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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/healthful-eating-for-the-lactose-intolerant/">Healthful eating for the lactose-intolerant</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 25, 2007 at 12:45 PM by Alexandra Smith</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Fifty percent of North Americans are lactose intolerant. They lack the enzyme to split the double sugar, lactose, found in milk and other dairy products. Since you can only absorb single sugars, if you can’t split the double sugar, it passes to your large intestine where it is attacked by bacteria and fermented, causing gas and cramping. Some people deal with this by adding the lactase enzyme to their diet. You can eliminate all dairy products and still have a perfectly healthy diet. Yes, milk is a good source of calcium, vitamin D, protein and other nutrients, but it is far from essential. You can get all the calcium you need from a variety of other foods. Many doctors, dieticians and vegetarians oppose the use of dairy products, and back their position with extensive research data. Check the Physicians…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/healthful-eating-for-the-lactose-intolerant/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/healthful-eating-for-the-lactose-intolerant/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/healthful-eating-for-the-lactose-intolerant/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/healthful-eating-for-the-lactose-intolerant/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a><br /><br /> </P>