A Dietician’s take on Lactose Intolerance
As a dietician in clinical practice, one of the most common problems that I encounter is gastro-intestinal distress, and in many cases this is coming from one simple problem, lactose intolerance. In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) statistics say that many consumers have a reduced ability to digest lactose, the carbohydrate found in cow’s milk. What’s more, it is not uncommon for a lactose deficiency to develop later in life. In lactose intolerant individuals varying degrees of gas, bloating, pain, cramping and diarrhea can occur after ingesting milk and other dairy products, but by far its milk that…
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