Dairy Allergy - Vernon Hills,IL

I'm lactose intolerant and agree with B about calcium-rich foods. Almond milk also has a good portion of calcium; do your research on that one. Oh, and there are powdered calcium supplements you could add to the blender in a smoothie as well.

Just make sure he gets plenty of non dairy calcium rich foods.

http://www.healthquarters.com.au/non-dairy-calcium-rich-f...

What about having him eat soy yogurt and drink rice or almond milk?

Have you been told by the pediatrician to single out calcium as a single nutrient? It's no longer considered helpful to administer selected micronutrients (vitamins, minerals) in isolation or in small combinations.

There's so much more research about comprehensive formulas with well over 50 ingredients, particularly for children who don't always eat well. However it also applies to adults - virtually no one can get everything they need in our foods alone.

The problem with giving a calcium supplement is that you have no way of guaranteeing that it's absorbed at the cellular level. Cells don't utilize single nutrients like that. Most people know that calcium also requires Vitamin D, but it actually requires many others as well. You can find a comprehensive formula that meets all his needs and that is entirely non-dairy. I buy direct from the manufacturer. I don't want to contradict your doctor if there is a very specific reason you've been told to do this, but it's pretty much an antiquated (and disproven) way to do it.

My son is allergic to milk according to testing. He does eat yogurt though and has no problem unless he eats a lot of it. Then he gets a bad rash. Anyway, my doctor told me to get calcium fortified foods such as orange juice and bread with calcium added, as well as calcium rich foods. Of course it is a bit harder to get him to eat those foods. My son loves his almond milk. And calls it his special milk. I refuse to buy soy.

YES! The regular pharmacies don't carry it, but I found my son's at Natural Grocers. They had several to choose from. I don't know if you have one by you, but if not, then look online. I tried Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and Walmart, but no luck there. So much better than the gummies. My son won't eat the calcium ones either, just the vitamin ones.

Edited to add. When I was at the store today and looked at several calcium supplements and none of them contain dairy. Most calcium is calcium citrate which is made from something other than milk. I've heard that calcium supplements made from she'll fish shells is more easily digested. Perhaps you are confusing the nutrients found in milk with calcium which is available in other resources. A supplement needs to include Vit D to be absorbed.

I asked my daughter about my granddaughter as a baby not tolerating calcium and her pediatrician said it was alright to not give her a supplement but to provide calcium from food.

If nausea and vomiting after chewing or swallowing a calcium supplement, I suggest it's caused by the harshness of calcium.

My granddaughter has is allergic to the protein in milk. she could still take calcium in pill form. Does the label say it contains a dairy product? If not it will be OK to give him a calcium pill. It would be better to give amultivitamin.

Milk is a food source of calcium. So his pill is likely to not to come from dairy.

what are his symptoms after taking the calcium?. Does he eat before taking the pill? Calcium should always be taken after food. Otherwise one is apt to vomit.