As we all know very well, lactose is the main carbohydrate (sugar) in the milk which requires gut enzyme lactase (present in small intestine) for its digestion. Enzyme Lactase hydrolyzed lactose sugar into simple and absorbable sugar as glucose and galactose. Osteoporosis and less lactase enzyme production with the passage of time is more prevalent in senior citizens. Due to deficiency of lactase enzyme, lactose present in milk is not digested in small intestine rather it is fermented in large intestine by bacteria into lactic acid which is responsible for bloating, abdominal pain and diarrhea a condition which is medically known as lactose intolerance. Today, I will discuss here” how the lactose intolerance or impaired ability to digest lactose in the milk is associated with osteoporosis. In other word, we can say that how lactase enzyme deficiency is risk factor for osteoporosis?”
It is supposed that people with lactase enzyme deficiency have less milk intake. If they drink more milk to get calcium for their bones then milk is fermented into lactic acid which acidify natural blood PH. In order to protect the kidney from this acidification of blood the body leaches out calcium (which is alkaline in nature) from bones to neutralize the acidification of blood PH. The calcium which is leaches out from bones is then excreted into urine leaving a net calcium deficiency in the body which in turn causes osteoporosis which is porous bones.
CONCLUSION
We can say that intake of milk in lactase enzyme deficient patients is not beneficial rather it causes osteoporosis.