Tips for Tolerating Lactose: Everyone can digest some lactose. For those who are lactose intolerant, the most important factor to consider when drinking milk is dose: how much milk at a time and how ...

Are you lactose intolerant? There’s a good chance that you can still eat foods like cheese and butter (often considered off-limits for people with lactose intolerance) without adverse — and ...

A version of this post first appeared on Dr. Ayala’s Open Salon blog. Are most Americans lactose intolerant? Do all dairy products contain lactose? How critical is it to stick to a lactose-free diet?

Most children who are lactose intolerant can and should eat some dairy foods to ensure they get enough calcium and vitamin D, the nation’s leading pediatric group says. In a report published today, ...

When you are lactose intolerant, you are not able to fully digest the milk sugar called lactose in dairy products. Lactose intolerance is also called lactase deficiency — a low level of an enzyme ...

People develop lactose intolerance when their bodies don’t make enough of the enzyme lactase for the amount of dairy they consume, says Dr. Christopher Schmoyer, an assistant professor of ...

CHICAGO — Real or perceived, a growing number of consumers claim to be lactose intolerant, and as a result, avoid all dairy products. Processors are discovering that eliminating lactose — a ...

No dairy. No gluten. No sugar. That’s just for starters. For people with food intolerances, summer’s social whirl—from backyard barbecues to weddings to beach-house weekends—is more fraught than fun.

Are you lactose intolerant? If you answered "no" but hesitated slightly, there are a few reasons for you to look again. Lactose intolerance, or the inability of the body's digestive system to break ...

Dairy can be a surprisingly heated topic in certain circles. One line of reasoning argues that because humans are the only mammals that continue to consume dairy after infancy, and because there is a ...

'Paleo' fans argue that the dietary rot set in when we stopped hunting and gathering and started producing foods (dairy, grains, legumes) our bodies are not adapted to digest. But does the theory ...