How to Live With Lactose Intolerance (Real Examples)

Zoe Bastion

Zoe Bastion is an assistant content producer with BBC and says that she has been lactose intolerant for most of her life. When she looks back, she remembers that every time she used to have cheese she would she would feel gassy and when she used to have milk, she used to get a cough.

When she would eat dairy, she would invariably get diarrhea, but she was finally diagnosed when she was 26. She says that it took her over a year to give up dairy. As she is vegetarian, her normal food comprised cheese, milk, potatoes and bananas and bread, Even now if she eat a pizza, she suffers from stomach cramps and diarrhea.

She went to a nutritionist to get a healthy, lactose free diet. ‘I have been eating a healthy, balanced diet ever since. I eat lots of beans, pulses, tofu, vegetables, fruit, Marmite and soya milk, which is enriched with calcium and B12. I’m a good cook because I’ve had to experiment so I don’t get bored with my food,’ she says. As most places in London cater to vegans and vegetarians it is not difficult for her to eat out and she indulges in Thai,