Most of the world's population can't digest milk!?

[CrONoS]

If I drink 125ml or less of milk, i"m ok. But if I drink a cup(250ml) of milk, my stomach(belly?) become pretty big and swelled!!

But no other effect.

I found at 25 y old that was milk who made my belly to swell. This effect last about two hours

[Dinner]

I drink milk and eat cheese all the time. I feel sorry for those suckers who can't.

[Tuberski]

It's already been pointed out that real cheese has little if any lactose in it.

I eat a ton of cheese.

ACK!

[Dinner]

What about yogurt? I eat lots of that too.

[Bill3000]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
could this be cultural? people who didn't drink milk when they were kids can't handle it when they become adults. kind of like obelix and the magic potion.

Most mammilian species lose the ability to digest milk (Significantly less production of lactice, really) once they grow up. Humans are a freak of nature in this regard, as well as cats.

[Verto]

Milk

[The Emperor Fabulous]

I don't eat cheese. Not because I can't digest it, but I hate the taste.

But milk = good, especially 2% (skim isn't milk, its white water)

[Dinner]

Not really freaks just products of evolutionary biology. If you live in an area with lots of cows & goats but the your crop fails then what do you do? You can't just kill and eat them all so you try to find another way to get calories out of them and dairy is the way to do it. Those who could eat dairy survived and those who couldn't died.

It wasn't just Europe which had such conditions as many Bantu groups (the largest native African language group) herded cattle but didn't farm thus they also had evolutionary pressure to favor the dairy eaters over the nondairy eaters.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
I don't eat cheese. Not because I can't digest it, but I hate the taste.

But milk = good, especially 2% (skim isn't milk, its white water)

HERITIC! BURN HIM!

[Jaguar]

I'm lactose intolerant. I have no patience for lactose, and I will not stand for it.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
I don't eat cheese. Not because I can't digest it, but I hate the taste.

But milk = good, especially 2% (skim isn't milk, its white water)

I know others that are similiar. I am pretty sure that cheese is an aquired taste.

Jon Miller

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by nostromo
How do you know if you're lactose intolerant?

If you get some kind of abnormal reaction to regular milk (not skimmed). Stomach ache, loose bowel, vomitting, etc.

I am lactose intolerant myself, although I don't have much problems with skimmed milk or chocolate milk (odd, that is). Soy milk is fine, though.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Soy milk is nasty (texture wise especially)

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Soy milk is nasty (texture wise especially)

Meh, uncivilised brute.

[Sprayber]

moo juice

moo juice intolerant