World map of temperature (Photo Credit : Carnby/Wikimedia commons) If you answered that the regions with high temperatures showed a large percentage of lactose intolerance, then you have already figured it out! Astudyfound that lactose intolerance decreases with increases in both latitude and temper...
Lactose intolerance (also known as hypolactasia) is a condition that affects approximately 70% of the world's population and symptoms include bloating, flatulence and diarrhoea. It is caused by the inability to digest lactose due to the down regulation of the enzyme lactase. As a result, lacto...
The search included the following terms: “lactose intolerance”, “lactase deficiency, congenital”, “lactose sensitivity”, “carbohydrate malabsorption”, “glucose-galactose malabsorption”, “lactase deficiency”, “alactasia”, “hypolactasia”, “milk sugar intolerance”, “lactose malabsorption”,...
Lactose Intolerance in China – World MapIn fact, four out of five Chinese people report having digestive problems after eating dairy products. So, not only is China a lactose intolerant-friendly place, but 80% of adults share in your inability to process milk sugars.So China Doesn’t Have ...
A review of the literature between Jan 1965 to June 2016 was undertaken. The search engines Medline (Pub Med) and Cochrane Library were used to obtain relevant articles. Terms used were lactose maldigestion or lactose intolerance or milk intolerance or lactose sensitivity (LI with systemic symptoms...
In adult patients with homozygous lactase persistence, enzyme levels at the jejunal brush border are 10-times higher than for patients with homozygous non-persistence, and heterozygous individuals [14]. Figure 1. Map of the lactase (LCT) and minichromosome maintenance 6 (MCM6) gene region and ...
lactose; intolerance; maldigestion; effects on diseases; specific therapy 1. Introduction Symptoms allegedly related to consumption of lactose have captured the interest of both the scientific community and the public. When one uses the popular web search engine Google for lactose intolerance, more ...
neonatal lactose intolerance; developmental programming; telomere fusion; DNA damage; senescence; cardiovascular disease; polyploidy; cardiomyocyte; metabolic deprivation1. Introduction Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in aging populations, with prevalence rising ...
lactose; intolerance; maldigestion; effects on diseases; specific therapy 1. Introduction Symptoms allegedly related to consumption of lactose have captured the interest of both the scientific community and the public. When one uses the popular web search engine Google for lactose intolerance, more ...