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EurekAlert! ^ | 22-Dec-2008

[muawiyah]

About 99% of all persons of East Asian derivation cease producing lactase when they are about 6 or 7 years of age.

From then on they must always be on their guard to acquire lactase from pills, or yoghurt, or kim chi, or saurkraut so that food containing milk doesn't leap up and bite them right in the ascending colon.

Fish are a much better source of all the good stuff.

[Mase]

About 99% of all persons of East Asian derivation cease producing lactase when they are about 6 or 7 years of age.

What percentage of our population does that represent? What about all the others with no issues with intolerance? Shouldn't they be encouraged to drink milk for proper bone formation?

Those suffering from intolerance can also buy lactose reduced milk and other dairy products in addition to using enzyme tablets or drops. Many people with lactose intolerance can still drink as much as two cups of milk daily with meals (spread apart) without developing any gastrointestinal discomfort. Yogurt is also a solid source for calcium and phosphorous. People with lactose intolerance don't necessarily need to eliminate dairy products from their diets; all they simply need to do is choose dairy products carefully and find the right amount that they can consume without developing symptoms.

Fish are a much better source of all the good stuff.

You'd have to eat a lot of fish to make up for what's lost in not consuming dairy. The Japanese diet of today is high in fish yet they are still much smaller than we are. Of course, we haven't even mentioned the cost factor of fish vs. dairy or the fact that getting kids to eat that much fish may prove challenging.

Advising children to avoid milk and dairy byproducts is not the kind of advice anyone should be recommending.

[muawiyah]

You ask a good question. I only provided an answer regarding those of East Asian derivation. It's something like 25% of those of Central African derivation, and that includes 50 million "white" Americans with a black slave ancestor, so maybe 25 million+ right there, along with 3 million East Asians.

Then there's 5% of the "white" population who have no East Asian nor Central African ancestors who have the same problem.

Turns out it's a lot of people ~ tens of millions ~ and it's a guessing game every day whether or not the stuff they just ate is going to cause a problem.

With zero tolerance in schools, their children can't just take lactase pills ~ they'll be punished if they do that.

My solution is to simply reduce their exposure by eliminating the problem ~ no milk or milk byproducts in school lunches.

[Mase]

My solution is to simply reduce their exposure by eliminating the problem ~ no milk or milk byproducts in school lunches.

Punish the many for the few? This zero tolerance stuff is getting to be a real problem. I see why home schooling is becoming so popular. It's a brave new world.

[muawiyah]

Since the "many" are already being punished for the few (zero tolerance does that), and even the minority are being punished even more vigorously just for the heck of it (see Zero tolerance) there's a good reason to save tax dollars and shut down public schools.

When it becomes impossible for children to protect themselves from poisonous substances (to them) in the tax subsidized school lunch program, it's pretty clear the schools, in the aggregate, can't be entrusted to teach them either.