Australians are predicted to spend around A$1.7 billion on chocolates, hot cross buns and other special foods this Easter season.
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If your tummy seems to feel full or stretched and is rumbling all the time, you're not alone. Up to 30% of people of all ages experience bloating, with symptoms such as gassiness, a sense of fullness and pressure.
Nov 15, 2022
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Lactose reduction or elimination in infant formula is warranted in specific medical circumstances, but most healthy infants can digest lactose as it is the carbohydrate source in human milk. A recent analysis published in ...
Oct 19, 2022
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If you've been to any supermarket recently, you would've noticed the shelf space dedicated to milk alternatives such as oat, soy, almond and rice is expanding. Though they're not strictly speaking "milk," these plant-based ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Most of you will have noticed hosting a dinner party is harder than it used to be. One friend is gluten-free, another is dairy-free, one can't eat onion and two more are vegetarian. Are food intolerances increasing? Or do ...
Jun 22, 2022
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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have struggled with stomach issues for many years. Is it possible my upset stomach can be an allergy or sensitivity to certain foods? I want to feel better, and I am curious about testing that may be available ...
Apr 14, 2022
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Children of mothers who drink relatively more cow's milk during breastfeeding are at reduced risk of developing food allergies. That is the conclusion of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, in a new ...
Dec 21, 2020
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The low FODMAP diet, a diet low in carbohydrates that trigger digestive symptoms like bloating and stomach pain, is a useful treatment in children and adolescents with gastrointestinal problems, new University of Otago research ...
Sep 24, 2019
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After childhood, about two-thirds of the world's human population loses the ability to digest milk. As far as we know, 100 percent of nonhuman mammals also lose this ability after weaning. The ongoing ability to digest lactose, ...
Apr 11, 2019
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If you have a bad reaction after eating certain foods, it can be hard to tell if you are experiencing the symptoms of a food allergy or a food intolerance. One Baylor College of Medicine expert explains the important differences ...
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Lactose is a disaccharide sugar that is found most notably in milk and is formed from galactose and glucose. Lactose makes up around 2~8% of milk (by weight), although the amount varies among species and individuals. It is extracted from sweet or sour whey. The name comes from lac or lactis, the Latin word for milk, plus the -ose ending used to name sugars. It has a formula of C12H22O11.
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