These articles are related to the medical side of lactose intolerance.
Getting adequate nutrition while also being lactose intolerant (LI) can have its challenges. Understandably, many of us are actively avoiding dairy. As a result, lactose… Read More »Can Lactose Intolerance Cause Nutritional Complications?
Answering this and any other questions you may have about lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is a mystery for many people. If you’re a dairy lover,… Read More »Can You Become Lactose Intolerant Over Time?
There is an age-old assumption that lactose-intolerant people can’t drink milk. People think that any dairy product, including milk, cheese, butter, and yogurt, are off-limits… Read More »How Do They Take Lactose Out of Milk?
Is it real milk? Does lactose-free milk have health risks? If you’re lactose intolerant and have avoided dairy like the plague, the words “lactose-free milk”… Read More »Do You Know the Health Risks of Lactose Free Milk?
As much as 70 percent of the world have a hard time digesting dairy. To make things more challenging, dairy is in nearly everything. Avoiding… Read More »The Lactose Intolerant Medications You Need To Know
If you have chronic digestive issues it may be hard to determine what the root cause is. Even worse, if you have lactose intolerance and… Read More »Blood in Stool? Lactose Intolerance, Crohn’s Disease?
Whether it’s stomach flu or something else that’s got you down, there are a few different food options to get you feeling better. The best… Read More »The Best Food for a Stomach Bug
Lactose Intolerance is not a serious medical problem, and it is very common. In simple terms, it is a condition in which an individual is… Read More »Lactose Intolerant? What You Need to Know!
Why should we not view lactose intolerance as a disease in adult humans? Well it’s not really a disease, it’s just the dietary absence of… Read More »Why should we not view lactose intolerance as a disease in adult humans?
Testing for lactose intolerance in a toddler may depend on your pediatrician’s preference. Some may diagnose the lactose intolerance based on symptoms alone, and more… Read More »How to Test for Lactose Intolerance
Different types of dairy contain different amounts of lactose, and every body deals with lactose differently. Some people can tolerate a little, while others can… Read More »How much lactose is in my food?
How do you get calcium and vitamin D if you don’t drink milk? First talk with your child’s provider about what products or diet changes… Read More »What about Calcium and Vitamin D?
The best way to avoid suffering these symptoms is a lactase pill, a substitute for the lactose-digesting enzyme that your body lacks. Or to avoid… Read More »How to make your LI Symptoms Worse
The symptoms of lactose Intolerance (LI) are diarrhea, flatulence, borborygmi (the noisy rumbling of air moving through the intestines), cramps, bloating, and sometimes vomiting. You… Read More »LI Symptoms – What Really Happening
Products Apple Butter (and all other fruit “butters”) Butter Bean Butter Clam Buttercup or Butternut Squash Butterfish Butterhead Lettuce Cocoa Butter (and all other vegetable… Read More »Sounds like Milk but it’s Not
Almost all mammals have lactose in their milk. Check out how much. Type of Animal Lactose Percentage Human 6.2-7.5% Buffalo 5.2% Camel 3.3-5.0% Cat 4.8-4.9%… Read More »Animals and Milk
If you have one of these four symptoms, you might want to consider ditching dairy. With your run of the mill food allergy, it’s usually… Read More »How To Know If You’re Lactose Intolerant
Like the fact that even if you’re not lactose intolerant now, there’s a good chance you will be some day. Even though you likely guzzled… Read More »8 Things No One Ever Tells You About Being Lactose Intolerant
While the most absolute method of managing lactose intolerance is to limit or eliminate your lactose consumption, this is easier said than done. Many people… Read More »Managing Lactose Intolerance Symptoms
Many people who do not suffer from lactose intolerance, or who are new to the condition, often think that the easiest way to avoid the… Read More »Managing Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance, in itself, is a fairly easy concept to understand: put simply, it describes a condition where a person’s body is intolerant (or sensitive)… Read More »Lactose Intolerance Simplified
You have terrible stomach pain a few hours after eating. You are gassy and bloated. You are experiencing bouts of diarrhea. You must be lactose… Read More »Is It Lactose Intolerance or Something Else?
Unfortunately, there is no way to “cure” lactose intolerance permanently, but in some cases it can go away on its own. The best way to… Read More »How to make lactose intolerance symptoms go away for good
Anyone who is lactose intolerant knows that lactose is the sugar that can be found in milk and milk related products. Lactose intolerance is not… Read More »Facts About Lactose Intolerance
In terms of ‘diet’ there is no specific diet that can be used by people who suffer from lactose intolerance. Rather, it is an avoidance… Read More »Diets for Lactose Intolerant People
Nothing is as embarrassing or humiliating as having to jump up from the table and make a mad dash to the bathroom, especially if you… Read More »How to Live with Lactose Intolerance Symptoms
A diagnosis of lactose intolerance isn’t life-threatening but can cause some concern for the individual suffering from symptoms. Not being able to eat or drink foods containing lactose without suffering uncomfortable side effects can be daunting. Life style changes must be made in order to live more comfortably.Read More »Diagnosing Lactose Intolerance
Yes, lactose intolerance can occur at any time, any age. Though normally found in babies and children, the inability to tolerate any product containing lactose can happen quite suddenly, or gradually, over time. There are several factors which may cause this problem in adulthood. Getting older may bring about primary lactose intolerance, a condition that becomes more evident as people begin eating diets that contain little or no milk products, causing a decrease in lactase being made in their body. This is a very common occurrence.Read More »Can Lactose Intolerance Strike at Any Age?
In terms of “treatment” for lactose intolerant people there is no known medical procedure or medication available, and no known cure. What you can do however is take control of your diet, learn which foods cause your digestive issues, and avoid eating them. This may mean giving up some of the things you really love to eat, but it may very well be worth the sacrifice if you feel better.Read More »Lactose Intolerance Treatment
Even if you have never had digestive issues before, you may recently noticed that your stomach just can’t tolerate certain foods. You may find that strange and be wondering what is actually going on. It seems that that ice cream you love so much just doesn’t “agree” with you any more, or the milk you drink daily has an unpleasant effect. Maybe you are running for the bathroom a few minutes to a couple of hours after a meal and having explosive bouts of diarrhea. Read More »Signs You May Be Lactose Intolerant
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