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Newsgroups: sci.med Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!gatech!willis1.cis.uab.edu!spam.dom.uab.edu!user From: uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu!gila005 (Stephen Holland) Subject: Re: Lactose intolerance Message-ID: Followup-To: sci.med Sender: root@cis.uab.edu (Operator) Organization: Gastroenterology - Univ of Alabama References: Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 15:34:08 GMT In article , ng4@husc11.harvard.edu (Ho Leung Ng) wrote: > > > When I was a kid in primary school, I used to drink tons of milk without > any problems. However, nowadays, I can hardly drink any at all without > experiencing some discomfort. What could be responsible for the change? > > Ho Leung Ng > ng4@husc.harvard.edu You became older and your intestine normalized to the weaned state. That is, lactose tolerance is an unusual state for adults of most mammals except for h. sapiens of northern European origin. As a h. sapiens of asian descent (assumption based on name) the loss of lactase is normal for you. Steve Holland gila005@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu
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