60% of women suffer from lactose intolerance.  These women must avoid milk, ice cream and other dairy for fear of bloating, gassiness ande other symptoms of lactose intolerance.  Experts at the National Institutes of Health now say that sufferers of lactose intolerance can add dairy back into their diets.  And they should, because dairy products are important to one's diet--they help build muscle and reduce your risk of insulin resistance, PMS and osteoporosis.  Here are some of their suggestions on how to sneak dairy back into your daity diet--symptom free.

• Eat feta cheese.  Lactose intolerance is caused by the failure of the digestive tract to produce enough lactase--an enzyme that breaks down milk sugar.  Recent studies have shown that true Greek feta cheese (made of fermented goat's or sheep's milk) provides just enough milk sugar to kick-start lactase production without triggering any symptojms.  The recommended amount to consume is 2 oz. every day. 
• Next eat hard, aged cheese.  After eating the feta cheese for two weeks, you can cut in half any remaining symptoms by eating Swiss, Edam, sharp Cheddar or any other hard, aged cheese.  These cheeses are made from milk curds, which lack the whey that contains most of the milk sugar. 
• Eat yogurt.  Yogurt is loaded with milk sugars, but they are also packed with probiotic bacteria that can quickly break down those sugars in your digestive tract.  You should start with half a cup daily and gradually increase this to one to two cups daily.
• Now try milk.  A recent study at Purdue university, states that at this stage you should start sipping 2 oz. of milk with each meal.  Within two months, you should be able to increase this to three cups of milk per day without any of the symptons of lactose intolerance.