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Article: Lactose Intolerance?
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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"The worst thing you can do is tell these people (with a lactose intolerance) not to eat dairy products," said Dennis A. Saviano, Ph.D., professor of foods and nutrition at Purdue University. "The best thing you can do is tell them to include milk every day in their diet in small amounts with their meals so that they can adapt."
People with a lactose intolerance have problems digesting lactose in the stomach. The sugar passes either partially digested or undigested into the large intestine. There, bacteria not normally exposed to lactose break it down, resulting in gas production, bloating, and flatulence. The amount of gas produced can be determined by measuring ...