Talk with a person who has been diagnosed with lactose intolerance. Consider helping this person learn more about the condition and how to obtain adequate calcium despite their inability to digest milk sugars completely.
- What are the major complaints or symptoms?
- Describe the physiological basis for these symptoms.
- Individuals with lactose intolerance may have individualized sensitivities to specific foods. Which dairy foods cannot be tolerated? Are any dairy foods tolerated?
- How can this individual obtain adequate calcium in the diet despite these food limitations? What alternative calcium-rich food choices do they have?
- What commercial products are available to improve digestibility of dairy foods? How do these products work?
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