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milk intolerance

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Noun1.milk intolerance - congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose


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A No, medical advice is strongly in favour of breast feeding which largely gets around the problems of cow's milk intolerance and parental dietary preferences.
An example of this is milk intolerance caused by a lack of lactase, the enzyme needed to digest lactose, the natural sugar in milk.
A milk intolerance is different, as this happens when a person is unable to digest the sugar or lactose.
 
 
 
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