I have calcium deficiency as I am lactose intolerant. What calcium
supplements can I take?
[Q] What is calcium?
[A] Calcium is a vital mineral that is required in your body and is
available in abundance in most cases
[A] What are you looking for? What ailment do you have?
[Q] My digestive system is very slow so i can not digest milk and nuts; So,
can I take calcium supplement
[A] You mean since you cannot digest milk how can you take calcium
supplements?
[Q] Yes
[A] You basically seem to have lactose intolerance.
with also some other dairy products
[Q] Yes, and I cannot digest any hard thing like almond, raddish and onion
[A] You generally cannot digest lactose because you do not have enough
lactase enzymes. You can also read – Causes of Lactase Deficiencies
[Q] What I do?
[A] Do you have gas problems, diarrhea or swlleing in your stomach?
[Q] Yes
[Q] My stomach is always upset
[A] First, avoid foods such as: milk, ice cream, butter, cheese yogurt,
bread salad dressing and such lactose positive food
[Q] For this reason my body has no energy
[Q] How can I cure this problem?
[A] To compensate for the loss of calcium due to avoiding lactose food, you
may want to increase the intake of other foods rich in calcium
[A] These are food such as:
[A] Canned salmon, Sardines, turnip, broccoli, tofu
[A] Also check with your doctor if you can chew calcium tablets everyday
[A] You will find more information on this site:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lactoseintolerance_ez/
[A] Do you have any more questions?
[A] Also, before you take any food mentioned above make sure from your local
doctor that you are not allergic to any of those and also that you do not
have any pre existing medical conditions that may not agree with these
foods.
What is Lactose Intolerance
Milk contains a type of sugar in the form of lactose and it is digested by an enzyme called lactase. If the milk is not completely digested and when it moves down to the colon, the bacteria cause fermentation, leading to gastrointestinal problems like bloating, abdominal pain and excessive gas formation.
Symptoms of Lactose Intolerance
- Abdomen and bowel ‘œgrumble’.
- Within a few hours of consuming milk or milk products there is bloating, abdominal pain and cramps.
- Excessive gas and diarrhea
Lactose Intolerance Causes Some infants are born with the ailment and others develop it at around at the age of 3 years, when there is a steady decrease in the production of lactase enzyme and it continues throughout the life. Gastric disorder related illness like gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease and use of antibiotic medications are other factors.
Cure for Lactose Intolerance
- If you drastically cut down on dairy products, compensate by eating calcium rich sources.
- Go in for lactose-reduced milk. You can even add lactase drops or tablets to the milk yourself, to reduce lactose.
- Hard, aged cheese like Cheddar, Parmesan and Swiss have most lactose removed, and can be consumed.
- Eat dairy products along with food so that more time is available to lactase to act upon the food.
- Drink 2 glasses of skim milk on empty stomach and see if there are lactose-intolerance symptoms for the next 3 hours.
- Prepared and processed food and sweeteners may contain lactose, so read the label carefully before buying any product.
- Soymilk can be tried.
- Fermented milk products such as yogurt with active cultures are easier to digest.
- Whole milk causes fewer symptoms than skim milk. People can consume moderate amount of milk and dairy products without symptoms.
- Avoid food which has milk and milk products.
- You have to increase calcium supplementation as you are not fully consuming calcium available in milk due to its restriction in diet.
- Consume food containing vitamin A, D, riboflavin.
- You can consume soy milk, rice milk, lactaid milk etc.
- Avoid pastries and ice cream, but do not stop it totally.
- Tablets of lactase can be consumed with milk containing food.
- Slowly increase the quantity of milk intake. This will make your gut to tolerate milk and dairy products gradually without any problem.
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