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To: TXBubba
It's interesting - I read somewhere that about 70% of Caucasians can digest milk, but about 70% of African-Americans cannot. Schools that force milk on kids are asking for a lot of upset tummies every afternoon.
20 posted on 04/23/2004 12:31:40 PM PDT by laurav
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To: laurav
It's interesting - I read somewhere that about 70% of Caucasians can digest milk, but about 70% of African-Americans cannot.

Interesting generalisation. Has anyone told the Masai?

Due to evolution (or IntDes), ability to digest lactose is associated with the traditional cattle raising regions: Europe, the Mid-east, the Indian sub-continent, East Africa.
But not the Orient, west Africa, and the Americas.

71 posted on 04/23/2004 3:24:33 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Despise not the jester. Often he is the only one speaking the truth")
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