A Finnish team in University of Helsinky has performed a research, by treating some pregnant women with either probiotics or a placebo. The women have been recorded as having allergies or the partner have it, or both have it. The researhers found that babies with probiotics-treated-mom have 50% higher levels of key proteins associated with tissue inflammation in their blood, compared to them with placebo treatment. Inflammation will stimulate the babies immune system, and therefore can reduce their allergy reaction.

Probiotics can also reduce lactose intolerance, thanks to its LAB (Lactic Acid Bacteria) which is the common type of microbes in probiotics. LAB can convert lactose into lactic acid, and thus help people with lactose intolerance to tolerate lactose. However, you must be careful when the person has milk allergy. In this case, kefir will be your alternative, as the beneficial yeast and friendly bacteria in kefir culture consume most of the lactose. Have some kefir on empty stomach in the morning, before or for breakfast. Or, you can choose non dairy probiotics food source. You can take fermented soy foods like tempeh, or other fermented foods such as kimchi or sauerkraut.

The Milk Sugar Dilemma: Living with Lactose Intolerance
by Sherlyn Martens

The Milk Sugar Dilemma presents a readable guide to living with lactose intolerance, including nutritional guidelines, a lactose-restricted diet, setting your own lactose level, grocery shopping, dining away from home, lactose-free food products, and recipes. A must for patients, as well as dietitians and physicians who treat lactose intolerance.

Milk Is Not for Every Body: Living with Lactose Intolerance
by Steve Carper

This book explores how lactose can upset the digestive tract and identifies which dairy products that are "safe" to eat. The author identifies brand names of lactose reduced milks and who can drink them, warns of lactose containing non-dairy foods and prescription drugs to avoid, provides suggestions for substitute foods and lactase pills, reviews lactose intolerance in infants and children, and explores how lactose intolerance is diagnosed and how to avoid triggering a reaction.

How to Tolerate Lactose Intolerance: Recipes & A Guide for Eating Well Without Dairy Products
by Phyllis S. Goldberg

Find in this book many easy-to-serve recipes for people with lactose intolerance, as well as useful guidance of how to read food labels, and what kind of food ingredients you must be aware of.

101 Fabulous Dairy-Free Desserts Everyone Will Love: For the Lactose Intolerant, the Dairy-Allergic, and Their Friends and Families
by Annette Pia Hall

The book is designed for anyone who wishes to make their own fabulous dairy free desserts. It features "lay-flat binding" for your convenience. The directions & ingredients are printed on facing pages so you will not have to turn pages while you prepare a recipe. Each recipe intentionally uses common ingredients and ordinary equipment to ensure that all these desserts are easy for everyone to prepare.

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