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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
I'm not sure what you mean by "alternative enjoyability" but the override analogy is wrong. Taking lactaid pills is essentially re-instating what your body is not making, in this case lactose breaking enzymes. Once the lactose is broken down into simple sugars, your body can then digest these sugars as per usual. Without this enzyme, the lactose goes unbroken until the bacteria in your colon reaches it and has a buffet producing a temporary bacterial overgrowth and the byproducts that come along with it - gas, hypermotility agents..etc - which is what causes the discomfort that lactose intolerants describe. I've personally used these and recommended it to patients with success in reducing their symptoms.
Interestingly, if you've ever added lactaid drops to milk and let it sit for a while before consuming it, you will notice that the milk has a very sweet taste due to the fact that it has been broken down into sweeter and more numerous sugars.
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Based on my week long experience with the pills, and talking to my doctor about it, and him backing me up on it, this wasn't the case with me.
Now I'm sure we can both agree that it's on a case by case basis. It probably works for most, which is why I'm surprised my doctor told me that what happens to be is common.
Basically, for lack of a better way of putting it, when I've taken the pills, it basically tweaks my digestive system, somewhat how you described it, but with a twist. It actually helps food move through less digested.
Now I'm no doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but anything that helps me digest regular food less is not something that I can say worked for me.
Again, could be case by case. I also don't enjoy visits to the doctor, which this one was almost 2 years ago... so my memory could be shaky on what he said. But the one thing that I can't forget is my experience with taking the pills. I know what happens when I try and use them, which is why I don't anymore.
