So, here I am, taking my supplements, and, waiting out what I thought was a bad reaction that developed from eating the Greek Yogurt. I mean, I expected it would be from the Greek Yogurt, though, I was a bit surprised that it started happening after not having eaten them for a few days, at all; but, you know, I have super slow digestion at times, and, when it comes to my milk intolerance, sometimes, it starts out being just a little bad and then blooms to full blown torture over the next week or so.
That wasn't it, though. It's been plenty long enough that I should have been over it, if it was the cause of my troubles, and, instead of getting better, I've been getting worse. As in, constant rash on my face , neck, shoulders and upper back, starting to get itchy in other places, stomach swollen up, and, other nasty things you just don't want to know about, at all.
I know what I've been eating and none of the food I had contained any sort of milk at all. Okay, there was some bread, but, there's never been a problem with eating bread, so long as its good quality, before now.
So, I go to look up the ingredients on the supplements I've been taking. Turns out the probiotic has wheat in it, which is a little alarming, since, part of balancing out your bacteria is avoiding wheat, if at all possible; but, I wasn't that concerned with that issue, yet. They also have milk in them! I have never bought a probiotic with milk in it, before now, or, even heard of one; but, that's what's in the one I got from Wal-Mart.So, now, I have a several month supply of poison. Yaye!
I haven't been able to sleep, feel like I can't get going on cleaning or anything else, and, in the last couple of days my rash got really bad, I started seeing spots in front of my eyes and blacking out. I'm about 100 percent certain that's why.
Nothing like buying something that's supposed to be helping you get healthier and finding out that it contains things that make you more ill than just about anything else. It's got my thyroid acting all cranky, too.
I bought the probiotic so that I could get the good results of eating yogurt or kefir, without having to have the milk that comes with it. Grrr!
Update:
Well, things just got weirder. Turns out that the probiotic USED to have milk in it, and, Wal-Mart just doesn't update their site often enough. It does have wheat, though, which is still not good, but, not terrible at this point. Also, even though I was looking for a one-shot supplement, I found out both the magnesium and probiotic really should be taken three times per day. (sigh)
It might be the magnesium that has the milk. Apparently, most magnesium supplements have milk in them. It doesn't say it has milk, but, either do other ones, on Vitacost.com, which do not show up in the search as soon as I search for ones without lactose.
Update, again:
It's true that the magnesium probably has some lactose in it, but, I have, since my last posting on the subject at hand, learned other things that are probably more important.
Most especially, I learned that magnesium tamps down your digestive juices. Since I already have low stomach acid, this is not even remotely helpful, even if other aspects of magnesium make it very good to take.
It might be that it is the fact that milk and cheese are so hard to digest which cause the most harm (when whey is not a huge factor), because, I was feeling just like I was snarfling mass quantities of cheese. Then, I drank some apple cider vinegar, with a little water, and, I felt much better.
If you'll remember from things I typed up, earlier, apple cider vinegar is an aid to digestion, among its other qualities, and, I have found it especially beneficial, in that respect, for me.
Since I found out both that this helps and that I need to take more of the pills to get the effect Dr. Oz was having people aim for, I went ahead and took the next dose at the time I first used ACV today. I just did both, again, and, am now going to eat a salad for dinner.
That may not be all of my dinner. Not sure, yet. It's a good, tasty thing, though, which I am looking greatly forward to, even if it is mainly just iceberg lettuce.
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