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lactose

[lak-tohs] / ˈlæk toʊs /




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My medicine cabinet became a minefield of animal-derived byproducts, including gelatin capsules and pain meds with lactose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The researchers also found that lactose, the sugar in cow's milk that some people have difficulty digesting, was almost entirely absent from all three cheeses once they had matured.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

They said they consumed raw dairy because they wanted to reduce their inflammation, and avoid additives, and prevent lactose intolerance, and clear their skin, and bring their hormones into balance.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Shortly after Meadow Lane opened, customers posted online about undercooked chicken nuggets; another shopper, who was lactose intolerant, said that she’d bought chili topped with cheese that wasn’t on the list of ingredients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

A cell’s metabolic identity—i.e., whether it was consuming lactose or glucose—could be ascertained not by the sequence of its genes, which was always constant, but by the amount of RNA that a gene was producing.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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