When you hear the word bacteria, it isn’t uncommon to imagine creeping hordes of microscopic germs threatening to get you and everyone you love horribly sick. We live in a world full of antibacterial soaps, germophobes, and parents who rush to administer antibiotics at the slightest sign of an infection. However, this is only telling one half of the story....

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Originally in pursuit of a Biology degree at Boston University, now acclaimed gastroenterologist Dr. Bruce Langner, decided after graduating to direct his focus on internal medicine and further his studies at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Upon completion of the program at Mt. Sinai, Dr. Langner decided to shift his efforts specifically toward the field of gastroenterology at Rhode Island Medical...

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If you're like millions of other Americans who suffer from lactose intolerance you're probably avoiding the obvious foods that contain dairy, milk, ice cream, cheese. The apparent offenders are easy to avoid.  But what about the foods you could be eating every day that you didn't know contained dairy?  Sometimes dairy could be hiding in some not so obvious places. ...

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Many tests are available such as genetic testing, or blood glucose measurement (after ingesting a quantity of lactose (lactose tolerance test)). However, the ‘gold standard’ is the hydrogen breath test (HGT), which determines hydrogen concentration in exhaled breath following lactose consumption. An increased result indicates a deficiency in the lactase enzyme.

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Some information in this article appears courtesy of Everyday Health and FoodAllergy.org

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We have been featured on leading lactose intolerance expert Steve Carper's website! Check out what he has to say about DairyCare at the link below: http://www.stevecarper.com/li/dairy_care.htm

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