Sentences with phrase «lack of lactase»

This extremely rare issue, in which a baby is born with a complete lack of lactase, is inherited through a gene from both mother and father.

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There are four different types of lactase deficiency — a lack of the enzyme that breaks down lactose into simple sugars that can then be used by the body, meaning that lactose may pass into the large intestine without being properly broken down — that may lead to intestinal discomfort.

The disease is different from lactose intolerance, in which a lack of the enzyme lactase results in the inability to properly break down lactose, a sugar found in milk products.

Other alkaline intestinal enzymes, such as maltase, lactase and sucrose, which help to further break down different types of sugars (this is why some people have reactions to dairy products - they lack, or have very low levels of lactase, so can't break down lactose, the main sugar in dairy products).

That means they lack enough of the intestinal lactase to break down the lactose sugar in pasteurized milk.

For some, it is the lack of the intestinal lactase enzyme, the enzyme that digests lactose (milk sugar).

However, most of us still lose that ability, so by the time we are in grade school, we lack enough of the lactase enzyme to properly digest lactose.

Many adults (and some children) lack the enzymes lactase and rennin necessary for the digestion of milk.

A less serious condition than cancer, lactose intolerance, is the inability to digest lactose, a sugar naturally found in milk, due to the lack of the enzyme lactase.

Since lactose occurs mostly in milk, in most mammals the production of its digestive enzyme, lactase, gradually decreases with maturity, due to lack of constant consumption.

This means that they lack sufficient quantities of a special enzyme called lactase to digest lactose, the sugar found in milk.

Most cats lack the digestive enzyme, lactase, responsible for digestion of lactose, or milk sugar.