Lactose is the main natural sugar in milk. Certain people produce too little lactase, the enzyme in charge of digesting lactose and cannot correctly absorb this sugar. They may suffer a range of ...

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Are you struggling with an upset stomach after you eat a scoop of ice cream? You might be lactose intolerant. People who are lactose intolerant are unable to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and ...

Diarrhea that develops after you eat lunch meat may be related to one of several health issues, such as a food allergy or intolerance, immune dysfunction, or even food poisoning. Lunch meats are often ...

Cheddar. Blue. Goat. Americans love cheese. In fact, over the last 40 years, average daily consumption has doubled from 0.36 cups to 0.74 cups per person, according to a recent report published by the ...

During an icebreaker game in college, one of my classmates confessed that she wasn’t allowed to eat cheese in her apartment.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old retired medical oncologist. While in residency in New York, I got a gastrointestinal virus that left me with lactose intolerance. After a while, it improved somewhat.

People develop lactose intolerance when their bodies don’t make enough of the enzyme lactase for the amount of dairy they consume, says Dr. Christopher Schmoyer, an assistant professor of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old retired medical oncologist. While in residency in New York, I got a gastrointestinal virus that left me with lactose intolerance. After a while, it improved somewhat.