Lactose intolerance is actually the human norm – but racism, the US government and business interests have made it into a condition
Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/51273123
https://theconversation.com/lactose-intolerance-is-actually-the-human-norm-but-racism-the-us-government-and-business-interests-have-made-it-into-a-condition-286550Open linkView original on lemmy.hogru.ch
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How can congealed mammary fluid shoulder blame?
Cuz it still has lactose
Exercise and plenty of protein, from cheese ofc
I had to look up the rates of intolerance and admit I was surprised at how high they were.
Wikipedia has a good map:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance#Epidemiology
Wow, I always thought it was Japan that had the highest rate.
that's % people who can digest. Invert for intoorrance
Oh LOL 🤣
We are just highly aware.
It’s genetic and we all grow up with milk as a normal thing in many countries with European heritage, so it’s easy to not realize that there are large populations where almost everybody is intolerant.
In Australia, flavoured milk is huge. My Polynesian colleagues would wince when I downed a 600ml strawberry Big M while on smoko (break).
Human babies are weaned onto calf etc milk
Weaning them onto calf etc milk is a slow process while they adapt to be able to consume something they were never meant to consume.