Oh, god. I posted about this in the original comment.
I have a very high success rate in internet diagnoses of dairy intolerance. Even I don't believe it!
Unfortunately... nobody ever remembers. It goes like this. A friend complains about having some problem that I know can be linked to dairy intolerance - eczema, asthma, congestion, mood swings. I mention that it can be linked to dairy. They go "Oh, no, that's silly". When it comes up again, I mention it again and say it's a long shot, but they might try a simple elimination diet. "Oh, no, I eat too much dairy, there'd be nothing left to eat!" Eventually they get fed up enough to try it, it works - and they come back to me and go "WOW! I took dairy out of my diet and it really worked! I wish somebody had told me!"
...
At this point I mention, you know, that I kinda told them that, and do you know what they universally say?
"Oh, no, I'm sure I read it somewhere". Or maybe they're sure they "saw it on TV" or something.
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I have a very high success rate in internet diagnoses of dairy intolerance. Even I don't believe it!
Unfortunately... nobody ever remembers. It goes like this. A friend complains about having some problem that I know can be linked to dairy intolerance - eczema, asthma, congestion, mood swings. I mention that it can be linked to dairy. They go "Oh, no, that's silly". When it comes up again, I mention it again and say it's a long shot, but they might try a simple elimination diet. "Oh, no, I eat too much dairy, there'd be nothing left to eat!" Eventually they get fed up enough to try it, it works - and they come back to me and go "WOW! I took dairy out of my diet and it really worked! I wish somebody had told me!"
...
At this point I mention, you know, that I kinda told them that, and do you know what they universally say?
"Oh, no, I'm sure I read it somewhere". Or maybe they're sure they "saw it on TV" or something.
I could scream.