Lactose intolerance

In our lives, some friends will have diarrhea after eating foods containing lactose, especially after drinking yogurt. Even if they do not have diarrhea, they can hear their stomachs growling. This is the so-called lactose intolerance. The reason for this situation is that your stomach and intestines are unable to digest lactose, which leads to lactose intolerance.

The reason why lactose intolerance occurs is largely because your body lacks a component that can break down lactose, called active lactase. If it is lacking, your stomach and intestines will not be able to digest lactose, which will cause lactose intolerance. If you want to alleviate this situation, you can try the methods in this article:

1. Drink milk in small amounts and multiple times

People who are lactose intolerant can drink a bag of milk in several times, 20 to 50 ml each time. This can effectively reduce the symptoms of lactose intolerance and slowly induce the adaptability of the coliform flora to lactose.

2. Drink yogurt

Part of the lactose in yogurt has been converted into lactic acid by the lactic acid bacteria in it. The lactose in the same amount of yogurt is 1/3 less than that in milk, so the human body's tolerance to yogurt is better than that to milk.

Yogurt is a product made from pure milk, with an appropriate amount of sugar added, pasteurized and cooled, and then added with lactic acid bacteria starter, which is then fermented under heat preservation. In addition to retaining the nutritional components of fresh milk, lactic acid bacteria can also produce a variety of B vitamins during the fermentation process. Yogurt is easier to digest and absorb than milk and is more suitable for people with lactose intolerance.

3. Drink Shuhua milk

The lactose in Shuhua milk has been broken down into glucose and galactose by the added lactase. That is, the task of breaking down lactose that our intestines should have completed has been achieved through food processing technology. Therefore, Shuhua milk is more suitable for people with lactose intolerance.

But it should be noted that Shuhua milk has removed the lactose that promotes calcium absorption. Therefore, unless you are too sensitive to lactose, there is no need to choose lactose-free milk.

4. Eat cheese

Cheese is a fermented milk product. Its properties are similar to yogurt and it also contains lactic acid bacteria, but rennet is added to it to make it the solid state we see. Each kilogram of cheese is condensed from approximately 10 kilograms of milk and is rich in nutrients such as protein, calcium, fat and vitamins.

Since cheese is also fermented by lactic acid, similar to yogurt, the nutrients in it are easier for the human body to digest, absorb and utilize, making it more suitable for people with lactose intolerance.

The above methods can effectively alleviate lactose intolerance. In addition, you also need to pay attention to not drinking milk on an empty stomach. This will not only easily cause lactose intolerance, but also the nutrients contained in the milk are not well absorbed. Therefore, if you want to solve lactose intolerance, you will need to make adjustments slowly over a long period of time.