title: Improving Milk Intake in Milk-Averse Lactose Digesters and Maldigesters.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether a 21-day milk-drinking intervention could reverse milk aversion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants consumed increasing amounts of cow's milk for 21 days. Milk and dairy consumption, aversion, and likeness were assessed pre- and post-intervention and at 3 and 6 months post-intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  A large Midwestern university.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-seven milk-averse individuals completed the intervention, 26 completed the 3-month follow-up, and 24 completed the 6-month follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants self-reported milk and dairy consumption, aversion, and degree to which they liked milk.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of variance determined between-subject effects. Independent samples t test determined the effect of time. Fisher exact test determined factors affecting milk consumption.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lactose digesters and maldigesters showed a significant decrease in overall symptom scores after the milk intervention, with no significant difference between groups. Independent of digestive status, subjects demonstrated a significant decrease in aversion, an increase in the amount to which they liked milk, and an increase in milk and overall calcium consumption at 3 and 6 months post-intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest a reversal of milk avoidance and the possibility that milk avoiders can increase likeness and incorporate milk into their diet after exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Electronic address: leoconno@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Lauren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
authors.forename: Tracy K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
authors.forename: Dennis A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Savaiano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007787:Lactose Intolerance; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008892:Milk; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: food aversion; lactose digestion; milk