GLOSSARY FOR LACTOSE INTOLERENCE

Acidophilus: This is a good bacteria found in yogurt that can help when consumed to support the natural environment in a person's digestive system. Ideally used to aid when the intestinal bacterial population has been changed due to antibiotics or a disease. This type of yogurt is favored over regular yogurt because of it's great lactose intolerence diet properties.

Allergy: An allergic reaction is caused when the human body reacts to something that has entered the body through an airway and the body has detected this as a foreign substance that must be rid of the body immediately. Many of these "foreign" substances are usually harmless and sometimes include danders, pollen, certain foods and molds.

Biopsy: This is the removal of a piece of tissue from a human body for analysis then finally diagnosis.

Blood glucose: This is primary sugar that is made by the body from food. Glucose is then carried through the bloodstream and used with the help of insulin to provide energy to the cells in the body.

Calcium: This is a vital mineral for strong healthy bones. It is stored in the hard part of a bone and helps with normal blood clotting, muscle contraction, and nervous system maintenance. Calcium can be found in green vegetables, dairy foods, salmon and many other foods. An adult requires an amount of 1,000 to 1,2000 depending on age, daily for an ideal lactose intolerence diet.

Calcium deficiency: This is when a person has not been having the daily amount of calcium required for a healthy lactose intolerence diet. A low level of calcium in their blood can result in abdominal cramps, hand and feet spasms, soft bones, osteoporosis, poor mineralisation of bones and in children can result in impaired growth and rickets.

Flatulence: This is the passing of excess gas from the intestinal tract. A common symptom of lactose intolerence.

Galactose: This makes up half the sugar that is contained in milk. Lactose is made up of galactose and glucose.

Glucose: Also referred to as Dextrose. Glucose is made from fats, carbohydrates, and proteins by the body and is the main sugar the makes. The body for energy with the help of insulin uses glucose.

Intestine: Is made up of a large and small intestine. The intestine is a long tube organ and helps with digestion.

Lactase: This is an enzyme that is used to break down the milk sugar and changes it into galactose and glucose. When person who suffers from lactase deficiency they experience diarrhea and abdominal cramping after consuming products containing milk and lactose.

Lactose: This is the sugar found in milk products. In the body this is broken down by the enzyme lactase into glucose and galactose.

Lactose intolerence: When a person suffers from lactose intolerence, they do not have enough enzyme lactase to break down the sugar lactose that is found in milk products. Often results in cramping, diarrhea and flatulence.

Stool: This is a solid substance that is discharged from the body through a bowel movement.

Vitamin D: This can be normally absorbed through adequate sun exposure as vitamin d synthesis is promoted in the skin from the sunlight. Vitamin D is a vitamin that helps with metabolism of phosphorus and calcium, and intestinal absorption. Vitamin D deficiency can result in bone weakness or Osteomalacia in adults and bone deformity or known as rickets in children. Lack of Vitamin D can be supplemented with Vitamin D capsules that can be taken orally. A must have for someone who is on a lactose intolerence diet.

Yogurt: This is made when Lactobacillus or milk bacillus is fermented with curdled milk. Great as a snack for a lactose intolerence diet.

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