Sooo im eating apple and pomegranet flavored frozen yogurt, im addicted! I can eat a huge bowl full and not feel sick but ice cream i can only eat a little before my tummy aches! So what about you, do you prefer frozen yogurt or ice cream?
Thanks for all that info! I never knew that it isnt really natural for us to drink milk! Very interesting i will have to look into those pills!Originally Posted by strange_wings
Lactose intolerance. Most people are to some degree simply due to the fact that it's really not natural to drink milk after weaning.
That said the reason yogurt and frozen yogurt is easier for some people to eat is because bacteria and enzymes in it can help some people break down lactose a bit better.
I'm mildly lactose intolerant (depends on what else is going on with my GI at the time) and can tolerate frozen yogurt better. It still bothers me sometimes but not to the degree that ice cream usually does.
Those that have issues with ice cream may want to try taking some lactase pills shortly before eating and see if it helps at all.
Lol yea funny no one notices how no other species besides humans drink milk after they're babiesOriginally Posted by JuneBugBear07
Thanks for all that info! I never knew that it isnt really natural for us to drink milk! Very interesting i will have to look into those pills!
Just like how most people don't even know about lactose intolerance, maybe they simply don't know or have not shared it with you?Originally Posted by ut0pia
I guess our gene pool is a little more adapted cuz I know most people there have never even heard of such a thing as lactose intolerance, and at other places it's like most people are lactose intolerant.
Hmm I am sure it's possible that I have northern european discent, but even in Eastern Europe where the population is so homogenous ethnically and racially (well by that I mean 99.9% percent caucasian) I am sure it is less prevalent and symptoms are so mild that we don't even think of it, compared to the US where we have a good portion of asians and african americans who are 70-100% lactose intolerant and you hear so many times when you offer someone milk "no thanks i'm lactose intolerant" lolOriginally Posted by strange_wings
Only around 30% of the world population is naturally adapted to produces lactase lifelong, mainly those from Northern Europe, and to a lesser degree some parts of Africa and the Middle East. Eastern Europe is more of those who lack that mutated gene, but who knows - maybe you have some ancestors from elsewhere, too?
Could be - though I'm mostly of Northern European descent and if I really think about it I can recall various family members eating little if any dairy. No one mentioned being bothered by it until I asked. My dad gets heartburn/cramping, my grandmother did, too. I think my mother mumbled something about gas but didn't want to discuss it.Originally Posted by ut0pia
Hmm I am sure it's possible that I have northern european discent, but even in Eastern Europe where the population is so homogenous ethnically and racially (well by that I mean 99.9% percent caucasian) I am sure it is less prevalent and symptoms are so mild that we don't even think of it, compared to the US where we have a good portion of asians and african americans who are 70-100% lactose intolerant and you hear so many times when you offer someone milk "no thanks i'm lactose intolerant" lol