Lactose Intolerance

Carrie Underwood has taken her health habits a step further and transitioned from a vegetarian to become an all-out vegan. After seven years of no meat, the country star’s vegetarian stance has expanded to exclude dairy as well. Why the switch?...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

Does eliminating specific foods from the diet, such as sugar or wheat, provide health benefits? Such cleansing has become a popular way for people to lose weight, boost energy and eat more healthfully. Liz Lipski, academic director for the Master of...

Lifestyle Evolution Inc. has voluntarily recalled a number of its NuGO nondairy bars because the products contain milk, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Individuals with allergies to dairy run the risk of serious or life-threatening...

If your healthy eating plan has been on hiatus, it is time to get back on track to making healthful choices.  A motivator to eating right could be eating right with color. When you include all the colors of MyPlate (www.choosemyplate.gov) you are headed...

Big yellow construction trucks in the parking lot outside his office greet Bears coach Marc Trestman every morning. Giant mounds of dirt surround the Bears' headquarters. Part of the team's Lake Forest facility remains off limits as major renovations...

"Canned salmon: It does a body good" doesn't pack quite the same punch as that other slogan. "Got edamame?" Not much better. They're worth remembering though, given a growing movement away from milk. Consumption is at its lowest level in 36 years,...

For Maureen Burke, “gluten-free” is not just the latest diet trend -- it’s a way of life. Since being diagnosed with celiac disease in the late 1980s, Burke has wrestled with her intolerance of gluten. And now, as chef and owner of One...

Khalil Beckwith has never been formally diagnosed with lactose intolerance. He just knows that drinking milk makes him feel lousy. "When I drink milk with nothing else ... finishing the carton can be a nauseating endeavor," said Beckwith, a senior at...

How many cookies and how many glasses of milk does Santa drink on Christmas Eve? He would have to get a stomach ache. — True-Believer, El Centro A sweet little girl asked us this question, and it seemed like a great one for such a fine Christmas...

5:30 - 9 a.m.  Jonathon Brandmeier 7:05 a.m.  Lower Wacker Drive reopens today!  Johnny B welcomes Governor Pat Quinn to talk about the completion of the 300 million dollar project.  9 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Mike McConnell  10:05 a.m.  Mike McConnell...

Here's something you may not know about Open Table, the predominant online restaurant reservations system: When you book a table through the Open Table website, the restaurant is charged $1 per seated guest — so if you show up as a foursome, that'...