I know Wikipedia is not cutting-edge science but I was reading about lactulose (not lactose) when sunmountain mentioned it in her log and was surprised that pasteurized milk but not raw milk contains lactulose. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactulose
People who use lactulose as a drug for medical reasons can have severe gas and diarrhea. I was curious what my fellow community members might think about this? Could it be one of the reasons some people do better with raw milk or feel they can't tolerate even high quality pasteurized milk?
The amount of lactulose formed from heating milk to pasteurize it would be much lower that the amounts given medically but it would seem like to me that it's possible that those with sensitive guts could still have issues.
Surely if this were a real issue we would know about it by now? :? Please give me your opinions or any scientific data on this issue my forum friends! If I'm completely wrong I still want to know.
People who use lactulose as a drug for medical reasons can have severe gas and diarrhea. I was curious what my fellow community members might think about this? Could it be one of the reasons some people do better with raw milk or feel they can't tolerate even high quality pasteurized milk?
The amount of lactulose formed from heating milk to pasteurize it would be much lower that the amounts given medically but it would seem like to me that it's possible that those with sensitive guts could still have issues.
Surely if this were a real issue we would know about it by now? :? Please give me your opinions or any scientific data on this issue my forum friends! If I'm completely wrong I still want to know.