Lactose is a sugar found in milk and milk products. Lactose intolerance happens when your small intestine does not make enough of a digestive enzyme called lactase. Lactase breaks down the lactose in ...

Lactose intolerance affects 70% of the global population, causing symptoms like bloating and diarrhea due to insufficient lactase enzyme. While genetic intolerance is incurable, temporary cases ...

Lactase deficiency (LD) is the failure to express the enzyme that hydrolyses lactose into galactose and glucose in the small intestine. The genetic mechanism of lactase persistence in adult Caucasians ...

Normally, when we eat something with lactose, an enzyme in the small intestine called lactase breaks it down into simple sugars. The bloodstream absorbs these simple sugars, which are turned into ...

Many foods, drinks, and digestive aids are available to help manage lactose intolerance. In lactose intolerance, the body doesn't make enough lactase to break down lactose. Instead, undigested lactose ...