interesting article about lactose intolerance

Try soy.  It's lactose-free.

You might also want to think about raw milk.  Many people that are lactose intolerant can actually tolerate raw milk because raw milk naturally contains the enzyme lactase, that you need to digest lactose.  Pasteurizing milk destroys the lactase in it.  My partner used to have horrible gas whenever he drank milk but we switched to raw milk and he has no trouble with that.

Does raw milk taste the same as regular milk? I tried lactaid, but to me it tasted like I let the corn flakes sit in it before I drank it. Yuck! lol  But I did have a soy latte the other day that was delicious!  I'm gonna have to try them both at home!

Pretty much.  I buy my raw milk directly from a farm (you can't get raw milk in stores where I live) so it's much fresher than the milk I would buy at the store.  Also the cows are grassfed, whereas the milk you buy at the store often comes from cows that are fed grain, meat byproducts, and all kinds of crap, so that might affect the taste.  I think the raw milk is a little better tasting, personally.

Most reactions to milk are mistakenly considered to be lactose

intolerance. Lactose intolerance is defined by a person having a deficiency

in the enzyme lactase. Lactase is needed in order to digest the sugar

component in milk called lactose.

 Many people are lactose intolerant, but millions more have an immune

reaction to dairy. Unfortunately, most people don’t recognize that there is a difference between the two issues.

 These people usually do not figure out that dairy is causing their

symptoms because they never actually eliminate dairy from their diet,

only lactose. Avoiding lactose only partially helps their condition and often

doesn’t help at all. What they don’t realize is that even though they are avoiding lactose, they are not avoiding dairy.

 The most blatant example is lactose free milk. Lactose free milk is still a major dairy product. If you are drinking lactose free milk you haven’t even begun to eliminate dairy from diet, only lactose. Dairy is used in many products that are considered to be lactose free. Whey protein powder is essentially dried milk, without the lactose. Whey is not only sold as a protein powder, it is also used as an ingredient in hundreds of different food products from bread to soup to candy.

 If you have an immune reaction to milk, then you have a dairy allergy.

Any form of dairy in any food product is then a trigger for you. This

includes all milk, cheese, whey, casein, cream, half and half, and even

butter. Symptoms can range from virtually any digestive problem to

eczema, headaches, fatigue, joint pain, and even chronic sinusitis. In fact there are hundreds of symptoms that can result from a dairy allergy.

 Many, many infants react to dairy, which is typically the first food

introduced to an infant in the form of infant formula. Dairy can cause

reflux, vomiting, colic, poor development, and inability to sleep.

 The only way to avoid all sources of dairy is to read all ingredients and to find acceptable alternative products. There are now hundreds of good dairy free foods on the market, and the list is expanding every day.

Although traditionally these have typically been soy based, there are

many other options these days. Earth Balance brand margarine, for

example, is an outstanding butter substitute.

 Soy, rice, almond, oat, hazelnut, and even coconut milks are now widely available. Coconut, rice and soy ice creams are wonderful ice cream

alternatives. Even dairy free cheese is improving since the introduction of the Daiya brand line of cheeses. They are used in Amy’s brand dairy free macaroni and cheese, a surprisingly rich and tasty product.

 If you haven’t ever tried eliminating dairy from your diet, but suspect

that it may be a problem for you, you really should get tested for a dairy allergy. Your health is worth it! It is by far the most problematic food seen  And there is no need to worry about not getting enough calcium. There isn’t a single animal on the planet that drinks cow’s milk as an adult (including cows!), and none of them has issues with bone density. We simply don’t need it, and in millions of cases suffer more than we benefit.
So as Arseno Hall used to say "makes you say HMMMMMMM!"