Are you always lactose intolerant or do you become lactose intolerant?

I became lactose intolerant in college after drinking a lot less milk than I had growing up with no problem, and my grandpa who is a doctor told me that for some people your tolerance for lactose can go down.

I would definitely try eliminating it to see if it helps (severely lactose intolerant people can't even eat yogurt, butter or cheese), otherwise it might be IBD or Celiac or Crohn's which are more serious.

Also if the yogurt is helping try a probiotic supplement too, more concentration of helpful bacteria!

You can develop a lactose intolerance as an adult. I did when I was 34 and pregnant with my 3rd child. My other two kids were 2 and 4, so I was one busy mom! I drank a lot of milk; instant breakfast mixes with milk were often all I had for breakfast and lunch. I lost all my pregnancy weight plus 10 more pounds within 3 months after the birth. I lost so much weight, was hardly eating anything (I was afraid to eat anything other than rice and gatorade; seemed like everything else gave me massive diarrhea!), that I lost my milk and couldn't nurse the baby. I went through months of tests until finally the GI suggested I avoid all milk products. For the first time in 6 months I finally felt human again! Felt like I might live to see my kids grow up.

Yogurt with acidophiles is easier to digest. Taking a supplement like LactAid can help you digest milk products. I still do not drink milk, and if I eat ice cream I take a LactAid. Cheeses and yogurts seem to be ok. So, Yes, you can develop a lactose intolerance as an adult.

Very few people are born lactose intolerant. Being born lactose intolerant is disastrous, because infants are SUPPOSED to consume lactose as their entire diet.

The majority of the population (more than 50%) become lactose intolerant at some point in their lives. Usually it happen gradually, starting as a teen, although it can start earlier or later.

No, I won’t go with the answer that you become lactose intolerant

you are born with it i guess...

My dad and sister are lactose intolerant and they were born with it, but on the other hand if drinking milk and consuming diary products started making issues to you then I would consider that you change your diet...my aunt use to eat fish normally almost all her life only last year she began to have trouble eating fish and she didn’t eat it since then. You know every thing change with time, everything your body enzymes, immunity, just every thing…

this goes for me too because reading what you’ve wrote here got me thinking of myself cause I almost share the same symptoms of yours and mine are very had too...

By the way I did a CT scan to figure out what’s going on inside of me, and it was

Colitis and IBS…

Typically, lactose intolerance gets progressively worse.

You can become lactose intolerant. I know of several people who developed it in later life. My sister-in-law actually was complaining of extreme bloating for no reason at all and its actually because of he love of cheese!