally clueless so I rang Karicare for some advice and they said it sounded like he had an allergy to the protein in the formula and that we would need to see a paed to get specialist formula on script. So we saw a paed and he agreed that it is most likely an allergy and we are now waiting for a script for neocate, if the constipation and ezcema disappear than thats definately what it is.
So if that is the case he won't be able to have cows or goats milk and introducing soy too early is likely to cause an allergic reaction to that as well. Me and DH have talked about going dairy quite a few times, I was actually gonna give it a go before falling pregnant but then put off playing with my diet. I have a lot of digestive problems and think they might be eased by not having diary, afterall it is pretty gross when you think of it, I mean I wouldn't want to suckle at a cow!!!! Its a bit unnatural really. Thanks for the links -------------
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 7:02pm
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No worries ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 11:07am
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bump ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 11:33am
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Hi I know this is an old post but just wanted to let you know I'm generally dairy free too- not through allergy, just through ethics lol -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Also mostly egg free and definately meat free so if any of you ladies need any hints on what's good/healthy/cheap/easy/whatever to eat on a more restricted diet, feel free to PM me and I'll help out as much as I can. Posted By: Mum2L
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 1:01pm
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Hi there :-)
I am also dairy free (due to allergies to cow'd milk protein and lactose, but also ethics), egg free (due to ethics), and meat free (due to ethics and environmental reasons). For a milk substitute, you have the recommended rice and soya milks. You can also use a nut milk (if your DS isn't allergic to nuts) like almond milk or cashew milk. You can buy almond milk or make your own. Almond milk has a very creamy taste to it. Almond milk was used in the middle ages and during Tudor-Stuart times during Lent (when animal's milk was not allowed). But because DS is a baby, you will probably need to feed him Neocate until he is old enough to have other milk substitutes. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 1:04pm
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i haven tread everything but we have been advised to delay soy till 1 year along with the other 4 big ones as well ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 1:07pm
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and if they are allergic to dairy you generally you delay the other big ones..(so that includes nuts) ..or even if you arent allergic but it runs in the family. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 5:21pm
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King Soy Yoghurt is good. The really cheap table spreads seem to be dairy free (careful, a lot of margarine has milk solids). Signature Range Canola Spread is pretty good and works well in baking.
Vegan recipe sites are good places to find yummy recipes. |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 5:26pm
Sanitarium do a 'So Good' Soy range and they have a chocolate 'icecream' which is sooo good. I just polished off nearly half a carton of it this arvo 
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