Lactose intolerance is a common digestive problem where the body is unable to digest lactose.

Lactoctose is the natural sugar present in milk mainly and others diairy products. A lot of people are intolerant to lactose, but they don’t know. By what signs can we recognize that we may have milk intolerance?

farting

diarrhea

a  bloated stomach

stomach  cramps and pains

stomach  rumbling

feeling sick

The severity of the symptoms depends on one person to another but also on the amount of lactose ingested.

What are the causes?

There is in the body a substance (enzyme), which is used to break down into two sugar more easily easier to be assimilated by the blood, galactose and glucose, and in the case of person intolerant to lactose, they miss this enzyme. Lactose is therefore unable to be digested and is fermented by bacteria from the intestinal flora in the digestive system.

Some people ask if milk intolerance and allergy to milk are the same, no, lactose intolerance is not the same as an allergy to milk or dairy products. Food allergies are caused by your immune system's reaction to a certain type of food. This causes symptoms such as a rash, wheezing and itching.

If you're allergic to anything, even a tiny particle can be enough to trigger a reaction, while most lactose intolerant people can still consume small amounts of lactose without experiencing problems, although this varies from a person to another.

How to cure lactose intolerance

there is no specific cure for lactose intolerance other than cutting off lactose containing products or being advised by a healthcare professional to hang lactose replacements, tablets or drops.

some lactose free products: lactose-free cows' milk, soy milks, yoghurts and some cheeses, rice, oat, almond, hazelnut, coconut, quinoa and potato milks