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  2. Lactose intolerance - Wikipedia

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    Lactose intolerance is caused by a lessened ability or a complete inability to digest lactose, a sugar found in dairy products. [1] Humans vary in the amount of lactose they can tolerate before symptoms develop. [1] Symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, flatulence, and nausea. [1] These symptoms typically start thirty minutes ...

  3. Lactase persistence - Wikipedia

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    Lactase persistence or lactose tolerance is the continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, allowing the digestion of lactose in milk. In most mammals, the activity of the enzyme is dramatically reduced after weaning. [ 1 ] In some human populations though, lactase persistence has recently evolved [ 2 ] as an adaptation to the ...

  4. Food intolerance - Wikipedia

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    Gastroenterology, immunology. Food intolerance is a detrimental reaction, often delayed, to a food, beverage, food additive, or compound found in foods that produces symptoms in one or more body organs and systems, but generally refers to reactions other than food allergy. Food hypersensitivity is used to refer broadly to both food intolerances ...

  5. Can Milk Make You Taller? Here's What the Science Says. - AOL

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    You already know that drinking milk can help you build strong bones and muscles. That's because cow's milk —yes, not almond milk or oat milk or soy milk—is naturally high in calcium, a ...

  6. Milk allergy - Wikipedia

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    Milk allergy is distinct from lactose intolerance, which is a nonallergic food sensitivity caused by the lack of the enzyme lactase in the small intestines to break lactose down into glucose and galactose. The unabsorbed lactose reaches the large intestine, where resident bacteria use it for fuel, releasing hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane ...

  7. Food allergy - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. ~6% (developed world) [1][2] A food allergy is an abnormal immune response to food. The symptoms of the allergic reaction may range from mild to severe. They may include itchiness, swelling of the tongue, vomiting, diarrhea, hives, trouble breathing, or low blood pressure. This typically occurs within minutes to several hours of ...

  8. 16 Different Types of Milk (‘Cause It’s Good to Have Options)

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    Walmart. Lactose intolerance is a fairly common condition in which lactose—a naturally occurring sugar present in milk—triggers digestive symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea, bloating and gas ...

  9. Inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism - Wikipedia

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    Galactose. Galactosemia, the inability to metabolize galactose in liver cells, is the most common monogenic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism, affecting 1 in every 55,000 newborns. [2] When galactose in the body is not broken down, it accumulates in tissues. The most common signs are failure to thrive, hepatic insufficiency, cataracts and ...