Lactose intolerance Intolerance.Lactose (LI) is a condition in which the body is unable to digest lactose because of shortage of the enzyme lactase. Lactose is a substance that is found in some foods types of dairy food such as milk or cheese. LI condition is often misunderstood with cow's milk allergy condition because it has similar symptoms but different mechanisms cause.
What are the symptoms of this condition LI? People who do not have the enzyme lactase would feel uncomfortable at the time consuming dairy products. Symptoms often appear are nausea, abdominal cramps, fullness, and diarrhea. These symptoms can occur within 30 minutes to 2 hours after eating or drinking dairy products. Degree of grievances may differ between individuals depending on age, ethnicity, and ancestry.
Overcoming LI is easy, but there is no treatment that can increase the production of the enzyme lactase, but can control symptoms through proper diet. In general, patients avoid unnecessary LI products containing lactose completely, but each person is different in the types of foods that should be avoided. For example, on a person's symptoms appear when drinking a glass of milk, but on the other appears on the second glass, or in person, the symptoms appear when eating ice cream, but the others appear when eating cheese. Currently available drugs free functioning as lactase enzyme. Low-lactose milk and lacotose free dairy products are also widely available.
The main problem in the LI is, lactose-containing foods are foods that contain other nutritious substances such as calcium needed by the body, so how to set the type of food that can be consumed? The table below is an example of food that can be consumed
In some food products are lactose in small amounts, but when consumed by people who are very sensitive to lactose, will cause problems. Such foods include
- bread
- cereals
- margarine
- toping pancakes
- instant soup
- etc.
