Lactose intolerance occurs when your body is unable to digest the sugar lactose, which is found in milk and milk products. This causes uncomfortable symptoms including gas, bloating, cramps and even ...

Do you get gas, bloating, or even diarrhea after you eat dairy foods? You may be lactose intolerant. This is when you can’t digest lactose, the type of sugar found in dairy products. Lactose ...

People develop lactose intolerance when their bodies don’t make enough of the enzyme lactase for the amount of dairy they consume, says Dr. Christopher Schmoyer, an assistant professor of ...

Ancient Europeans may have evolved an ability to digest milk thanks to periodic famines and disease outbreaks. Europeans avidly tapped into milk drinking starting around 9,000 years ago, when dairying ...