Think you're lactose intolerant? You might be wrong

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Researchers found that in fact, more than half the patients who thought they

couldn't digest lactose were mistaken. When they drank a lactose solution

corresponding to an entire quart of milk in the lab, their gut absorbed the

sugar normally and they experienced less cramping, gas and other bowel

trouble than at home.

" There is extended belief among patients with abdominal symptoms that these

are caused by lactose in dairy products, " the Spanish researchers write in

the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

" Although one should think that symptom intensity has to be greater after a

large lactose load than in daily life at home, our study shows just the

opposite, " they add.

The ability to digest lactose depends on an enzyme in the gut called

lactase. When there isn't enough of this enzyme, bacteria feast on the

leftover sugar, producing lots of gasses in the process.

In contrast to this so-called lactose malabsorption or maldigestion, lactose

intolerance refers to the symptoms -- for instance, flatulence and stomach

pain -- that occur after ingesting lactose.

The new study adds to a body of evidence showing that perceived lactose

intolerance may actually not be rooted in a biological inability to absorb

the sugar. Of 353 individuals referred to specialists for suspected lactose

maldigestion, as many as 189 turned out to absorb the sugar normally, with

fewer symptoms than at home.

It's not entirely clear why people who have no trouble digesting lactose

would get symptoms. The Spanish researchers, from the Hospital Universitari

Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, speculate that some patients could be suffering

from irritable bowel syndrome, which has similar symptoms.

Another possibility is that the symptoms are linked to a memory of earlier

over-consumption.

" If you did have an instance when you consumed too much, then you'd have

symptoms, and you'd remember that, " said Carol J. Boushey, a nutritional

scientist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, who was not

involved in the study. " It's something that's in your head after a while. "

Boushey, who is also a registered dietitian, said that cutting back on dairy

products as a result of perceived lactose intolerance could have a negative

health impact, including lower bone mass, higher blood pressure and colon

cancer.

She recommends that people who think they are lactose intolerant try to

drink small amounts of milk.

" You could drink a quarter cup of milk and see if you can handle it, " she

told Reuters Health. " But don't ever go over a cup. Every single person that

I asked to do that came back and said you're right. "

SOURCE: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, online April 10, 2010;

here <http://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565>%2810%2900337-X/abstract

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6445RL20100505

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" I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you

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Thanks for this ,

RE: " When they drank a lactose solution

corresponding to an entire quart of milk in the lab, their gut absorbed the

sugar normally and they experienced less cramping, gas and other bowel

trouble than at home. "

OKAY, so WHAT was the " lactose solution " ??? Why didn't they just use MILK?

Everything else is mute until you know if there were dairy proteins and

did they correlate to that found in pasteurized milk (vs cooked milk, etc) .

.. including fortification with supplments, etc.

And, it doesn't surprise me a bit tht people that react to diary aren't

just reacting to the lactose - many clients of mine have complained that they

can't drink lactaid milk either, so it's not always about the sugar that

causes symptoms.

(I even had a client react to the corn in the milk. . . did fine with milk

from grass-fed cows.

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corporation

Telecommuting Nationwide

(Mountain Time) home and cell

Fax:

DineRight4@...

" Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start

from now and make a brand new ending. "

~Carl Bard

Specialist in IBS, migraine, fibromyalgia and inflammatory conditions

which are often triggered by adverse reactions to foods and chemicals.

Co-author of the Certified LEAP Therapist Training Course.

In a message dated 5/6/2010 9:57:59 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

nrord1@... writes:

Researchers found that in fact, more than half the patients who thought

they

couldn't digest lactose were mistaken. When they drank a lactose solution

corresponding to an entire quart of milk in the lab, their gut absorbed the

sugar normally and they experienced less cramping, gas and other bowel

trouble than at home.

" There is extended belief among patients with abdominal symptoms that these

are caused by lactose in dairy products, " the Spanish researchers write in

the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

" Although one should think that symptom intensity has to be greater after a

large lactose load than in daily life at home, our study shows just the

opposite, " they add.

The ability to digest lactose depends on an enzyme in the gut called

lactase. When there isn't enough of this enzyme, bacteria feast on the

leftover sugar, producing lots of gasses in the process.

In contrast to this so-called lactose malabsorption or maldigestion,

lactose

intolerance refers to the symptoms -- for instance, flatulence and stomach

pain -- that occur after ingesting lactose.

The new study adds to a body of evidence showing that perceived lactose

intolerance may actually not be rooted in a biological inability to absorb

the sugar. Of 353 individuals referred to specialists for suspected lactose

maldigestion, as many as 189 turned out to absorb the sugar normally, with

fewer symptoms than at home.

It's not entirely clear why people who have no trouble digesting lactose

would get symptoms. The Spanish researchers, from the Hospital Universitari

Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, speculate that some patients could be suffering

from irritable bowel syndrome, which has similar symptoms.

