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Article: Bad reaction to milk tied to lactose intolerance
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 29, 1988
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"Drink your milk," our wise mothers always told us. But that
advice doesn't necessarily hold true for all adults.
From infancy on, milk and milk products are an important staple
in the diets of most human beings. Indeed, milk provides 70 percent
to 75 percent of our calcium supply as well as other essential
nutrients.
However, for some adults the consumption of nature's perfect
food in all its forms can produce distressing gastric reactions such
as bloating, cramps, gas, stomach rumbling or diarrhea. And there is
a good reason why.
As we grow older, many of us become more lactose-intolerant -
that is, our bodies no longer manufacture the enzyme lactase, which
is present at birth and ...