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Article: CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
- Article from:
- Journal of the National Medical Association
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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Barriers to Improving Dairy Consumption by African Americans
According to current research, social and cultural habits and attitudes can affect tolerance to milk. Johnson and colleagues (1993a) studied 45 African-American subjects who had confirmed lactose maldigestion or low lactase levels. In a double-blind test, each subject received 315 mL of lactose-containing milk or lactose-hydrolyzed milk alternately on three different days. One-third of the subjects experienced symptoms of intolerance to both types of milk, indicating their symptoms were not due to lactose. Estimates of the prevalence of lactose maldigestion can overestimate the number of people who experience symptoms after ...