![]() ![]() The condition is called lactase deficiency, and it’s altogether common in people of Mediterranean, Asian, indigenous American, and African heritage (which is to say, most of the world), while among Northern Europeans and their descendants, lactase, and with it the ability to digest lactose, persists into adulthood. After that, fresh milk tends to make them feel nauseous, bloated, uncomfortable. It’s a gradual process that begins once they’re weaned and is usually complete by puberty. Lactose is digested through the work of a naturally occurring enzyme in the body called lactase the majority of humans, as they mature, stop producing that enzyme. It may come as a surprise to many North Americans, but the ability as adults to process the lactose in milk is not at all common. ![]() Was she lactose intolerant? Quite probably. She never drank a drop, at least not willingly, not even in her morning coffee she said milk disgusted her-although she loved ice cream and what we used to call store cheese, a firm, locally made cheddar, and neither of these milk products bothered her at all. ![]()
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