ANY CURES AVAILABLE?

It is impossible to cure lactose intolerance.

However, the condition can be reduced to a stage of less severity, by carrying out therapies that mainly focuses on reducing the lactose intake to a level which could be tolerated by the patient.

Lactose tolerance varies greatly from individual to individual. Patients should thus try to find out what is their body’s limit of lactose intake and change their diet accordingly.


Patients can find out by first having a 100% lactose-free diet for 4 to 6 weeks. As soon as the patient is free of any symptoms of lactose intolerance, she/he may begin to slowly introduce lactose-containing food into their diet in small portions and increase intake depending on tolerance levels.


Lactase tablets can also be consumed by patients to help cope with symptoms of lactose intolerance, however the effectiveness varies for everyone. A better way is to have a lactose-free foods and dairy products yet still make sure to have a healthy and balanced diet.

Due to the prevalence of such patients, lactose-free dairy products are now available in almost all supermarkets and many chemists is able to prescribe it. Also, there are many online shops specialising in lactose-free products.

But why is there a need for better variety of lactose-free dairy products?

Quote by Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Stein, Frankfurt University Clinic:
“Dairy products have a special significance in controlling the symptoms of lactose intolerance as they are essential, at all ages, for covering our required amounts of calcium needed for healthy bone formation. In a diet which fully excludes this food group, the recommended necessary amounts of calcium can barely be covered by food.”