Lactose Intolerant - Protein Absorption

[winby2]

So I searched a bit on being lactose intolerant and most of the threads deal with discomfort.

I could care less about taking my morning ****s right after my whey protein oatmeal, or farting through the night thanks to my bedtime cottage cheese. What I do care about is that the protein nutrients not being fully absorbed and wasted, and I'm basically ****ting out my hard earned money.

I already take Isolate for my PWO shake but wouldn't want it as my regular protein since it's too fast-absorbing.

Does discomfort necessarily mean the protein in my whey/cottage cheese isn't being fully absorbed? Thanks.

[cdc_em1]

i'm also wodering this

[in10city]

Depends upon the true severity, but potentially yes it is influencing more than just your "feelings".

With lactose maldigestion, the lactose isn't broken down completely and the intact lactose flows into the intestines and undergoes fermentation - producing the bloating and gas. Other things occur with fluid balance across the colon walls too.

So depending on the contents of your GI tract and whether or not gastric transit time is shortened (via gastrocolonic reflex for example), you might not be getting the most out of what you ate, including many hours beforehand.

[winby2]

Thanks in10, would you have a source for that? I don't doubt you. Just been trying research it and have come up short, since most just deal with circumventing the discomfort itself.

[E_Will]

I hate to re-open such an old thread, but when I searched this is exactly what I was looking for. But it leads to questions. Would a Lactase supplement (Lactaid) be a suitable fix to allow someone with shortened digestive times due to increased bowel frequency to regulate and therefore would it improve protein absorption? Or is there a reason none of the protein supplements out there include lactase in their blends, i.e. blocked absorption or inability to break down the aminos? as I'm tying this, I'm thinking this might be better suited for the supplement science page.

The thought is, like this article points out (BLOCKED) ((EDIT) just google it, there are tons of articles) 60% of adults don't produce their own lactase, and therefore are going to have issues with most protein blends.

I really want to use a blended protein due to the combined absorption rate, since i'm going to take in a shake only once to twice a day.