Why are some people lactose intolerant?

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Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Say cheese! But if you’re lactose intolerant maybe don’t eat it? Cuz any kind of milk based food will probably give you a tummy-ache! But why? We asked pediatrician Dr. Anjuli Gans why some people are lactose intolerant… and she helped us understand what it is and why it happens.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is moment of um.
0:03.2	Answering those questions that make you go,
0:07.8	um...
0:09.8	um... um, comes to you from APM studios. I'm Sandin, and I want to tell you a story about me and my
0:30.2	tumum. It all started long ago when I was a wee little lad and I had my first ice cream Sunday.
0:40.7	I thought, this is delicious, super delicious, but my tummy thought otherwise. It was all like
0:48.5	Enzymes calling all enzymes. We have a new substance in the house.
0:54.0	To the tummy, now!
0:56.0	Enzymes help break down the food that goes down our belly.
1:00.0	My stomach thought the enzymes would help break down this milky madness, this Sunday situation.
1:06.0	Oh, but the gurgling ice cream sludge was, to me at least, dairy, I say, indigestible.
1:15.0	Well, work harder enzymes.
1:17.2	We must digest this.
1:18.6	What do you mean I can't digest it because I'm quote unquote lactose intolerant?
1:25.6	I'm a stomach, I don't know what that means.
1:28.0	Right, it means I have trouble digesting food made with dairy, like milk or cheese or ice cream?
1:34.8	Oh, how could this happen?
1:37.0	Indeed, stomach, indeed.
1:40.0	But I'm glad you asked Tum-Tum.
1:42.0	Listener Colette was also wondering the same thing.
1:45.0	Hi, my name is Colette.
1:47.0	I am from Davis, California.
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