Lactose-free diets for Programmers

Lactose free (Laktosefrei) diets for programmers is basically the same lactose free diet many business people or office personnel follow, however, programmers are usually more sedentary and have to deal with either bringing their lunches or eating out. This may also include extra trips to the restrooms.

A lactose free diet is where you eat items that contain no lactose such as milk or milk products. Lactose is a sugar from milk that can be found in various other foods such as aged cheeses, ice cream and sour cream. Yogurt is also a part of this list; however, most people can tolerate it mainly due to its active enzymes.

The dietary changes for a lactose free diet for programmers should initially include taking out all lactose foods from your diet. This not only includes milk and milk or dairy products but many other products that contain milk sugars. Some are breads and crackers, cereals and most cheeses, creamed meats, poultry and fish, butter and margarine, peanut butter with added milk solids, biscuits, pancakes and muffins.

However, the list of foods you can have is very long: soy milk, fruit juices, French bread, Italian bread, saltines, oatmeal, plain potatoes, plain meats, fish and poultry, Kosher hotdogs, luncheon meats, tofu and eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, angle food cake, custards and puddings made with water or milk substitutes, broth-based soups or soups prepared with water and not milk and various natural seasonings.

If after several weeks or months you are feeling better, you could reintroduce some milk or another dairy product back into your diet to see if you can tolerate small amounts. Yogurt is usually well tolerated and has certain enzymes that help the digestive track, a place where lactose intolerance is based.

There are hundreds of recipe books and Internet sites by the thousands that will show you how to liven up your daily lunches and dinners so that you will not become board with the same old thing day after day.

It may be difficult to find the milk sugars in many foods because there are no regulations regarding the manufactures to label anything more than ‘sugar’ so you might find it a little difficult to determine if ‘sugar’ mean ‘milk sugar.’

When eating out, try calling ahead of time to speak with the manager or chief about at lactose free menu. If they don’t have a separate menu for those with food allergies, ask if they would make you one of their dishes without lactose. Calling ahead will save you time and the trouble of explaining to everyone at the table if you don’t want to. A simple, “I have food allergies,” is enough of an explanation if someone does asks. More and more adults and children have food allergies today then ever before.

Being a computer programmer takes a lot of concentration and if your stomach is hurting or you have bloating, cramps, gas and diarrhea, you will be unable to concentrate. That is why eating a lactose free diet is so important for programmers.