Global Advances in Health and Medicine | |
Survey to Determine Why People Drink Raw Milk: | |
Gerard E.Mullin1  | |
关键词: Lactose; raw milk; lactase; maldigestion; | |
DOI : 10.7453/gahmj.2014.041 | |
学科分类:医学(综合) | |
来源: Sage Journals | |
【 摘 要 】
Background:Fragility fractures associated with osteoporosis extract a large financial and personal toll on society. Pharmaceutical or dietary calcium intake is needed to increase bone mineral density to prevent fragility fractures. Although dairy products are a good source of calcium, patients who are unable to digest lactose tend to avoid them and are put at a greater risk for fracture than the general population. Anecdotal reports suggest that lactose maldigesters, when consuming raw milk, have a dramatic reduction in symptoms relative to pasteurized milk. The mechanism of the reported reduction in symptoms, if true, is unknown. The purpose of the current study was to survey raw milk drinkers to ascertain their health-related motivations for consuming raw milk, especially as they relate to lactose maldigestion.Methods:An online survey regarding raw milk was completed by 153 of 1527 members of a raw milk–buying community.Results:The primary reason the respondents cited for drinking raw milk was that they...
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