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← Human Body & HealthWhich consequence results when undigested lactose enters colonists?
A)Increased intestinal gas production✓
B)Enhanced vitamin K absorption
C)Reduced beneficial bacteria growth
D)Decreased small bowel peristalsis
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Undigested lactose becomes substrate for bacterial fermentation, thereby increasing hydrogen and methane production. Therefore increased gas results, rather than improved vitamin absorption, because lactose breakdown occurs through different pathways.
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