You can get rid of lactose intolerance by consumption of lactose-free milk instead of normal dairy milk.Beside nondairy milk substitutes, a large number of dairy products are available which are basically lactose-reduced.Lactose intolerant people do not possess lactase enzyme present in milk which is involved in splitting lactose into glucose and galactose.They can avoid the symptoms of lactose intolerance like cramping, gas, bloating, diarrhea etc replacing normal milk with lactose-reduced milk or other milk substitutes.Regular cow milk differs from Lactose-reduced milk, in the way that in the lactose-free and lactose-reduced milk, lactase enzyme is supplemented.These processed milks remains fresh for almost the same duration or sometimes longer than normal cow milk and it has slight sweet taste.A popularly known lactose-free milk brand is Lactaid.It is manufactured from regular milk supplemented with lactase enzyme in order to remove lactose.This brand is also famous for manufacturing lactose-free ice cream and cheese.Just like lactose-free products lactose-reduced products are prepared from regular milk containing lactase to lower lactose level during production process.Lactase breaks lactose into glucose and galactose which are much sweeter in taste, so lactose-free products are sweeter than normal cow milk.Other substitutes..Many health care providers recommend various milk substitutes like soy milk to fight against lactose intolerance.Soy bean is the raw material of soy milk which has little bit sweet taste.It serves as a fine source of protein and fat as well as fiber.It also has a high content of vitamin D and calcium.Besides, its cholesterol and other saturated fat content is zero.Soy milk is widely used for cooking as well as baking and it is stable even at high temperature.You can also drink it in coffee or cereal.Another good option could be almond milk.It has a smooth texture, sweet taste and high content of vitamin E.Despite of its high content of calcium and vitamin D, it cannot be considered as a great source of protein.Due to its sweet nature it widely used in desserts, shakes and other products.Rice milk is another milk substitute which is less consistent than soy and almond milk but has also similar sweetness.It has high content of vitamin D and calcium and it is collected from brown rice usually.Its protein content is as low as almond milk.During cooking, it requires either eggs or flour as stabilizing agent.Always be careful when checking product labels where written non-dairy because not necessarily they are lactose-free.Sometimes the products in which milk fat has substituted by vegetable fat are denoted as non-dairy.Among these products lots of them like whey, contain lactose at different level.So before buying any product it is enormously important to read the label properly.
