Lisa is a 19-year-old college student who recently began experiencing symptoms of lactose intolerance. She recognizes the importance of consuming adequate dietary calcium, but does not want to further aggravate her gastrointestinal system. Select all of the dietary practices that can help Lisa meet her calcium needs without aggravating her lactose intolerance symptoms:.
1. Eat aged cheeses and yogurt.2. Drink low-lactose or lactase-treated milk, such as Lactaid.
3. Drink milk on an empty stomach.
4. Drink calcium-fortified soy milk.
5. Take lactase pills before eating or drinking dairy foods.

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1. Eat aged cheeses and yogurt. Pretty sure she SHOULD eat aged cheeses and yogurt. The small amount of lactose that's in the cheese, breaks down over time, resulting in an "older" cheese, and it's lactose free.

2. Drink low-lactose or lactose-treated milk, such as Lactaid. Well, being lactose intolerant means that your body can't fully digest sugar (lactose) in some dairy products.

So if you drink lactose/low-lactose milk, that means there's less lactose, so your body can fully digest it.

3. Drink milk on an empty stomach. Okay, first of all, you probably shouldn't even HAVE traditional milk, if you are lactose intolerant... assuming you're NOT lactose intolerant, it's okay, but since Lisa IS lactose intolerant...

NO MILK FOR YOU LISA (except for Lactaid/soy/rice).

4. Drink calcium-fortified soy milk. Not much to say on this... Soy milk is lactose-free, and therefore is safe to drink. But it doesn't have that much calcium, but since you're making it calcium-fortified, it's good for Lisa to drink.

5. Take lactase pills before eating or drinking dairy foods. Lactase pills work differently on different people, but normally, it allows you to have dairy foods if you eat the pill before you eat.