I almost ended up in the hospital because I bought into the ACTIVA commercial yrs ago. Stupid me ate a whole container instead of one tspn to see how I reacted. My belly blew up from gas, then subsided with major diarrhea. I gave the other 5 containers to my neighbor. NO lactose products ever! Just not worth it. The enzymes keep the gas to a minimum so I'm socially acceptable. (Did you know the Swedes did a "gas" test yrs ago. People kept track of how many times a day they passed it. Average was 16x/day.) :O) When my husband was alive I bought soy milk - all they had on the market then - so I could eat the pancakes, etc I made for him. After he died, no more soy milk. Blech. Cabot makes lactose free cheddar and Jack cheese. I do use those IN MODERATION. Goat and sheep milk is lactose free. Sometimes I can buy non-cow feta. But at this point I don't really care. I've lived so long w/o dairy I don't miss it. I had stomach problems ~18 years before I was diagnosed with diabetes. No connection. I'm glad your Mom is off the Metformin. It is dreadful - has bad side effects. A friend had chronic diarrhea for yrs from it. I got gastroenteritis from it. Then went into hypoglycemia from the Glypizide she put me on & almost passed out from it. So NO more diabetes meds. That's why I'm diet controlled. I do take several supplements incl a sports mineral and electrolyte one for the internal vibrations that started at the beginning of the year (other people write about them on Connect). Getting old ain't for wimps. My Drs are DOs because they are less quick to hand out Rxs.
Marko82