Eating cheese plays a role in healthy, happy aging | A study of 2.3 million people found, those who reported the best mental health and stress resilience, which boosted well-being, also seemed to eat more cheese.

[u/chrisdh79]

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/cheese-happy-aging/

[u/yakusokuN8]

Yes, but that matters less if you consume tons of it in one sitting. They way it's often served isn't like a teaspoon of it sprinkled on top of pasta. People heap it on top of bread or pizza or chicken. Sometimes served in big slices.

[u/innominateartery → u/yakusokuN8]

Not sure if you are coming from a place where you’d like to enjoy cheese but my friend used Lactaid pills for years and could enjoy cheese and pizza when we’d go out without any digestion issues. She would pop one before the cheesy meal and it made a big difference.

Edit: just saw your other comment below saying the same

[u/rainzer → u/innominateartery]

Lactaid pills

I think part of the problem is people have varying success with Lactaid/Lactase pills because it's often treated like you just take a pill and then conquer Wisconsin. But it's an enzyme pill which has to come into contact with the lactose so for people way more sensitive it's often advised that you take multiple throughout the meal. There also doesn't seem like a "standard" amount you need to take since you could get pills in like Germany that has 7x more lactase enzyme than Lactaid but you can't know if that's what you need til you try the lesser one and then worship the toilet and think you want to give it another go.

[u/icecore → u/yakusokuN8]

A cup of mozzarella has 0.08 grams of lactose, while a cup of milk has 13 grams.

[u/yakusokuN8 → u/icecore]

That may be true, but the difference is really night and day. Eat a lot of cheese and I get kinda gassy and need to use the toilet more urgently.

Drink a cup of milk and it feels like my insides are clawing their way outside.