Not exact matches
Many people with sensitive stomachs can also fail to
produce enough lactase, the enzyme required to
digest dairy, and so it may ferment in the gut and cause a range of tummy upsets.
The fat in properly
produced dairy helps us
digest the protein, contains important fat - soluble vitamins A and D, and helps with calcium absorption.
People who don't
produce enough of the enzyme lactase can not properly
digest the sugar lactose that is found in milk and
dairy products.
If your toddler is lactose intolerant, it means that her body doesn't
produce enough lactase, which is the enzyme necessary to
digest lactose (the sugar in cow's milk and other
dairy products).
Lactose intolerance is very unusual in babies, but if your baby is lactose intolerant, it means his body isn't
producing enough lactase, the enzyme necessary to
digest lactose, the sugar in cow's milk and other
dairy products.
When wheat is
digested in the body, certain compounds known as gluten exorphins (sometimes called gluteomorphins) are
produced; interestingly,
dairy products under certain conditions can also lead to the production of similar compounds known as casein exorphins.
Unfortunately, odds are greater than half that you probably shouldn't be eating
dairy because your body doesn't
produce the enzymes required to
digest it.
Intestinal inflammation damages those villi cells and hurts your body's ability to
produce the lactase enzyme, making it difficult to
digest some forms of
dairy.
... or your pancreas or small intestine have a genetic inability to
produce a certain enzyme (such as lactase, which
digests lactose sugars in
dairy products and is deficient in folks with lactose intolerance)...
All of them are known to
produce lactase and help relieve or eliminate symptoms of lactose intolerance and allow you to
digest milk and other
dairy products.
So, if you've avoided
dairy and / or milk for a long time, then your body won't actively
produce large amounts of the enzymes needed to
digest it.
This means that these animals do not
produce enough of the enzyme lactase to
digest large amounts of lactose, the sugar found in
dairy products.