According to the American College of Gastroenterology, our bodies rely on a digestive enzyme called lactase to help break down lactose into simple sugars (called glucose and galactose).

If necessary, use over-the-counter digestive aids. Eat yogurts. "Yogurts are very well tolerated because they contain a lactase that helps digest lactose in the intestine." Lactose is a form of sugar, ...

“The work is interesting as many ethnic groups from Africa were studied and haplotypes were constructed that gave data about the migrations of the LP [lactase persistence] alleles,” Irma Järvelä of ...