Steve Carper’s LI Clearinghouse
Steve Carper’s Lactose Intolerance Clearinghouse has been the premiere online source for material on lactose intolerance since 1997.
The Clearinghouse has a number of major sections.
LI Basics
Just found out that you’re LI and don’t know quite what that means or what to do? Here are some basic facts that everyone who is LI ought to know. The Ten Top Questions. LI tests. Myths to disregard. All about that wonder in pill form, Lactase. The most asked question of all is covered in the LI v. Milk Allergy page. The complete archive of monthly columns from Allergy Hotline Newsletter, which explain the important beginning issues. A long list of LI Links provides sites to give information on related subjects like foods with calcium, casein-free diets, parve foods, and galactosemia. Includes links from several countires, because earth is truly Planet Lactose.
The Milk-Free Bookstore
Links to over 220 books covering everything you could possibly want to know about what to put into your body and what happens once it’s there. There are cookbooks galore (dairy-free, allergy-sensitive, vegan, and even wheat-free for our celiac friends), books on understanding your digestion and coping with diseases, books on traveling milk-free, even books on sorbets to clear your palate for the next batch. There are books on vegan parenting, about children and food allergies – at children’s reading levels – and a few for special dessert treats. Clicking on the book cover takes you to Amazon.com for purchase there. It may be difficult to find all the books on milk-free subjects through Amazon’s search. The Milk-Free Bookstore has done the work for you, culling them out into a set of handy categories. The Top Ten Bestsellers page reveals which books have been purchased most often, the best of the best.
The Product Clearinghouse
Consumers are no longer limited to a tiny selection of lactose- or dairy-free milk substitutues or alternatives. Dozens exist in virtually every category of dairy product. The Product Clearinghouse lists dozens of foods along with varieties and flavors. Just as importantly, it gives contact information for every company, both on the individual category pages and collected in a single Addresses and Links page. A Directory will help you to get started finding the milk alternative you’re looking for, in 30 categories. International viewers should check the Canadian Products and Sites and UK and European News pages.
Dairy Facts
Counterintuitive as it may sound, being lactose intolerant or dairy allergic requires a variety of information about milk and other dairy products. Just about every milk term you might find on an ingredients list iis defined in the SuperGuide to Dairy. Unsure just how much lactose is in cottage cheese or sour cream? Check the Really BIG List of Lactose Percentages. Is there lactose in lactic acid, lactate, and lactylate? Let The Experts Speak. And just for fun, visit The Lactose Zoo! to see how much lactose goat, sheep and camel milks have so you will never be fooled again by claims that these are low lactose. An additonal set of potentially confusing terms are laid bare in Supermarket Foolers.
Your Questions Answered
Over 120 questions from readers, covering the spectrum from serious disease and nutritional queries to oddities like the lactose content of bananas. (Zero, of course.) An Index and Quick Finder makes zeroing in on a specific question easy, but browsing will reward you with fascinating slices of LI life.
