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No difference in symptoms during challenges with homogenized and unhomogenized cow's milk in subjects with subjective hypersensitivity to homogenized milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2003

Laura Paajanen
Affiliation:
Division of Nutrition, Dept. of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland (Present position is 4) Foundation for Nutrition Research, P.O. Box 30, FIN-00039 Helsinki, Finland
Tuula Tuure
Affiliation:
Valio, Ltd., Research and Development, P.O. Box 30, FIN-00039 Valio, Finland
Tuija Poussa
Affiliation:
STAT-Consulting, Pyynikintie 25, FIN-33230 Tampere, Finland
Riitta Korpela
Affiliation:
Valio, Ltd., Research and Development, P.O. Box 30, FIN-00039 Valio, Finland Foundation for Nutrition Research, P.O. Box 30, FIN-00039 Helsinki, Finland Institute of Biomedicine, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

It has been hypothesized that certain consumers tolerate untreated cow's milk, but react to processed (i.e. homogenized and pasteurized) cow's milk although they do not suffer from IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy or lactose intolerance. The aim of the study was to compare the tolerance of unhomogenized and homogenized cow's milk in lactose tolerant adults who had repeatedly experienced better tolerance of unhomogenized than homogenized milk. Forty-four subjects were challenged with homogenized and unhomogenized cow's milk for five days in a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study. No differences in the symptoms during the challenges were found. Roughly half the subjects tolerated the homogenized milk better and the other half tolerated the unhomogenized milk better. The results of this study show no difference in the tolerance of homogenized and unhomogenized milk in adults with self-reported symptoms suggestive of hypersensitivity to homogenized milk.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2003

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