Has anyone else found Keto has improved their lactose intolerance?

[u/Urban_Peacock]

I've been lactose intolerant for about 4 years. It's been pretty bad, but manageable with lactaid. I used to default. To oat milk but since going on keto has reverted to the lactose free dairy milk. Here's the thing: I've been having way more cheese, cream and other dairy to increase my fat intake. Most of the time I take some lactaid but I've slipped up quite a few times and not had a problem. Today I went out for dinner and had a whole burrata to myself. I could. Never have done that without spending a good few hours running to the loo a few months ago. I forgot to. Take the lactaid and it's not been 6 hours and... Nothing. Honestly I think keto has improved my lactose intolerance.

[u/Sweet_keto_chef]

Ketosis is our natural metabolic state. We’re supposed to be following herds of animals around and only eating wild foraged fruits and roots in small amounts. Those fruits and roots would have been high in fibre and low in sugar and we’d only be able to gather limited quantities of them. We might find enough berries to push us out of ketosis and then insulin would help us store that energy for later.

The modern western diet puts us in a constant metabolic state that we’d only be in very occasionally for 99% of human existence. It makes sense that because glycolysis is not our natural metabolic state and it’s not supposed to be sustained, that it could make many health issues worse or create health issues.

Many people talk about autoimmune disorders improving on keto, psoriasis, pcos, blood pressure, then of course there’s epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, cancer, depression, anxiety and diabetes.

It’s also true that a ketogenic diet can improve your gut health and your gut biome, which may well be a contributing factor.

So it’s not entirely surprising that you could be seeing benefits with your lactose intolerance.