The milk sugar dilemma
Subtitle: living with lactose intolerance
By: Sherlyn Skinner and Richard A. Martens.
Contributors: Martens, Richard A.
Publisher: Medi-Ed Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: East Lansing, MI (P.O. Box 957, East Lansing 48823)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Lactose intolerance -- Popular works.; Lactose intolerance -- Diet therapy -- Recipes -- Popular works.
Description: Abstract: Accumulating evidence has shown that a large fraction of the world's adult population may be lactose intolerant - the inability to effectively digest the milk sugar, lactose. The problem, frequently overlooked, commonly misdiagnosed and underestimated because it is rarely a nutritional problem, produces such symptoms as diarrhea, flatulence and cramps. The people who actually tolerate lactose are considered to be the unusual ones. It is the intention of this text to explain lactose intolerance in non-medical terms, to familiarize the afflicted with its dietary management, and to be used by professionals in counseling patients. Discussions of what lactose intolerance is, how digestion functions, achieving good nutrition without lactose, lactose-rest ricted diets, food shopping, eating out, lactose-free products, and recipes are topics addressed. A glossary of terms, RDA's, tables of food nutrient contents/lactose content, recipe sources, and references are included.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 183-185.
Includes index.