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As a result, your body can only partially break it down.
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Lactose intolerance is probably the most common of all the food intolerances, affecting around36 percent of Americans.
And consuming more lactose than you could digest will cause all kinds of unpleasant symptoms.
If so, you could have lactose intolerance.
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Constipation
Another less-common but still possible symptom of lactose intolerance isconstipation.
While diarrhea is more likely, there are people who experience the total opposite problem with their bowel movements.
your colon’s ability to move food waste through your digestive system.
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Any time yourstool doesn’t look the way it should(i.e.
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