People who are lactose intolerant do not produce lactase enzyme in sufficient quantity. Learn how to circumvent this problem.

Do you feel that drinking milk or eating some milk-based food, brings any stomach discomfort? This can be lactose intolerance. Many people do not know they have this problem and do not associate this malaise to the intake of milk and dairy products.

Lactose intolerance is the inability that the body has to digest lactose – a sugar found in milk and other dairy products. In case the small intestine fails to produce the required amount of the lactase enzyme, whose function is to break down the lactose molecules and convert them into glucose and galactose.

There is no known way to prevent lactose tolerance, but if you want to relieve your symptoms, is indicated to replace the regular milk by products with low fat or lactose-free. Nowadays the products with low fat or lactose, do not have any loss of calcium, leaving its most relieved patients regarding future diseases related to miss. But it is essential to eat foods like (leafy greens, oysters, sardines, canned salmon, shrimp and broccoli), because they have a high level of calcium.

References:

Téo, Carla Rosane Paz Arruda. “Intolerância à lactose: uma breve revisão para o cuidado nutricional.” Arq. ciências saúde UNIPAR 6.3 (2002): 135-140.

Mattar, Rejane, and Daniel Ferraz de Campos Mazo. “Intolerância à lactose: mudança de paradigmas com a biologia molecular.” Rev Assoc Med Bras56.2 (2010): 230-6.

de Oliveira, Cybelle Pereira, and João Andrade da Silva. “Leite fermentado probiótico e suas implicações na saúde.” Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável 6.3 (2011).