Lactose intolerance is not life threatening but knowing you have it can really increase your quality of life. It manifests itself as feeling bloated, having ba

Lactose intolerance is not life threatening but knowing you have it can really increase your quality of life. It manifests itself as feeling bloated, having bad gas, and diarrhea. People who don't know they have it often assume that having the farts and feeling gross all the time is just a normal state of being. Women who have it often guess that it related to PMS. (My girlfriend was diagnosed with lactose intolerance in her late 20s) When they figure out it's the milk and cheese and avoiding it makes the lower GI stuff goes away it can really make them much happier.