If your symptoms lessen, try taking a
lactaid supplement with any meal with dairy.
Hood also makes
Lactaid, a best-selling, lactose-free milk.
Today, consumers have access to lactose-free products like milk, cheese, and ice cream as well as
Lactaid tablets.
Brands: HP Hood,
Lactaid, NesQuik, Hoodsie Cup, FruitStirs, Java Smoothies
But, for the exceptionally gassy there are enzyme supplements (like Beano, or
Lactaid for the lactose-intolerant) that help digest food before it reaches the colon.
Even ice cream, the addiction that has many a person desperately popping
Lactaid before a trip to the local scoop shop, has experienced a makeover.
One solution is to take a
Lactaid tablet (containing the enzyme that makes milk sugar digestible) just before eating ice cream or drinking milk.
SureLac, Lactase, Dairy Ease, Lactrase,
Lactaid, and Lactogest are some of the brand names.
You can buy lactase (also called Dairy Ease,
Lactaid, Lactogest or Surelac) at the store.
Oski's part not to admit or point out that every grocery store selling milk today has cartons of milk labeled
Lactaid. This product is tailor-made for people with lactose intolerance, who now can enjoy drinking milk without digestive disorders.
Taking supplements of the digestive enzyme lactase, such as
Lactaid, with lactose-containing foods also may help.
We used the hydrogen breath test as the index of incomplete carbohydrate absorption to assess the efficacy of two enzymes--one from yeast, Kluyveromyces lactis (
LactAid), and the other from the fungus Aspergillus niger (Lactase N)--to assist in the hydrolysis of 18 g of lactose in 360 ml (12 oz) of whole milk when consumed by an adult lactose malabsorber.
These are profitable products, so there is little incentive for major pharmaceutical corporations to market enzymes--the only notable exceptions being Beano and
Lactaid. The same applies to systemic enzymes."
Some people find these products an acceptable substitute, but others feel they pale in comparison to "the real thing." If you wish to continue eating or drinking products with lactose, consider lactase supplements such as
Lactaid or Dairy-Ease, which you take before consuming products with lactose.
If, however, even small amounts of lactose cause severe discomfort, opt for
Lactaid lactose-free milk products.
