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Some dairy products may be OK for the lactose intolerant. Are you lactose intolerant? Thereâs a good chance that you can still eat foods like cheese and butter (often considered off-limits for people with lactose intolerance) without adverse â and potentially embarrassing â side effects. Kerry Maloney/The Times-Picayune archiveOne-half cup of vanilla ice cream has 4.9 grams of lactose.
Your body needs lactase to break down, or digest, lactose. Lactose intolerance most commonly runs in families, and symptoms usually develop during the teen or adult years. Most people with this type of lactose intolerance can eat some milk or dairy products without problems. Sometimes the small intestine stops making lactase after a short-term illness such as the stomach flu or as part of a lifelong disease such as cystic fibrosis.