Although milk and milk products are commonly available and
consumed on a daily basis throughout the world there are still
an ever growing amount of people who are Lactose intolerent
(LI). Lactose intolerance is actually the most common disorder
in the world today.Lactose is in fact a disaccharide, meaning it
consists of two saccharides (sugars) joined together. The term
Lactose Intolerent is used to describe a condition whereupon not
enough of the enzyme Lactase is being produced within the small
intestine to seperate the saccharides(sugars) from each other.
This leads to an inability to break down significant amounts of
Lactose. As Lactase breaks down the lactose, the main sugar in
milk, into two smaller sugars (glucose and galactose) which is
then absorbed in the bloodstream, it very easy to see why it is
of significant importance.As far as is known, lactose itself has
no real nutritional value for adults although is the most
important source of energy during the first year of a human’s
life, providing appr