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Lactose Intolerance Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Removing milk products from the diet usually improves the symptoms. However, not having milk in the diet can lead to a shortage of calcium, vitamin D, riboflavin, and protein. Add other sources of calcium to the diet if you remove milk products.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 22, 2008
Pediatricians might recommend that parents of newborns and very young children who are suspected of having lactose intolerance simply change from cow's milk to a soya formula. Since there is no treatment that can improve the body's ability to prod...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Since there is no treatment that can improve the body's ability to produce lactase, treatment for lactose deficiency is focused on controlling the diet. Most children affected by lactose intolerance do well if they limit their intake of lactose-co...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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