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Lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance

a disorder characterised by abdominal cramps and diarrhoea after the consumption of food containing lactose (for example milk, ice cream), believed to occur due to a deficiency of intestinal lactase (enzyme that breaks down lactose), may appear first in young adults who have previously tolerated milk well as infants.


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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... incredibly sensible and free of all refined foods. A hydrogen test for lactose intolerance came back negative, although after reading one woman’s post about her daughter’s ...

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by Girl18
Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:58 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Stomach bloating and weight gain

... oh, btw Jennuan, regarding ur daughter's negative result for lactose intolerance on the hydrogen test - that happened to me earlier this year too - even though ...

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by igiveup
Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:22 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... air that you blow in a bag) and the test came out negative for being lactose intolerant, but the doc said that it was the most prominent allergy ... though, to find the root of her allergies. It's basically a food intolerance, not full blown allergy, because she doesn't break out in hives; ...

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by Jennuan
Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:18 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Stomach bloating and weight gain

... vomiting whenever she had a bottle (but she's been tested for lactose intolerance and it came back normal!) She's been put on a wheat intolerance diet..for 1 year!!..but ...

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by Jennuan
Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:50 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Sugar Allergy

... dairy products, gluten containing foods and how to recognize a fructose intolerance. Then there's Celiac Disease and the inflammatory cascade caused ... of nonfermented dairy products containing bacterial starter cultures on lactose maldigestion in humans. J Dairy Sci 1991;74:87-95. 63. Barefoot ...

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by DrDahlman
Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:20 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Sugar Allergy
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