Lactose (milk sugar) is a disaccharide sugar that is exclusively found in milk and certain dairy products and that does not get absorbed directly. There are medicines which contain added lactose too. It is lactose enzymes produced by cells of the small intestine’s villi and bacteria of the normal intestinal flora that breaks down milk […]

Fructose malabsorption (DFI) is very similar to genetically hereditary, more serious lactose intolerance (HFI). Fruit sugar from food does not get fully absorbed in the small intestine and gets carried to the large intestine where bacteria ferment it. The cause of fructose malabsorption is the lack of transporter protein or its weak operation, overproduction of […]

Originally it is made out of corn flour. It is half as sweet as sugar, but provides as much energy. It is used as a stabilizer so it is very often put into food ingredients, medicines. Many times labels of such products do not even mention that they contain sorbate. So what contains sorbate? Corn […]