Milk it!

[Iron4Life]

Mr. Rippetoe,

For an Intermediate lifter who is bulking do you still suggest drinking a gallon of whole milk a day? Or is this more of a beginners protocol?

[bango skank]

Raw milk, anyone?

[fat bastard]

I can drink milk but if I drink a half gallon a day I will be farting all night. I guess I am lactose intolerant if I drink too much

Lactose intolerant people can't digest milk properly so does that mean my muscles aren't getting the protein from the milk? I don't care about farting I can deal with that as long as my body can use the protein in milk. Thanks.

[Mark Rippetoe]

That much milk is really a novice strategy, and might make an intermediate guy chubby. Raw milk is not available but in a few states, and is hideously expensive. If you're lactose intolerant, take some lactaid.

[Amu]

If you're lactose intolerant, take some lactaid.

A gallon of Lactaid (~$10 a day) is getting heavy on the bills, what do you suggest I do? I'm thinking of calling the company and asking for a commercial purchase, as long as it's not too big.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Use the capsules. Much cheaper.

[lylemcd]

The lactaid pills don't seem to work for everyone, they never did for me.

I've been using a product called Digestive Advantage: Lactose Intolerance Therapy that has allowed me to drink regular milk for the first time in years. it's a once a day pill containing bacteria that helps with lactose digestion along with a little bit of lactase. at places like walmart and rite aid it's about $10/month which is cheap as hell compared to buying Lactaid milk.

It's worth looking into for folks who have problems with milk IMO

Lyle

[Amu]

The lactaid pills don't seem to work for everyone, they never did for me.

I've been using a product called Digestive Advantage: Lactose Intolerance Therapy that has allowed me to drink regular milk for the first time in years. it's a once a day pill containing bacteria that helps with lactose digestion along with a little bit of lactase. at places like walmart and rite aid it's about $10/month which is cheap as hell compared to buying Lactaid milk.

It's worth looking into for folks who have problems with milk IMO

Lyle

Thank you for the advice. I recently tried the product and it seems to be working. I'll have to see how the next few days go. I'm getting it at 10 bucks for 24 pills (24 days). That saves me well over a hundred dollars a month

[lylemcd]

Same here, the pills are way cheaper than buying Lactaid in the first place.

Something I have noticed is that very large amounts of normal milk can still cause me problems, I've started taking a second pill in the afternoon (so 2 per day) which seems to have solved it. The product even mentions this on the back of the box.

It's still way cheaper than shelling out for Lactaid or what have you.

Lyle

[Amu]

Same here, the pills are way cheaper than buying Lactaid in the first place.

Something I have noticed is that very large amounts of normal milk can still cause me problems, I've started taking a second pill in the afternoon (so 2 per day) which seems to have solved it. The product even mentions this on the back of the box.

It's still way cheaper than shelling out for Lactaid or what have you.

Lyle

The product is giving me stomach problems...

It did mention a few things on the back about side effects