Lactose intolerance usually begins in kids around age 5; and about 30 million American adults are lactose intolerant by age 20, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). For most ...

Other things that could cause an increase in lactose intolerance include infections, inflammatory or autoimmune diseases like gastroenteritis, celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, ...

If lactose intolerance is diagnosed, the physician can then try strategies to see if the patient can tolerate milk. ... Most people who think they are lactose intolerant simply avoid dairy products.

Lactose intolerance is a widespread condition that affects millions of people worldwide. For those who experience symptoms such as bloating, diarrhea, and stomach cramps after consuming dairy ...

Lactose intolerant people have variances in how much lactose they can consume. Some can consume absolutely none, some can absorb dairy up until a certain point. In fact, most sufferers can.

People develop lactose intolerance when their bodies don’t make enough of the enzyme lactase for the amount of dairy they consume, says Dr. Christopher Schmoyer, an assistant professor of ...

Lactose, the sugar found in milk, is digested in the intestine by the enzyme lactase. People who lack this enzyme suffer from a condition called lactose intolerance. In their bodies, milk sugar ...

Last week, I attended an Alexandria, Va., conference on New Directions in Lactose Intolerance. The expert presentations were based on guidelines released by a February 2010 National Institutes of ...

Lactose intolerance is, in simple terms, when a person’s body doesn’t produce enough of the lactase enzyme which breaks down the sugar in milk (known as lactose). Since every person’s body ...

Sept. 5, 2006 — -- While it may sound like a bad idea, lactose-intolerant kids should eat some dairy every day, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Yogurt is another popular dairy product often unnecessarily avoided by people with lactose intolerance. It contains more natural sugars than cheese (approximately 13 grams of lactose per cup of ...