Lactose is added to many processed foods, including cookies, pancake mixes, breads, canned and powdered soups, flavored coffees, powdered drink mixes, and processed meats. Since you cannot drink milk, eat foods which are rich in calcium. This includes broccoli, dried figs, apricots, blackstrap molasses, and other vegetable greens. Do not eat spinach or rhubarb, for they contain a chemical which blocks absorption of calcium. This is an excellent source of nutritional calcium.
Many pharmaceutical drugs contain lactose as a filler.
Do not eat any solid food during a lactose attack of diarrhea. Just drink lots of good water and replace lost minerals. Acidophilus milk would not help the person with lactose intolerance, for the acidophilus works to improve conditions in the colon, and the problems with lactose occur in the small intestine. Both have some similar symptoms and problems. The victory can be gained, for nothing is impossible with God.