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Determine the degree of lactose intolerance. The degree of intolerance is different for each person (some feel problems with drinking only a quarter of a glass of milk and after drinking about a liter).

To determine how much can be taken before symptoms appear, do not drink any milk products and lactose for about three or four weeks so as to remove all the lactose system. Then you must start with very small amounts of milk or cheese. Attention should be paid to the symptoms to see how much or how little amount of dairy products can handle.

Acquire calcium from other sources. Calcium is important for the body and if you reduce the consumption of milk and other dairy products, it is necessary to supplement the diet with substitutes such as sardines, oysters, salmon, tofu, spinach, kale, turnip greens, cabbage or broccoli. Calcium supplements are another option, like Lactaid lactase enzyme, lactose pills or milk. Read the rest of this entry »

Lactose is the sugar found naturally in milk. To digest, the human organism requires the enzyme lactase which is normally produced in the intestinal mucosa, which converts lactose into smaller units (glucose and galactose).

Lactose intolerance is due to the decrease or absence of lactase in the digestive tract. The cause of lactose intolerance can be congenital, a very rare error of metabolism, in which the lactase is missing from birth or acquired.

The latter may be partial or total and may begin in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. May be due to a progressive decrease of lactase in the intestinal mucosa cells from two or three years, without knowing the cause, or following an attack on the intestinal mucosa by a virus, bacteria, antibiotics or chemotherapy, infectious diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, excessive alcohol intake, etc.. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the reaction that their eyes when they come into contact with certain compounds that the immune system (responsible for defending the body) recognizes as foreign. Consequently, there is histamine, a chemical that causes burning, redness, tearing and itching. This type of allergy is uncomfortable and unsightly, and although in severe cases can damage the cornea, regularly manifests simple.

Causes

- The most common allergens found in the environment, such as dust, pollen, animal hair, feathers, perfumes and humidity.
- Cosmetics for eyes, like mascara, eyeliner, eye shadow pencils.
- Heredity.
- Environmental pollution.
- Contact lens wear, especially when they are not given proper cleaning.
- Contact with water ponds. Read the rest of this entry »