MCQ 8. A pregnant woman who has a lactase deficiency and cannot tolerate milk in her diet is concerned that she will not be able to produce milk of sufficient caloric value to nourish her baby.
What should she be advised?
a. She must eat pure galactose in order to produce the galactose moiety of lactose.
b. She will not be able to breast feed her baby because she cannot produce lactose.
c. Production of lactose by mammary glands do not require ingestion of milk or milk products.
d. She can produce lactose by degrading alpha-lactalbumin.
e. She must eat pure fructose which will be converted to galactose moiety of lactose.
