Lactose Intolerance

Many health authorities agree that milk and milk products are an important and practical source of key nutrients, for all people – including those who are lactose intolerant.

The following information provides health and nutrition professionals with the latest research related to lactose intolerance, as well as information on management strategies that can help individuals with lactose intolerance enjoy dairy foods and meet nutrient recommendations.

Advertorials

 

A New Conversation About Lactose Intolerance: Help Your Patients Enjoy Dairy Again

 

Dairy Council Digest

 

Lactose Intolerance: New Understandings - Volume 81, Number 4 July/August 2010

Lactose Intolerance Revisited Volume 79, Number 5 September/October 2008

Handouts

 

Attitudes & Beliefs About Lactose Intolerance & Lactose-Free Milk

Fall In Love With Dairy Again

The Lowdown on Lactose Intolerance: Making the Most of Milk

"Lactose Intolerance & Minorities: The Real Story"

CPE Certificate (The Lowdown on Lactose Intolerance: Making the Most of Milk)

Lactose Intolerance and Your Child

Presentations

 

Lactose Intolerance: Dispelling Myths and Helping People Enjoy Milk, Cheese & Yogurt Turnkey Presentation

Continuing Education Credit

Webinar: "New Directions in Lactose Intolerance: Moving From Science to Solutions"

Webinar Recording: "Lactose Intolerance: Health Consequences and Nutrition Solutions"

"Webinar Slides (PDF version): Lactose Intolerance: Health Consequences and Nutrition Solutions

Supporting Science

 

Scientific Summary: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Lactose Intolerance and Health: Consensus Statement and Implications

Scientific Summary: Prevalence of Self-reported Lactose Intolerance in a Multi-ethnic Sample of Adults (Nutrition Today, Sept/Oct 2009)

Scientific Summary: National Medical Association's Report on Lactose Intolerance and African Americans

AAP News, June 2007: Clearing Up Confusion on the Role of Dairy in Children's Diets

National Medical Association Lactose Intolerance and African Americans: Implications for the Consumption of Appropriate Intake Levels of Key Nutrients (October 2009)

National Medical Association Consensus Report (December 2004)

Links: Supporting Science

 

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Lactose Intolerance & Health

 

American Academy of Pediatrics Lactose Intolerance Report (September 2006)

 

Key Findings: National Medical Association Consensus Report (December 2004)

 

Jarvis JK, Miller GD. "Overcoming the barrier of lactose intolerance to reduce health disparities." Journal of the National Medical Association 2002 Feb;94(2):55-66

 

Buchowski, et al., "Dietary calcium intake in lactose maldigesting intolerant and tolerant African-American women." Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2002 Feb; 21(1):47-54

 

Suarez, FL., et al. "Tolerance to the daily ingestion of two cups of milk by individuals claiming lactose intolerance." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 1997; 65: 1502 - 1506

 

Jackson, K., Savaiano, D., "Lactose maldigestion, calcium intake and osteoporosis in African, Asian and Hispanic Americans." Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2001 20: 198S-207S.