Patent ID: 7029702

Claim:
A method for increasing lactose tolerance in a subject experiencing lactose intolerance comprising the steps of: a) administering a first dosage of a lactose containing product to the subject each day for a first predetermined number of days, wherein said first predetermined number of days is 42 days, and wherein said first dosage comprises administering either about 1 tablespoon of milk or about 0.8 grams of lactose powder for days 1 to 3 of said first predetermined number of days; b) administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of live cultured bacteria to the subject each day in conjunction with the administration of said first dosage, the administration of the live cultured bacteria commencing on the first day of said first predetermined number of days and continuing for two days; c) increasing said first dosage over the course of said first predetermined number of days, said first dosage increasing at a rate of 1 additional tablespoon of milk or about 0.8 additional grams of lactose powder for each day beginning with day 4 of said first predetermined number of days such that by about day 18 of said first predetermined number of days said first dosage is about 16 tablespoons of milk or about 12.8 grams of lactose powder; d) administering a second dosage of the lactose containing product to the subject each day starting at day 19 of said first predetermined number of days, wherein said second dosage comprises about 1 tablespoon of milk or about 0.8 grams lactose powder; and e) increasing said second dosage over the course of said first predetermined number of days, wherein said second dosage increases at a rate of about 1 additional tablespoon of milk or about 0.8 additional grams of lactose powder for each day such that by about day 34 of said first predetermined number of days said second dosage is about 16 tablespoons of milk or about 12.8 grams of lactose powder, said second dosage being administered at a time of the day other than when said first dosage is administered.