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If You Re Lactose Intolerant. Lactose intolerance an increasingly common condition is the inability to digest lactose a sugar found in dairy. After all as far as food sensitivities go lactose and gluten are two of the more widely maligned culprits. When you are lactose intolerant and you drink milk or eat milk products your body cannot digest lactose present in milk or milk products. Luckily not all cheeses are forbidden on a low-lactose diet.
If you have lactose intolerance your intestines dont produce enough of an enzyme called lactase that breaks down the sugar or lactose found in milk. Lactose intolerance is a condition characterized by symptoms such as stomach pain bloating gas and diarrhea which are caused by lactose malabsorption. Lactose remains in its normal form and it cannot be separated into glucose and galactose due to deficiency of sufficient lactase enzyme. So you think youre lactose intolerant but what if youre not. By Susan Blum MD MPH. Its worth experimenting with different foods to find out if there are any dairy products you can eat as.
If youre lactose intolerant getting the right amount of important vitamins and minerals can prove difficult.
Luckily not all cheeses are forbidden on a low-lactose diet. Primary lactose intolerance Since all humans are born with the ability to digest lactose the primary sugar found in breastmilk from humans and other mammals we are not innately lactose intolerant. Luckily not all cheeses are forbidden on a low-lactose diet. When you are lactose intolerant and you drink milk or eat milk products your body cannot digest lactose present in milk or milk products. If youre lactose-intolerant you might think youve been cursed to a life without cheese but not all cheeses contain high levels of that problematic sugar. In humans an enzyme known as lactase is.