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Lactose Intolerance
Lactose Intolerance and Minorities: The Real Story
The Bottom Line
Many minorities avoid milk and other dairy foods due to lactose intolerance. As a result, they may be depriving themselves of milk's nutrients, particularly calcium, and increasing their risk of calcium deficiency-related diseases such as hypertension, stroke, colon cancer, and osteoporosis.
"Once [lactose intolerant minorities] become unaccustomed to drinking milk, they can experience intestinal discomfort when starting again. But those who never stop drinking milk have no such distress, and those who start again, but slowly, can handle dairy products perfectly well."
Robert Heaney, M.D.
John A. Creighton University Professor
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
The good news is that minorities are learning new strategies to help them enjoy dairy foods. For minorities and non-minorities alike, lactose intolerance doesn't have to be an obstacle to meeting calcium needs through milk and other dairy foods.
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