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  • Lactose is produced from whey, a by-product of the cheese-making process.

    Lactose Is a Booming Market Steve Carper 2008

  • The fullest discussion was probably in Lactose in Medications.

    More on the Use of Lactose in Medications Steve Carper 2008

  • Lactose is a form of sugar and it's important to know that the true incidence of lactose intolerance and colic is regularly overestimated.

    Lactose-Free Infant Formulas Steve Carper 2008

  • Lactose is the natural sugar that is present in milk products.

    Stomach Gas? Not From Lactose. Steve Carper 2008

  • Drew's suspicions are correct, as I wrote in Lactose in Beer.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • Lactose is the sugar found in milk; 98 percent of it is drained off with the whey (cheese is made from the curds), and the other 2 percent is quickly consumed by lactic-acid bacteria in the act of fermentation.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • Lactose is known to feed the good bacteria, forcing out the bad bacteria.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • Lactose is used in so many medications because it is basically as neutral an agent as possible, and it also has the nice property of not caking, another reason for its use.

    Answers to Questions from Readers, part 3 Steve Carper 2007

  • Lactose is a disaccharide, a complex sugar made up of two simple sugars, glucose and galactose.

    Galactosemia: the Other Lactose Problem Steve Carper 2007

  • Lactose is the sugar found in milk; 98 percent of it is drained off with the whey (cheese is made from the curds), and the other 2 percent is quickly consumed by lactic-acid bacteria in the act of fermentation.

    Cheese and Lactose Steve Carper 2007

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