Refrigerate those that should be refrigerated. And be sure to store medications safely away from children. Okla. When thinking of dairy products, many people think about getting adequate calcium. But many others associate dairy products with symptoms of nausea, cramping, bloating and diarrhea. These symptoms, experienced anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours after consuming dairy products, may indicate lactose intolerance.
Lactose is milk sugar.
If your body does not produce the enzyme lactase, you cannot digest lactose. Most infants will produce lactase from birth, but the amount of lactase your body produces decreases during adulthood. So perhaps you could drink milk as a child but cannot as an adult. Lactose intolerance should not be confused with milk allergy. A milk allergy is an allergic reaction to the protein in milk.