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Dairy Products
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Dairy products offer a wide range of diverse food intake for human beings. Milk contains sugar in it called lactose. The sugar requires enzymes lactase or specific chemical to allow its absorption into the bloodstream. Newborn babies produce a lot of lactase to enable the incorporation of the mother’s milk since the milk is the primary source of food nutrients in their diet intake. Over time various trends have been observed where specific populations have shown low production of enzyme lactase and others produce it in high amount. This depends on the availability of milk and dairy products. Japan and China have shown the former, whereby, after weaning, lactase production ceases, and the population becomes unable to takes in the lactose contained in milk, a condition referred to as “lactose intolerance.” (Deng 2015). In this context, we delve into a discussion on exploring the condition and various health hazards resulting from the intake of the dairy products.
Milk is one of the major sources of calcium and phosphorous; research conducted to test the intake of those minerals showed some unfavorable results when the pasteurized milk was used as opposed to raw milk. Assimilation of calcium and phosphorous is improved in human bodies when raw milk is consumed (Masri 2018). However, raw milk comes with some hazardous to the health since it has been known to be the primary cause of some illnesses. On the other hand, the pasteurization is associated with a lot of heat thus destroys the nature of enzymes used to digest the milk (Brookover 2012).

It has a high capacity to cause arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Chemicals used to treat cow and the antibiotic used such us the penicillin, use of waste products to feed daily animals also contribute a lot to the quality of the milk produced in turn; the processed milk will have negative impacts once human uses it for their consumption.
Lactose intolerance does not have a direct impact on the health of an individual. It is not usually noticeable. However, the condition can impair the quality of life due to the unfounded limitation of intake of dairy products. This will result in a low level of calcium assimilation. Since calcium is an essential nutrient in the body needed for maintenance of teeth and bones, the individual having the condition will adversely be affected. Full elimination of the dairy products will lead to nutritional imbalance. Thus, it is advisable to check means in which to consume dairy products but at the same time avoid a situation in which the lactose intolerance will affect the individual health wise.
References List
Brookover, Adam. “Negative Effects Of Dairy Products | Health guidance”. Healthguidance.Org, 2012, http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9973/1/negative-effects-of-dairy-products.html. Accessed 30 May 2018.
Deng, Yanyong, et al. “Lactose intolerance in adults: biological mechanism and dietary management.” Nutrients 7.9 (2015).
Masri, S. www.toxictalksblog.com. [online] Toxictalksblog.com. (2018). Available at: http://www.toxictalksblog.com/ [Accessed 19 Aug. 2018].