Sentences with phrase «lactose into simple sugars»

In order to digest lactose, an enzyme called lactase is required, which digests the complex lactose into simple sugars.

Enzymes in your small intestine break down lactose into these simple sugars, which are transported into your bloodstream.

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.

Intolerance is caused by an inability to digest lactose into simple sugar.

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The sugar, Lactose, is present in breastmilk, and after it enters the body it breaks into simple sugars: glucose and galactose.

Babies and young children can digest mama's milk because they have an active LCT gene that produces lactase in the intestines, a protease that breaks down the lactose protein into more simple sugars as it moves through the digestive system.