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Lactose Intolerance: What You Need to Know
Lactose intolerance is condition in which an individual is unable to digest lactose, a sugar found in Cow's milk and milk products. Lactose intolerance happens when the small intestine does not make enough of a digestive juice called lactase. Lactase is needed to break down the lactose in food so it can be absorbed by your body. People who are lactose intolerant have unpleasant symptoms after eating or drinking milk or milk products. These symptoms include bloating, diarrhea, gas, burping, nausea, vomitting and blood in stool.
This condition often runs in families and can be developed by both children and adults. Lactose intolerance often runs in families (hereditary). In these cases, over time a person’s body may make less of the lactase enzyme. Symptoms may occur during the teen or adult years.
This condition often runs in families and can be developed by both children and adults. Lactose intolerance often runs in families (hereditary). In these cases, over time a person’s body may make less of the lactase enzyme. Symptoms may occur during the teen or adult years.
In some cases the small intestine stops making lactase after an injury or after a disease or infection. Some babies born too early (premature babies) may not be able to make enough lactase. This is often a short-term problem that goes away. In very rare cases some newborns can’t make any lactase from birth.
Why is lactose intolerance common in Asian Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans and Native Americans? In 1988, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported, "It rapidly became apparent that this pattern was the genetic norm, and that lactase activity was sustained only in a majority of adults whose origins were in Northern European or some Mediterranean populations." In other words, Caucasians tolerate milk sugar only because of an inherited genetic mutation. Overall, about 75 percent of the world's population, including 25 percent of those in the U.S., lose their lactase enzymes after weaning. The recognition of this fact has resulted in an important change in terminology: Those who could not digest milk were once called "lactose intolerant" or "lactase deficient." They are now regarded as normal, while those adults who retain the enzymes allowing them to digest milk are called "lactase persistent." There is no reason for people with lactose intolerance to push themselves to drink milk. Indeed, milk does not offer any nutrients that cannot be found in a healthier form in other foods. Surprisingly, milk-drinking does not even appear to prevent osteoporosis, its major selling point.
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Lactose intolerance percentages were taken directly from the source referenced. The fact that some percentages are exact and others are provided as a range is the result of the research methodologies used by the authors of the respective studies. Please note that the data above references lactose intolerance only and not milk allergy. The symptoms of lactose intolerance may look like other health problems. Cow's milk attacks your body with lactic acid in the form of butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream and other dairy products. Theses foods also cause too much cholesterol to get into the arteries, causing high blood pressure and poor blood circulation. There is no treatment for lactose intolerance, but symptoms can be managed through diet changes. Cow's milk also decreases iron absorption and can irritate the lining of the stomach to product a bloody stool. Iron deficiency will affect growth and may lead to many illnesses. Holy Cow, so what is the solution to the problem? Try some homemade Coconut, Walnut, Almond, Brazil, Hazel, Quinoa or Hemp Milk.
Walnut Milk Ingredients
-1 cup raw, organic walnuts
-7 cups filtered water
-1 teaspoon vanilla
How To
1. Soak walnuts in filtered water for 8 -10 hours, or just over night.
(Almonds 12 hrs., Brazil nuts 2 hrs., Hazel nuts 2 hrs.)
2. When the walnuts have been properly soaked, drain and rinse with filtered water
3. To your blender add walnuts, 7 cups water, and vanilla
4. Blend on high for 90 seconds
5. Here’s a step in the process that might be different from most:
*After blending I let the milk sit in the blender for about 5 minutes. This gives the milk time to settle and the foam to gather on the top. After the 5 minutes I scoop off all the foam. After removing the foam my original 7 cups remain. I dislike straining foamy milk through the nut milk bag.
Hemp Seed Milk Ingredients
-1/3 cup organic shelled hemp seeds, soaked for 5-8 hours or overnight
-3 cups filtered water
-3 dates, soaked in 1 cup of water for 2-4 hours
-1 teaspoon vanilla
How To:
1. Drain hemp seeds from water and add seeds to high speed blender
2. Add 3 cups filtered water
3. Add dates with date-soaked water and vanilla and blend until well incorporated, 90 seconds should do it.
4. Let sit for a bit and skim off foam
5. Store in glass container with lid in fridge up to 5 days
I use Allspice, Dates, 100% Maple Syrup, Coconut Nectar, Vanilla Extract, Cacao Powder for a natural sweetener! Sources: 1. Michael de Vrese, MD "Probiotics Compensation for Lactase Insufficiency," American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Feb.,2001 2. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, MD "The Acceptability of Milk and Products in Populations with a High Prevalence of Lactose Intolerance. "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Oct., 1998 3. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development " Lactose Intolerance: Information for Health Care Providers, "NIH Publication No. 05-5303B, Jan.,2006 4. John Hopkins Medicine Health Library 5. The Tasty Alternative |
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