Lactose-free milk

jt_dublin

Guys and girls,
I am on my first cut diet, trying to lose some body-fat after having worked hard to put on some muscle over the last year. I'm on a carb-cycling diet, some days high carbs, other days low carbs and it seems to be going good, having lost 4 kilos in 4 weeks. But I am getting concerned about losing the hard-earned muscle as well.

At bedtime I take 1 scoop of NutritionX Pro Matrix which has a mix of proteins (whey, egg & micellar casein). I would prefer to mix it with skimmed milk so as to take in the extra slow-releasing casein but instead I usually mix it with water so as not to take on the extra sugar (lactose) at nighttime. Now I'm not lactose intolerant or anything, but today in the supermarket I bought some lactose-free milk. It has less than half the carbs & sugars of skimmed milk, although as it is semi-skimmed there is the extra fat content.

So my questions are: does anyone else here use lactose-free milk, what do they think of it and most importantly do you know if lactose-free milk still has as much casein as regular milk ( this being the main reason that I bought it!).

Thanks,
JT.

ps. I've tried cottage cheese and it makes me want to hurl::eek:

brianthebard

hey op out of interest where did you get the l-f milk and how much was it?i don't think you need to be mixing your shake with milk if there is already casein in it,which you say there is.maybe someone can correct me,but i doubt milk plus micellar casein is going to have some sort of doubling up effect.

jt_dublin

Brian,
Thanks for the reply. Yeah maybe I am just doubling up on the casein and there may be no need. I know as part of the cut I'm going to lose some muscle but want to try to hold on to as much as I can. I've lost an inch off my chest in the 4 weeks, although granted some of this will be body fat.

I got the lactose-free milk in the Tesco. It's fresh milk, not the long-life stuff. It costs €1.89 per litre as opposed to my usual brand skimmed milk costing €1.22!

brianthebard

Thanks for the info,i may be a little lactose intolerant y'see.The micellar is supposed to be the biz though so i doubt the milk can improve on it.Edit:why only one scoop of the supp though?

jt_dublin

Brian,
I only take one scoop of Pro Matrix as that is what it says on the instructions. Why? Would you recommend more than this for nighttime?

miss no stars

I'm lactose intolerant and also can't handle high fat foods like custard so I've been through all the different brands and from a taste point of view and fat content view nothing can beat Rice Dream (rice milk), that is, if you're willing to substitute real milk for it. It can generally be found beside the soya milk Dunno how this fares against L-F milk and normal milk and slimline milk but this is what it says on the side of the carton:

Per 100ml
Energy: 47kcal
Carbohydrates 9.4g
(of which sugar) 4.0g
Fats 1.0g
(of which saturate) 0.1g

cozmik

jt_dublin wrote: »

today in the supermarket I bought some lactose-free milk. It has less than half the carbs & sugars of skimmed milk,

So it's not completely lactose free then? Or am I missing something?

cozmik

ok nevermind, I found the answer.

http://www.dairyreporter.com/news/ng.asp?n=84936-arla-advertising-standards-authority-lactose-free-lactose-intolerant

cozmik

From the article

Arla said filtration removed about 50 per cent of the lactose present in Lactofree, with the remainder hydrolysed (broken down) into glucose and galactose

aren't they more easily absorbed into the blood? Won't this increase blood sugar levels quickly over a short period of time?

rubadub

I saw this yesterday in tesco, think it was 1.5% or 2% sugar, I think many might be tricked into thinking it was sugar free from the marketing.

I have met people who think skim milk is like a diet drink, not even realising milk has sugar and thinking the only thing that makes you fat is fat (skim milk has more sugar than lilt per 100ml) and ignoring the protein completely

There own site does not even have the nuritional info on it! and it is a pretty big site, any company who do that are playing marketing scams in my mind.

Does lactofree milk differ in nutritional content compared to regular milk. I assume there must be a lower carbohydrate content, but I would particularly like to know if the filtering process which removes the lactose removes any vitamins or minerals.

Question answered by Customer Service Officer

All other nutritional information about the product is around the same as standard milk. Like you said, the only thing that is Lower is Carbohydrate.

http://www.lactofree.co.uk/qa/

How would cheese compare to milk for this effect of slowing down absorption. Many do not like cottage cheese, but many low fat cheddars are ~35% protein and ~15% fat with very little carbs, many do not like them either but I do, a lot more than cottage cheese.

Khannie

Prompted by this thread, I tried the "lactofree" milk from Tescos. I can't tell the difference in taste v's normal low-fat milk. Certainly tastes nicer / creamier than skimmed milk and with only 6 extra calories per 100ml.

Asus X540L

Sorry to bump this old thread but could you guys tell me what Irish supermarkets sell Lactose free milk?

Cheers

Most of them do at this stage, and they all seem to have some kind of almond milk or oat milk if you're stuck
Tesco and supervalu 100% do anyway

Triceratops Ballet

Aldi have also started doing it too