Another possibility is that the symptoms are linked to a memory of earlier

over-consumption.

" If you did have an instance when you consumed too much, then you'd have

symptoms, and you'd remember that, " said Carol J. Boushey, a nutritional

scientist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, who was not

involved in the study. " It's something that's in your head after a while. "

Boushey, who is also a registered dietitian, said that cutting back on

dairy

products as a result of perceived lactose intolerance could have a negative

health impact, including lower bone mass, higher blood pressure and colon

cancer.

She recommends that people who think they are lactose intolerant try to

drink small amounts of milk.

" You could drink a quarter cup of milk and see if you can handle it, " she

told Reuters Health. " But don't ever go over a cup. Every single person

that

I asked to do that came back and said you're right. "

SOURCE: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, online April 10, 2010;

here <_http://www.cghjournhttp://www.cghjhttp://www_

(http://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565) >%2810%2900337-%2810%2900

_http://www.reuters.http://www.rhttp://www.reutehttp:_

(http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6445RL20100505)

--

Ortiz, MS, RD

" I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you

want to annoy for the rest of your life. "

" Cause of obesity, heart disease and cancer: Look at the end of your fork "

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this ,

RE: " When they drank a lactose solution

corresponding to an entire quart of milk in the lab, their gut absorbed the

sugar normally and they experienced less cramping, gas and other bowel

trouble than at home. "

OKAY, so WHAT was the " lactose solution " ??? Why didn't they just use MILK?

Everything else is mute until you know if there were dairy proteins and

did they correlate to that found in pasteurized milk (vs cooked milk, etc) .

.. including fortification with supplments, etc.

And, it doesn't surprise me a bit tht people that react to diary aren't

just reacting to the lactose - many clients of mine have complained that they

can't drink lactaid milk either, so it's not always about the sugar that

causes symptoms.

(I even had a client react to the corn in the milk. . . did fine with milk

from grass-fed cows.

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corporation

Telecommuting Nationwide

(Mountain Time) home and cell

Fax:

DineRight4@...

" Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start

from now and make a brand new ending. "

~Carl Bard

Specialist in IBS, migraine, fibromyalgia and inflammatory conditions

which are often triggered by adverse reactions to foods and chemicals.

Co-author of the Certified LEAP Therapist Training Course.

In a message dated 5/6/2010 9:57:59 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

nrord1@... writes:

Researchers found that in fact, more than half the patients who thought

they

couldn't digest lactose were mistaken. When they drank a lactose solution

corresponding to an entire quart of milk in the lab, their gut absorbed the

sugar normally and they experienced less cramping, gas and other bowel

trouble than at home.

" There is extended belief among patients with abdominal symptoms that these

are caused by lactose in dairy products, " the Spanish researchers write in

the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

" Although one should think that symptom intensity has to be greater after a

large lactose load than in daily life at home, our study shows just the

opposite, " they add.

The ability to digest lactose depends on an enzyme in the gut called

lactase. When there isn't enough of this enzyme, bacteria feast on the

leftover sugar, producing lots of gasses in the process.

In contrast to this so-called lactose malabsorption or maldigestion,

lactose

intolerance refers to the symptoms -- for instance, flatulence and stomach

pain -- that occur after ingesting lactose.

The new study adds to a body of evidence showing that perceived lactose

intolerance may actually not be rooted in a biological inability to absorb

the sugar. Of 353 individuals referred to specialists for suspected lactose

maldigestion, as many as 189 turned out to absorb the sugar normally, with

fewer symptoms than at home.

It's not entirely clear why people who have no trouble digesting lactose

would get symptoms. The Spanish researchers, from the Hospital Universitari

Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, speculate that some patients could be suffering

from irritable bowel syndrome, which has similar symptoms.

Another possibility is that the symptoms are linked to a memory of earlier

over-consumption.

" If you did have an instance when you consumed too much, then you'd have

symptoms, and you'd remember that, " said Carol J. Boushey, a nutritional

scientist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, who was not

involved in the study. " It's something that's in your head after a while. "

Boushey, who is also a registered dietitian, said that cutting back on

dairy

products as a result of perceived lactose intolerance could have a negative

health impact, including lower bone mass, higher blood pressure and colon

cancer.

She recommends that people who think they are lactose intolerant try to

drink small amounts of milk.

" You could drink a quarter cup of milk and see if you can handle it, " she

told Reuters Health. " But don't ever go over a cup. Every single person

that

I asked to do that came back and said you're right. "

SOURCE: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, online April 10, 2010;

here <_http://www.cghjournhttp://www.cghjhttp://www_

(http://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565) >%2810%2900337-%2810%2900

_http://www.reuters.http://www.rhttp://www.reutehttp:_

(http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6445RL20100505)

--

Ortiz, MS, RD

" I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you

want to annoy for the rest of your life. "

" Cause of obesity, heart disease and cancer: Look at the end of your fork "

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]