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"People with lactose intolerance are unable to digest lactose because they produce little or no lactase in their intestines. Undigested lactose then travels through the digestive tract to the colon, where it is fermented by the bacteria in the lower intestine, resulting in gas, pain, and bloating. lactose intolerance does not involve the immune system and therefore is not considered a true food allergy. Another less known but probably just as common reaction to cow's milk is from a protein called casein. People seem to have a hard time digesting casein." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"It's easy to correct your calcium imbalance by normalizing your vitamin D levels with sun and supplements, and you can avoid the problem of lactose intolerance by eliminating dairy. If you neutralize the acid in your diet by consuming three times as much produce as lean protein, you reduce your calcium requirements and ensure adequate magnesium and potassium intake along with the associated antacids. By avoiding grains, you avoid gluten allergies and a lot of extra calories." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"This reduction can lead to lactose intolerance.30 Millions of Americans are lactose intolerant, and an estimated 90 percent of Asian Americans and 75 percent of Native- and African Americans suffer from the condition, which can cause bloating, gas, cramps, vomiting, headaches, rashes, and asthma.31 Studies have also found that autism and schizophrenia in children may be linked to the body's inability to digest the milk protein casein; symptoms of these diseases diminished or disappeared in 80 percent of the children who were switched to milk-free diets." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Intolerances sometimes have less severe symptoms than IgE allergies and even IgG sensitivities, but they can still be extraordinarily disruptive and damaging. lactose intolerance, for example, can contribute immeasurably to symptoms of bowel dysbiosis symptomatology. Furthermore, elimination challenges are the best possible way to confirm the results of skin testing and blood testing. The challenges can eliminate false positives, as well as false negatives." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "One exception is testing for lactose intolerance, which can be done with a blood test or a breath test. Other blood tests, however, generally only reveal reactions caused by the immune system's IgE and IgG antibodies. Therefore, your child might have a significant, damaging food reaction-caused by an intolerance-that will not show up on a blood test. The only way to spot intolerances is with the third method of testing for food reactions: elimination challenge testing. 3." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "People tend to think of lactose intolerance as an allergy, but it's not, because it doesn't involve the immune system. It's simply a chemical reaction to lactose, or milk sugar, which occurs among people who don't have enough of the enzymes that are needed to break down lactose. Thus, many people can test negative for milk allergy, but still react strongly to dairy products. This happens very frequently. Ten to twenty years ago, most allergists were extraordinarily skeptical about the potential harm that could be done by sensitivities and intolerances." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "For example, African Americans are significantly more likely than Caucasians to suffer from lactose intolerance. Other common enzyme deficiencies among autistic children include an insufficiency of enzymes that digest carbohydrates and fats, such as isomaltase and lipase. Refined, processed food contributes to food reactions. When fiber and other natural factors are removed from foods during processing, the foods can then congest the GI system and contribute to constipation, and also to food reactions." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"They are diseases such as bacterial, parasitic or fungal infections, malabsorption, pancreatic insufficiency, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, food poisoning, ulcerative colitis, lactose intolerance, colon cancer and/or celiac disease. There are many other disorders that cause symptoms of IBS. • Drugs such as antibiotics, antacids and laxatives may cause symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. If you suspect your medication may be causing your problems ask your pharmacist for a report on your medications and their side effects." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"It is efficient in breaking down lactose by producing the enzyme lactase, which is deficient in those with lactose intolerance. S. thermophilus is immune stimulating. It can stimulate the production of cytokine, a chemical used by the immune system to communicate and organize attacks against threatening bacteria and viruses S. thermophilus has been found in research to have antimicrobial effects, to lower cholesterol and to offer some benefits to those suffering from infectious diseases, diarrhea, children's diseases and diseases of the skin, urogenital tract and vagina." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Correlation of lactose maldigestion, lactose intolerance, and milk intolerance. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 57, 399^101. 72. Reasoner, J., Maculan, T. P., Rand, A. G., and Thayer, W. R. Jr. (1981). Clinical studies with low-lactose milk. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 34, 54-60. 73. Pedersen, E. R., Jensen, B. H., Jensen, H. J., Keldsbo, I. L., Moller, E. H., and Rasmussen, S. N. (1982). Lactose malabsorption and tolerance of lactose-hydrolyzed milk: A double-blind controlled crossover trial. Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 17, 861-864. 74. Bayless, T. M., Rothfeld, B., Masser, C, Wise, L., Paige, D., and Bedine, M. S." