By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia

To coincide with Pink Ribbon Day, this blog looks at how a sensitivity to lactose affects women in particular.  While data is not available on the number of women in Australia who are sensitive to lactose, overseas research shows that in a population of people from various ethnic backgrounds, self reported lactose sensitivity was twice as high in women compared to men! In this particular survey, almost 70% of women surveyed said they thought they had a problem digesting lactose compared to 31% of men reporting the same problem.

Sometimes being lactose-intolerant means you forego those yummy treats. Here is an indulgent treat that everyone will enjoy.

Lactose free Ice-Cream!

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By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia

Lactose sensitivity can be difficult to diagnose based on symptoms alone as the same type of symptoms can also indicate other conditions. Research indicates that many people self-diagnose themselves as lactose intolerant when the cause of their digestive symptoms can due to another factor^[1].

By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia

If you have trouble digesting milk and have been diagnosed as being sensitive to lactose, you can still enjoy dairy foods. How?

The first image that springs to mind for most people when they think of themselves as elderly is of someone frail, possibly hunched over and in need of a walking frame. But it needn’t be this way at all – healthy bones are a large part of the reason that an increasing number of senior citizens are upright, healthy and happy to do things like jump out of moving aeroplanes.