How to Use lactose intolerant in a Sentence
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Ice cream is known to cause bloating and gas in people who are lactose intolerant.
—Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021
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Sanders and her son are lactose intolerant, requiring her to buy pricier items like oat milk and dairy-free yogurt.
—Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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And yet, it’s been said that nearly 70% of the population could be lactose intolerant.
—Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
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Despite the ubiquity of dairy at grocery stores and restaurants, tens of millions of people in the U.S. are lactose intolerant.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
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Lastly, the Sims, creeping eerily closer each day to the human form, can now be lactose intolerant.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 29 Sep. 2023
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For this reason, the lactose intolerant don’t drink much milk—or at least that’s what many had erroneously assumed.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
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Then there are those people who are lactose intolerant.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022
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The symptoms of being lactose intolerant can vary from person to person.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
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For instance, Lactaid pills contain the enzyme lactase, which helps break down milk sugar in people who are lactose intolerant.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
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Guitron was lactose intolerant and had never tried vegan cheese, Paige said.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2021
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Jess, who’s lactose intolerant, makes her big pitch at the office after CC scarfed ice cream, resulting in a meeting sabotaged by bodily functions.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
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While some felines enjoy drinking milk, others may not, especially since most cats are, in fact, lactose intolerant.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
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Some cats are lactose intolerant and have dairy allergies, according to Hill's Pet Nutrition.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
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These include Lactaid and Beano, used by people who are lactose intolerant or who have gas or bloating after eating legumes, respectively.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
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And then also something like 65% of the global population is lactose intolerant to some degree or another.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2021
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Two buns holding 20 layers of American cheese slices make up a vegetarian cheese lover's dream (and a lactose intolerant person’s nightmare).
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
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Some raw milk advocacy groups, such as the Weston Price Foundation, claim that lactose intolerant people can comfortably drink raw milk.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 July 2023
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The surcharge has prompted protests from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and from celebrities, who call it a fee that penalizes people who avoid animal products or are lactose intolerant.
—Kayla Steinberg, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2022
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That’s why the majority of the world’s adult population is lactase non-persistent, otherwise known as lactose intolerant.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
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Baked feta pasta is simple enough, revolving mostly around, unsurprisingly, feta (making this one for the lactose intolerant folks to skip).
—Kelsee Majette, The Week, 22 June 2023
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As many as 50 million Americans are lactose intolerant.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
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Most people who are lactose intolerant usually grow into the condition, and very few individuals are born without lactase.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
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As Sakaida points out, for someone like her who is lactose intolerant, kefir can sometimes be a solution as the process of fermentation actually reduces the lactose content while maintaining the nutrient profile.
—Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 20 July 2022
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People who are lactose intolerant, for example, tend to get bouts of diarrhea after eating dairy while people who are fructose intolerant get diarrhea after eating fruits like watermelon or even raisins, says Dr. Lee.
—Kasandra Brabaw, Health.com, 28 Sep. 2021
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Attorneys representing 10 plaintiffs who are either lactose intolerant or who have milk allergies argue that the surcharge for the substitutions is a form of discrimination that violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
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Suitable for vegans, vegetarians, lactose intolerant, or those with sensitivities - these options offer an alternative way to get in all that muscle-building goodness.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
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Separately, people who are lactose intolerant might experience a different set of symptoms, mainly digestive issues.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Aug. 2022
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Exceptional stressors like famines and pathogens may have exacerbated milk's typically mild gastrointestinal effects on the lactose intolerant, creating deadly bouts of diarrhea and dehydration while making the ability to digest milk extra valuable.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
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