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"As this illness is not seen as a disorder, these people do not receive proper counseling on how to ensure their diet is rebalanced to ensure they still get sufficient amounts of calcium and other key nutrients. lactose intolerance is a major health problem. It can result in dietary deficiencies in nutrients, such as calcium, and this can lead to degenerative diseases including osteoporosis. Two major types of lactose maldigestion can occur. At birth, the enzyme (3-galactosidase, more commonly known as lactase, is present in high quantities." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Congenital lactose intolerance Recessive genetic condition in which virtually no lactase is produced from birth. Extremely rare. Cow's Milk Protein (CMP) Allergy Reaction of the body's immune system to either the whey or casein proteins in cow's milk. Similar reactions may occur to the proteins in other animal milks. Not known to occur from mother's milk. Can last through adulthood. Reactions can be extremely severe and may force a complete ban on milk protein-containing products. Cow's Milk Protein (CMP) Intolerance Non-immune system response to the proteins in cow's milk." - Steve Carper, Milk Is Not for Every Body: Living with Lactose Intolerance (Get the book.) "Adult lactose intolerance very likely was still universal as recently as 10,000 years ago. It is a mere fluke of history that anyone is capable of drinking milk past the age of five or so, and an equal fluke that a concentration of adult milk-drinkers can be found in the United States. For that matter, "lactose intolerants" is not even a very good name for who we are, because it implies a negative. Medical journals are full of other equally negative names—lactase deficiency, lactose maldigester—invented by doctors who thought they had identified a disease." - Steve Carper, Milk Is Not for Every Body: Living with Lactose Intolerance (Get the book.) "See Glossary, page 312) Technically speaking, lactose intolerance is the appearance of symptoms after the consumption of lactose, without regard to the quantity of lactase that is present. It is possible for people to get LI symptoms even when they have sufficient lactase, while others who presumably have insufficient lactase live their lives symptom-free. Almost any set of symptoms—or the lack of them?may result when you drink milk, no matter what category you think you are in [see box]. Self-diagnosis can be unwise, and possibly dangerous." - Steve Carper, Milk Is Not for Every Body: Living with Lactose Intolerance (Get the book.)

"She suffered from irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance and hypertension. This case was a difficult one due to the number of prescription medications she was taking. She wisely decided to seek the help of a professional Homeopath. Her symptoms included diarrhea alternating with constipation. She suffered from diarrhea and stomach cramps from shrimp and milk products. She also had nightly sweats on the scalp area. She already took probiotics, fish oil and a multi-vitamin. The two remedies that made the most impact on her health were Calcarea carbonica200 CH and Carbo Vegetablis 3 CH." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "How is lactose intolerance Diagnosed? 1. One method is to ingest more lactose than what one is used to. Symptoms may be observed half an hour to two hours after ingestion. 2. Doctors may do a "Hydrogen Breath Test" where one consumes 50 grams of lactose. Then, over the course of six hours, hydrogen levels are measured from the breath. Hydrogen is a byproduct of undigested lactose that is fermented from lack of absorption in the intestinal tract. 3. An intestinal biopsy is done in some cases. However, it is not usually performed or necessary. 4." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Bifidobacteria, a beneficial bacterium found in the gut, is said to be helpful for those who have lactose intolerance. 2. Celiac Disease Celiac disease is an intolerance to gluten found in wheat, oat, rye, spelt and barley. For some people, eating gluten causes an inflammatory reaction that actually destroys the villi in the lining of the small intestine. In this disorder, a biopsy of the small intestine will show blunting of villi, crypts, hyperplasia and lymphocyte infiltration. Symptoms of celiac disease are abdominal bloating, diarrhea, gas, ulcers and cramps." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Bifidobacterium longum has been investigated as a potential probiotic treatment for lactose intolerance. It appears to have a positive effect. In a study, 11 lactose-intolerant volunteers were given a capsule (B. longum) and yogurt (B. animalis, L. bulgaricus and S. ther-mophilus) respectively for 14 days. The subjects were given a food containing lactose to see how these probiotics helped them digest it. The researchers found that taking the high dosages of Bifidobacteria was helpful. The probiotics made it through the stomach and small intestine and were living in the colon." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Lactose, of course, is the sugar that causes digestive upset for many people. lactose intolerance is a normal condition that occurs when the enzymes that allow babies to digest mother's milk naturally start to dissipate. When these enzymes are gone, lactose passes through the intestinal tract undigested. In the lower intestinal tract, bacteria start to ferment the sugar, causing gas, cramps, and diarrhea. lactose intolerance was once thought to be an abnormality but is now known to be the biological norm." