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Milk Substitutes

05 August 2006

How do dairy-free drinks measure up in everyday use?

It wasn’t so long ago that milk was considered a healthy food and the best source of calcium - the more you drank, the stronger your teeth and bones would be. But nowadays, we know that a wide range of symptoms can be attributed to milk and dairy products and, for many, eliminating or restricting dairy in the diet may be healthier, provided that adequate calcium is still consumed.

There are two major problems associated with milk - lactose intolerance and milk allergy. It is important to identify which category you fall into.

Lactose intolerance
Lactase metabolises lactose (milk sugar) in the small intestine but, in people who don ’t produce the enzyme, undigested lactose enters the large intestine, where it is fermented by bacteria into organic acids and gas, causing bloating, cramps and diarrhoea. To diagnose lactose intolerance, the individual takes a large amount of lactose in wate...

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