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Got Milk Allergy?

  • December 23, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

If you’re lactose intolerant, it doesn’t mean you’re allergic to milk. People with lactose intolerance have a hard time digesting lactose, a sugar found in milk. But people with milk allergy have a more serious immune system reaction to the milk protein lactalbumin.

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