A DOUBLE-BLIND TEST OF THE ABILITY OF LACTAGEN®
FORMULA TO
REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
Chris Landon, M.
D.
, Tracy Tran, M.
D.
, David B.
Connell, Ph.
D.
, Ventura County Medical Center, Landon Research
Institute, Ventura, California; Cambridge...
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A DOUBLE-BLIND TEST OF THE ABILITY OF LACTAGEN®
FORMULA TO
REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
Chris Landon, M.
D.
, Tracy Tran, M.
D.
, David B.
Connell, Ph.
D.
, Ventura County Medical Center, Landon Research
Institute, Ventura, California; Cambridge Strategies, LLC.
, Cambridge, Massachusetts
ABSTRACT: A number of adults believe they are lactose intolerant but do not actually have
impaired lactose digestion.
To assess intervention outcomes, it is important to identify those who are
truly lactose intolerant.
We developed a summed Likert rating scale to reflect the underlying latent
properties that must be inferred rather than directly observed in screening for lactose intolerance.
Subjects: Over two hundred self diagnosed persons with lactose intolerance were recruited and prescreened using the Likert symptom scale.
The symptoms rated included bloating, abdominal pain,
abdominal cramps, watery diarrhea and nausea.
A score of 9 or higher combined with no
information suggestin
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