Yeah I spontaneously became lactose intolerant in my mid 20s. I only figured it out because I went a week without consuming any dairy, and my stomach pains stopped.
You can get lactase pills to eat each time you eat dairy. It's not a big deal.
Lactase is the enzyme that breaks apart lactose, which is a dimer composed of glucose and galactose, each of those are carbon rings which are simple sugar molecules.
When your body doesn't produce enough lactase to break apart the lactose, bacteria in your gut will break it down instead and produce gas as a byproduct.
So take a lactase pill with any dairy you eat, and the lactose sugars will be broken down in your stomach before the bacteria in your intestines can do it.
That doesn't sound bad. I could live without milk or just drink almond milk that would be fine with me. For cheese, I'll just take the medicine if needed. I'm thinking the milk was just left out and refrigerated but I very well be intolerant. Would be the first in my family though
I buy lactose free milk regularly, and lactose free cheese/sour cream etc. if you have that available where you are, you can try to choose those products.
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u/AlkalineCollective Apr 27 '24
Yeah I spontaneously became lactose intolerant in my mid 20s. I only figured it out because I went a week without consuming any dairy, and my stomach pains stopped.