• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    About two thirds of the world’s population is lactose intolerant, on a global (not western) perspective, it’s weird to be lactose tolerant.

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      10 months ago

      i read somewhere that your race plays a big factor in if you become lactose intolerant. Pretty sure white people are the least likely to, I guess that’s where our obsession with cheese comes from

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            10 months ago

            my gut would beg to differ. I’m lactose intolerant and if I have too much cheese of any kind my stomach hurts. I can have more of it than I can have milk but the effects are the same if I overindulge in cheese

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          10 months ago

          hm, you could be right! seeing as one of the most common effects of triggering lactose intolerance is diarrhea which can easily lead to death if you don’t have a source of clean water to keep yourself well hydrated

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      10 months ago

      Indeed. Lactose tolerance is a powerful mutation. The rest of us should fear them for their superior genes.

      Edit: Queue rocking 90s X-Men cartoon theme song.

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      10 months ago

      I used to be lactose tolerant, 500 gallons of milk in my adolescence later I clear a room after a small glass.