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"In people with mild forms of lactose intolerance, having a little lactose can work to your advantage. A decrease or absence of movement decreases production of synovial fluid, which increases the chances of developing arthritis and other joint conditions. If you avoid lactose altogether, then lactose intolerance worsens because you'll lose production of the digestive enzymes needed to process those foods. Muscle Up Your Pones 4!L /*w""P^ U • YOU Test: Nancing Act Stand on one foot, extend your arms out to the sides, and keep yourself balanced. Now close your eyes." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"The consumption of these bacteria is beneficial for boosting the immune system, enhancing intestinal tract health, lessening the symptoms of lactose intolerance, and reducing the risk of certain cancers. Home Remedies Eating yogurt that contains live cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus on a daily basis will introduce good bacteria and help treat a yeast infection. Throw Me a Lifesaver! ARTHRITIS: A rat study found that arthritic rats fed yogurt containing Lactobacillus GG bacteria had only mild inflammation." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Excessive burping (and farting) can also signal a lactase deficiency (aka lactose intolerance). Lactase is an enzyme necessary to break down lactose in the digestive tract. If this enzyme is missing, many foods, including milk and other dairy products, of which lactose is a major component can't be digested properly and the end result is gas. Burping a lot is also a telltale sign of a food allergy or an upset stomach." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "In fact, bloating can be a sign of the same conditions—such as lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal disorders—or eating the same foods that cause belching. In addition, bloating can signal water retention—medically known as edema—from eating too Asians and Jews are alsoat in many salty foods or taking certain creased risk, drugs, especially birth control or other estrogen-containing pills. Edema can also be a telltale sign of hypertension and hormonal changes related to menstruation and pregnancy." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Yogurt has been favorably associated with helping to reduce the risk of the following conditions: certain cancers, allergies, lactose intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, certain kinds of ulcers, diarrhea, and vaginal and urinary tract infections. Obviously, making nonfat or low-fat yogurt a regular part of your diet is a smart decision. But there's even more reason for people trying to lose weight to include yogurt in their diet. Most of us know that yogurt, as a dairy product, is rich in calcium." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Lactose intolerance is extremely common among persons of Asian or African descent (with an estimated 80 to 90 percent being affected), as well as among the population of southern Europe and India. Individuals with lactose intolerance often experience nausea, diarrhea, intestinal cramps, or bloating when they consume dairy products. Perhaps more important, the proteins in cow's milk are among the most common allergens in the human diet." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"African Americans, Latin Americans, and Asian Americans consume less dairy due to lactose intolerance. Combined with lower vitamin D levels, this leads to lower urine calcium losses. A typical urban diet has a high protein-to-potassium ratio (vegetables and fruits) compared to primitive diets. Drs. Anthony Sebastian and Lynda Frasetto of the University of California at San Francisco have demonstrated that diets with a high intake of protein compared to potassium produce acidic urine. As we age and as kidney function declines, so does our ability to neutralize the acid delivered to our kidneys." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"The result, lactose intolerance, was once thought to be abnormal, but it is now known to be the biological norm, not only for humans but for all mammals. Because the body's lactase production slacks off gradually, many people do not make the connection between their digestive symptoms and milk products. In about 85 percent of Caucasians, a genetic mutation causes the lactase enzyme to persist well into adulthood. Even so, lactose intolerance will eventually affect many of them, too. Deleting dairy products from the menu for a few days will show you whether you are among them." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"But severity of lactose intolerance varies so much from person to person that you must be the judge. If your body responds to the whey found in most bars and shake mixes, opt for products that contain whey protein isolate. Choose whey protein products with less than 0.1 grams of lactose per tablespoon of powder. You may need to contact the manufacturer to find out more information on that, or speak with your health food store's representative, who can point you in the right direction." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Additional causative factors include lack of exercise, a calcium-phosphorus imbalance, lactose intolerance, and a diminished ability to absorb calcium through the intestines. Approximately 15 to 20 million Americans suffer from this disorder. While treatments are becoming available, prevention is still the most important way to reduce rhe effects of osteoporosis." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "Malabsorption syndrome can exist without an underlying cause, but it is often associated with other disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, chronic pancreatitis, lactose intolerance, and gluten intolerance (sprue, Crohn's disease; see inflammatory bowel disease). The most common symptoms of this syndrome are anemia, diarrhea, bloating, abdominal cramping, edema (fluid retention), weight loss, muscle cramping, fatigue, and weakness." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

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