[allmendream]

Made up? The majority of humans are lactose intolerant because they, like just about every other mammal, ‘turn off’ the gene for the enzyme lactase shortly after they cease being nursed.

In most Northern European populations, and some cattle herding African populations - there is a mutation in the control region that would result in the lactose gene being packaged up (i.e. turned off) in chromatin after breast milk was no longer part of the daily diet.

As a result some populations continue to produce lactase (the enzyme that digests lactose - the sugar in milk) throughout their life.

YAY ICE CREAM!!!!

[radiohead]

<YAY ICE CREAM!!!!

I have been lactose intolerant for years. Most people of color are lactose intolerant to some degree.

I’m all about ice cream, but find that I can’t tolerate the premium stuff; too much real cream, not enough air! But give me some Blue Bunny and I’m all right, as long as I don’t eat too much at once.

I got 1 scoop of local dairy ice cream at our county fair and was sick before I got home, which took maybe 10 minutes. So yeah, no fine ice cream for me.

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I said I thought that I didn’t believe it until I knew someone that had it.

What bothers me is that we didn’t have (or notice) these things when I grew up. I never heard of any kid having a peanut allergy, never and I also never heard of anyone having a problem with milk and back then, everyone’s lunch had those little cartons of milk in them.

Now, I know peanut allergies aren’t just inconvenient but deadly and I wonder where it came from, what is different? I think I would have heard of a another kid dying, I grew up in a small community.

What has changed, that’s what I would like to know because what if the allergens increase increase in the number of people they affect and what if instead of an upset GI system, what if they turn deadly?

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Dang it all, I forgot to mention. Once I learned of a friend’s lactose intolerance, I started paying attention and noticed I felt different if I had regular milk (I am not a big milk drinker). I don’t want to gross you out but it seems to increase and thicken mucus production, not by a big amount but you could tell after milk. No fat milk is better and I feel nothing with Soy milk.

I can’t remember the last time I had real milk.