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SciShow Kids
How Does Food Get to Our Stomachs and More Answers to Your Questions! | SciShow Kids
This week, Mister Brown joins Squeaks to answer a bunch more of your questions about the Earth and about our bodies!
Amoeba Sisters
Enzymes (Updated)
The Amoeba Sisters explain enzymes and how they interact with their substrates. Vocabulary covered includes active site, induced fit, coenzyme, and cofactor. Also the importance of ideal pH and temperatures for enzymes are discussed.
Curated Video
What Is Lactose Intolerance?
Howcast - Learn about lactose intolerance from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems and digestive disorders.
Curated Video
Meet the ADORABLE disaccharides - maltose, sucrose and lactose
When 2 monosaccharides come together and form a glycosidic bond, they become a disaccharide. In this video, we will be looking at the structure and examples of disaccharides we find in nature.
Science ABC
Are Humans The Only Species To Drink Milk Of Other Species?
When it comes to mammals, we are the only species that drinks milk directly from other species, or we are the only one that does so in adulthood. Most juvenile animals can drink and digest their mothers milk because they carry the enzyme...
Institute of Human Anatomy
Is Dairy ACTUALLY Bad For You?
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the how lactose in metabolized in the body, the eventual slowdown and ceasing of lactase, what happens to the colon when bacteria start consuming lactose, and the...
Curated Video
The Merits of Milk
Dr. Algae talks about the importance of choosing healthy foods to eat. He revisits The Fabulous Five Food Groups and focuses this lesson on the milk group.
JJ Medicine
Chronic Diarrhea: Approach to Cause, Secretory vs Osmotic vs Inflammatory, Watery vs Bloody Diarrhea
Chronic Diarrhea | Approach to Causes, Secretory vs Osmotic vs Inflammatory, Watery vs Bloody Diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea is diarrhea occurring for greater than 2-4 weeks, and it is broadly categorized into secretory, osmotic,...
Chronic diarrhea is diarrhea occurring for greater than 2-4 weeks, and it is broadly categorized into secretory, osmotic,...
Next Animation Studio
Cow bred to produce low-lactose milk
Chinese scientists say they have developed the world's first genetically modified calf that will produce low-lactose milk. Scientists at Inner Mongolia University injected genes from bacteria-like organisms known as archaea into cells...
JJ Medicine
Best & Worst Foods to Eat with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | Reduce Risk and Symptoms of IBS
Best & Worst Foods to Eat with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | How to Reduce Risk and Symptoms of IBS
IBS is a functional bowel disorder involving intermittent and chronic abdominal pain that is associated with changes in...
IBS is a functional bowel disorder involving intermittent and chronic abdominal pain that is associated with changes in...
Catalyst University
Lactase & the Mechanism of Lactose Intolerance
1) What is the function of the enzyme, lactase? 2) What is the cause of the flatulence and diarrhea associated with lactose intolerance?
Curated Video
Are Humans The Only Species To Drink Milk Of Other Species?
When it comes to mammals, we are the only species that drinks milk directly from other species, or we are the only one that does so in adulthood. Most juvenile animals can drink and digest their mother’s milk because they carry the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture
Got milk? Only two cultures have had it long enough to develop the tolerance of lactose as an adult. Learn how the responsible genes evolved along with the cultures that have been consuming milk. This rich film is supplied with a few...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Lactose Digestion in Infants
A quick video clip that shows the lactase enzyme produced in the small intestine of infants. It digests lactose by breaking it into glucose and galactose. [0:53]