Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Could Heather or a moderator please edify me on this dairy issue?

This thread on raw milk, in addition to today's feature in Heather's newsletter about yoghurt, has once again arisen a question for me: Could someone please provide me a link to the research that indicates that whey and casein are by definition hard to digest and therefore bad for IBS? I am not trying to cause trouble here, I guess I would just like to hear from sort of medical/scientific authority before I cut out a whole food group that in my own experience makes no difference on my IBS, and which several naturopaths and doctors have told me I'm avoiding needlessly. (I've gone for long periods both on and off dairy with no discernable difference in my symptoms. Right now I am eating low-fat dairy in the form of yoghurt, cottage cheese, and whey protein powder).

I understand lots of people have trouble with dairy, but I can't help but wonder if it's an individualized thing and not a universal trigger food. In the same way as this site frustrates me for advocating white-flour products as trusty IBS-safe foods, even though they personally kill me bloat-wise.

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IBS-C, lots of spasm and trapped gas.

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