Lactose is a natural sugar found in milk products. People who suffer from lactose intolerance do so because their bodies are unable to break down this lactose and absorb it into the blood. It is thought that around 5% of the western world’s population suffers from this condition and quite surprisingly it is thought to affect certain races more. For example people from an Asian ethnicity are thought to be 100% lactose intolerant and 80% of Hispanic and southern Indian people are thought to suffer too. [click to continue…]
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