Nutrition

Lactose Intolerant Girls Can Have Their Milk and Drink It

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 20th, 2000

Teenage girls who can't adequately digest lactose can still consume enough dairy products every day to provide their recommended daily dose of calcium, new research suggests.

And they can do so with minimal symptoms of lactose intolerance.

The key is to slowly add dairy products to the diet, said Steve Hertzler, a study co-author and an assistant professor of medical dietetics at Ohio State University, Columbus.

The study involved 14 African-American girls. Nearly 60 to 80% of African Americans cannot adequately digest lactose, according to Hertzler.

At the end of three weeks of eating and drinking...

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