Lactose, lactase, and bowel disorders

Reducing hypolactasia-related gastrointestinal symptoms by improving the digestibility of lactose

Katri Peuhkuri

Institute of Biomedicine
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Helsinki
Finland

Academic dissertation

To be presented for public discussion, with the permission of the Medical Faculty of the University of Helsinki, in the Auditorium of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Siltavuorenpenger 10 A, on Friday, June 2nd 2000, at 12 noon.

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Ahmi, ahmi, nauti, nauti!
Vatsaan saapuu puhkutauti.
Vatsan seinä pullistuu,
masun rauha mullistuu.
Kautta kovan karhunkallon:
olo on kuin ilmapallon.
Ellei masu enää jousta
saatan vaikka ilmaan nousta.

Elina Karjalainen: Uppo-Nallen kootut runot

Eat up, little bear, and eat your fill
Till your stomach blows up and you're almost ill!
The walls of my tummy grow smooth and round,
And I can't stand up and I can't sit down.
I feel all over as tight as a drum,
From my hard bear head to my soft bare tum.
And I'll swell and swell till I think very soon
I'll just take off like a huge balloon!

Translated by Mimi Ponsonby

Supervised by Docent Riitta Korpela
Foundation for Nutrition Research
Helsinki, Finland
Professor Heikki Vapaatalo
Institute of Biomedicine
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Helsinki
Finland
Reviewed by Professor Hannu Mykkänen
University of Kuopio
Finland
Docent Pekka Pikkarainen
University of Tampere
Finland
Opponent Professor Antti Aro
National Public Health Institute
Helsinki, Finland