Lactose Intolerance (AS BIOLOGY)

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  • Created on: 17-11-13 11:23
What is Lactose? And where is found?
Is a sugar found in the milk
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What enzyme hydrolyses Lactose?
Lactase
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In what stage of life does one produce a high amount of Lactase?
Young babies
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Why does young babies need to produce a high amount of enzyme Lactase?
Because milk is the only food that young babies have
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Why is there is a reduction in the production of Lactase in adults and production diminishes through childhood?
Because milk forms a smaller parts their diets
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What is Lactose intolerance?
Reduction of enzyme Lactase results to producing a little or no Lactase
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What is the problem of Lactose Intolerance?
People do not product sufficient Lactase to digest the Lactose they consume
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What happens to undigested Lactose when it reaches the large intestines?
Microorganisms break Lactose down giving a rise to the volumne of gas
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By which process do microorganisms probably produce the gas in the small intestine?
Respiration
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Suggest why this gas is unlikely to be Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Carbon Dioxide is produce from process of Aerobic respiration, conditions in the large intestine's are aerobic
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Why is bad to have high amounts of gas in your small intestine due undigested Lactose?
It can result to cramps, diarrhoea, bloating and nausea
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What are you deprived of when you have Lactose Intolerance?
Calcium
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How do you resolve this?
By taking in foods rich in calcium or by adding enzyme Lactase into your milk before drinking it
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