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lactose
lactose (milk sugar) (lak-tohz) n. a sugar, consisting of one molecule of glucose and one of galactose, found only in milk.
l. intolerance inability to absorb lactose, caused by absence or low activity of the enzyme lactase.
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Lactose intolerance: did holiday foods make you sick?
Newspaper article from: Women's Health Letter; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...aspect of digestion that's often ignored -- lactose intolerance. If you're lactose intolerant, you may have had increased digestive...could be to blame. Eating more dairy can lead to lactose intolerance. What is lactose, and why does...
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Lactose intolerance?
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 5/25/2006; 700+ words
; WHAT is lactose intolerance? Lactose is the primary sugar found in milk. Digestion of this sugar requires the enzyme lactase, which breaks the lactose into two simpler sugars. Lactase is produced in the small intestine...
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Lactose/[beta]-Lactoglobulin Interaction During Storage of Model Whey Powders
Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...presence or absence of interaction between lactose and [beta]-lactoglobulin during storage...powders were prepared by colyophilization of lactose with increasing quantities of [beta...colyophilized [beta]-lactoglobulin:lactose powders, assigned as BL powders, were...
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Reducing lactose.
Magazine article from: Dairy Foods; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...summer indicated that many so-called lactose-intolerant individuals could consume...make to our diets, it is imperative that lactose-intolerant consumers not eliminate them...the pervasiveness of news stories about lactose intolerance and extensive advertising...
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Lactose: The Milk Sugar from a Biotechnological Perspective
Magazine article from: Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Lactose is a very important sugar because of its...the milk of humans and domestic animals. Lactose is a valuable asset as a basic nutrient...yogurt and kefir. In some instances, lactose also can be a problem as the causative...
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Lactose intolerance is more common than people think, local doctor says
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 3/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...vitamins, minerals and calcium, but if you're lactose intolerant, it can cause some annoying digestive problems. Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest a significant amount of lactose, the main sugar found in milk, said Diane Wagner...
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Lactose Intolerance Symptoms Assessed by Meta-Analysis: A Grain of Truth That Leads to Exaggeration1,2
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT A meta-analysis was conducted to compare the lactose intolerance symptoms of lactose maldigesters after consuming lactose (as milk, lactose dissolved in water, milk products, or commercial product) with...
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Lactose - intolerance or maldigestion?
Newspaper article from: Medical Update; 2/1/1995; 700+ words
; ...that the condition popularly known as lactose intolerance is not nearly as prevalent...than 50 million Americans suffer from lactose intolerance was challenged by researchers...affect the estimated 50 million of us is lactose maldigestion--the inability to fully...
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LACTOSE INTOLERANCE -- A GUT REACTION
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 6/11/1997; 700+ words
; ...produce uncomfortable gas or bloating? You may have lactose intolerance. WHAT IS LACTOSE INTOLERANCE? When we are born, we produce an enzyme called lactase that allows lactose to be digested in the small intestine. As we...
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Lactose intolerance.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Amman, Jordan); 3/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...after drinking milk or eating any dairy products, then, you probably have lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is the inability to properly digest milk sugar (lactose). Lactose is constituted of two simple sugars bound together, which are...
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Lactose Intolerance
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Lactose Intolerance Erin’s Story What Is Lactose Intolerance? Who Becomes Lactose Intolerant? How Is Lactose Intolerance Diagnosed? Living with Lactose Intolerance Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, the main...
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lactose
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
lactose or milk sugar, white crystalline disaccharide (see carbohydrate...this enzyme after childhood cannot digest milk and are said to be lactose intolerant. Lactose is formed in the mammary glands of all lactating animals and is present...
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milk, lactose‐hydrolysed
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
milk, lactose‐hydrolysed Milk in which the lactose has been hydrolysed to glucose and galactose by treatment with the enzyme lactase, intended for infants who are lactase‐deficient (lactose intolerant). See also disaccharide intolerance .
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lactose intolerance
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
lactose intolerance See disaccharide intolerance .
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Control of Gene Expression
Book article from: Biology
...Monod. They were studying the metabolism of a sugar, called lactose, by the E. coli bacterium. β-Lactose metabolism requires three proteins. Galactosidase and lactose permease are both involved directly in lactose metabolism...
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