Lactose maldigestion is not an impediment to the intake of 1500 mg calcium daily as dairy products

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1118-1122

  Suarez, Fabrizis L ^a   Adshead, Jacqueline ^a   Furne, Julie K ^a   Levitt, Michael D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cheese; Dairy products; Lactose; Lactose intolerance; Lactose maldigestion; Milk; Women; Yogurt

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LACTOSE; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; MILK INTOLERANCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031757621     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.5.1118     Document Type: Article

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