Do you often feel swollen, gas or uncomfortable after milk or cheese, panicles or other dairy products? If so then you can be one of many people who are not transferred to lactose – and you don’t even know it! Lactose intolerance, as the name implies, occurs if your body does not produce enough lactase, the enzyme required for the destruction of lactose (sugar in dairy products). In this case, undigested lactose leads to digestive problems. However, people can often be mistaken with these subtle signs of other health problems such as IBS, stomach digestion or food poisoning. What makes it difficult is that the symptoms can appear in a few hours and change from person to person. So here we list some common symptoms of lactose intolerance that are often ignored:
