How Yogurt Beats Lactose Intolerance
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Do you love pizza and ice cream but hate the cramps, bloating and diarrhea that follows eating those great foods?
The problem isn't dairy food, it's your body inability to make the digestive enzyme lactase. Lactase is needed in order to digest the natural sugar found in dairy products called lactose.
Lactase the enzyme turns lactose the milk sugar into lactic acid during the digestive process.
75 Percent of Us Are Lactose Intolerant
If you are lactose intolerant, you are not alone. Lactase decreases in the majority of people as children. But dairy foods are just too plentiful and delicious to stop enjoying just because you aren't a kid anymore. Lactose is hiding in foods that you would never guess such as cereals, breads, margarine and salad dressing.
Yet another benefit of eating the wonder food yogurt is that during the fermentation process the good bacteria creates lactic acid, which is that sour taste you love so much. This ready made milk sugar conversion is why you are able to eat dairy yogurt without the problems caused by other dairy foods.
Lactose Intolerance Research
Lactobacillus acidophilus has shown to be the most effective in decreasing lactose intolerance. However, studies are inconclusive as to probiotics' ability to improve overall lactose intolerance.
Some participants did respond to the probiotic therapy but further testing is necessary to get scientists to be pro probiotics for this condition.
Of course, even if the probiotics in yogurt isn't your lactose intolerant cure, it will not harm you and offers so many other benefits that adding yogurt to your diet can only improve your health.
By making yogurt at home (easy to do with an electric yogurt maker), you can control the quality and also turn it into other great lactose tolerant foods including yogurt cheese and frozen yogurt. Think of all the tummy stress-free days you will have.
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