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Lactose Intolerance

Lactose Intolerance. By: Gabbie Rodrigues & Hailey Almeida. What is Lactose Intolerance?. Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose. Lactose is a type of sugar

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Lactose Intolerance

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  1. Lactose Intolerance By: GabbieRodrigues & Hailey Almeida

  2. What is Lactose Intolerance? Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose. Lactose is a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products.

  3. Life Threatening????? This is not a life threatening dietary restriction. When people with lactose intolerance eat dairy products, they may experience abdominal bloating, cramps, diarrhea, gas, nausea and infants or children may have slow growth or weight loss. These symptoms occur from 30 minutes to 2 hours after consuming dairy products.

  4. How many people have it??? 60% of Americans are lactose intolerance

  5. Foods? Milk Ice-cream Cream Butter Yogurt Cheese Bread Cereal Baking mixes Instant potatoes Soups Nondairy creamers Whipped toppings Protein powder and bars Breakfast and meal replacement drinks Deli meats Frozen entrees Potato chips Candy Salad dressing Birth contol pills Other medications Soy and rice milk

  6. Steps and precautions • Ask your doctor about medication, like lactaid, and foods that you can/cannot eat • Look at all labels on foods for ingredients that cause your symptoms • Limit your consumption of dairy products

  7. Sources!!! Source one • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001321/ • http://www.livestrong.com/article/351128-list-of-foods-to-avoid-for-lactose-intolerance/ Source two

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