Hello everybody,
That's my first post - male, 26 years old, central Europe - but I read the forum and try to implement a Peat inspired diet since a few months. So, first of all, thank you all for your great discussions and pieces of advice. One of the big problems I have with the diet is that I'm (was) totally lactose intolerant. I couldn't drink more than 1/2 glass of free fat milk without having very bad stomach problems. Lactase pills didn't work for me and I can't depend on those. I tried a lot of things : probiotics, apple cider vinegar etc, but nothing seemed to work.
Surfing on the web I found a product called Sulmedol claiming it can restore lactose tolerance. I saw that the main ingredient is flowers of sulfur, a peat-friendly supplement. Peat says to take it one teaspoon or 1 pinch a day for 3 days. However, the protocol to restore lactose tolerance is 200mg twice a day for approximately 45 days. Here is the original study that gave me the idea to try : http://www.google.com/patents/WO2000061155A1?cl=en. The theory is not clear, it seems that the lactase enzyme is a sulfur-containing enzyme.
I don't live in Canada so I just bought 50 grams of sublimed sulfur for 2,50 dollars and I began taking it twice a day, 200 mg. However, after 3 weeks, I couldn't drink more than one glass of free fat milk. So, for the last week, I took 4 times 200 mg, everytime after eating. In 3 days I was able to drink 1 quart of milk, and these two last days I drank 2 quarts of free fat milk without issues. Now I think I will continue for 1 week with 200mg x 2, then stop and see.
I want to make clear that this protocol is not very in line with Peat, as he said to take sublimed sulfur for 3 days in a row maximum, but I thought it could be useful. In addition, there could be a problem with metabolic acidosis, so the sulfur could be taken with molasses or, eventually, a bit of baking soda.
That's my first post - male, 26 years old, central Europe - but I read the forum and try to implement a Peat inspired diet since a few months. So, first of all, thank you all for your great discussions and pieces of advice. One of the big problems I have with the diet is that I'm (was) totally lactose intolerant. I couldn't drink more than 1/2 glass of free fat milk without having very bad stomach problems. Lactase pills didn't work for me and I can't depend on those. I tried a lot of things : probiotics, apple cider vinegar etc, but nothing seemed to work.
Surfing on the web I found a product called Sulmedol claiming it can restore lactose tolerance. I saw that the main ingredient is flowers of sulfur, a peat-friendly supplement. Peat says to take it one teaspoon or 1 pinch a day for 3 days. However, the protocol to restore lactose tolerance is 200mg twice a day for approximately 45 days. Here is the original study that gave me the idea to try : http://www.google.com/patents/WO2000061155A1?cl=en. The theory is not clear, it seems that the lactase enzyme is a sulfur-containing enzyme.
I don't live in Canada so I just bought 50 grams of sublimed sulfur for 2,50 dollars and I began taking it twice a day, 200 mg. However, after 3 weeks, I couldn't drink more than one glass of free fat milk. So, for the last week, I took 4 times 200 mg, everytime after eating. In 3 days I was able to drink 1 quart of milk, and these two last days I drank 2 quarts of free fat milk without issues. Now I think I will continue for 1 week with 200mg x 2, then stop and see.
I want to make clear that this protocol is not very in line with Peat, as he said to take sublimed sulfur for 3 days in a row maximum, but I thought it could be useful. In addition, there could be a problem with metabolic acidosis, so the sulfur could be taken with molasses or, eventually, a bit of baking soda.