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Can’t drink milk? You’re “normal”! (Evolutionary notions re: lactose intolerance overturned)
CMI ^ | May 26, 2009 | David Catchpoole, Ph.D.

Posted on 05/26/2009 9:03:40 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts

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To: GodGunsGuts

Great, so now I’m abnormal....


21 posted on 05/26/2009 9:38:14 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

I had a carton of milk in the refrigerator that was so sour it had to be more than 6000 years old all by itself.


22 posted on 05/26/2009 9:40:12 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: GodGunsGuts

“Hi. My name is ______ and I’m lactarded.”


23 posted on 05/26/2009 9:40:41 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (If you haven't purged you company of 0bama supporters, you are part of the problem.)
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To: donmeaker

Interestingly dogs have juvenile wolf traits. Perhaps we were chimp pets?


24 posted on 05/26/2009 9:40:54 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: GodGunsGuts
For many years, lactose intolerance was regarded as abnormal, and was used by many as evidence of human evolution. As a measure of evolutionary “advancement”, milk-drinking seemed to fit the stereotype perfectly. Pale-skinnned northern Europeans usually retained full intestinal lactase activity into adulthood, in stark contrast to the world’s darker-skinned peoples who are only able to digest milk as infants or young children. Well, that’s the way the story went.

Whole statement is nothing more than made up green BS!!!!

25 posted on 05/26/2009 9:43:07 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Habibi

If lactose intolerance is the perfect original state, why did God promise the Israelites a land flowing with MILK and honey?


26 posted on 05/26/2009 9:43:51 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
Love milk too. I consume at least a gallon a week, closer to two. There's nothing better than a plate of brownies and a gallon of milk.

And yea, you want to soothe the stomach, milk is great.

27 posted on 05/26/2009 9:45:09 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: holdonnow

See, you’re normal after all.


28 posted on 05/26/2009 9:47:14 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Stop the wanton destruction of innocent squirrels!)
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To: ElectricStrawberry

Don’t confuse them with actual science.
Remember, you can’t spell Creationist without C-R-E-T-I-N.


29 posted on 05/26/2009 9:52:25 AM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: w1andsodidwe

I take about 3-4 times the recommended dose with good results. Easier to stick those in my pocket than a carrot. I’ll refrain from the ensuing joke.


30 posted on 05/26/2009 9:55:12 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: Habibi

LOL


32 posted on 05/26/2009 10:08:42 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Thanks for the daily laugh!


33 posted on 05/26/2009 10:14:27 AM PDT by blowfish
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To: GodGunsGuts

Guess i’m wierd, I drink over 4 gallons of whole milk a week.


34 posted on 05/26/2009 10:16:24 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: Beagle8U
“I used to drink gallons of milk every week and was quite sick several times a year.”

I'm just the opposite, I drink over 4 gallons of whole milk a week and haven't been sick in 65 years and have never had the flew.

Last time I was sick is when I had the measles when I was 8.

35 posted on 05/26/2009 10:21:28 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: w1andsodidwe

“Lactaide!!!”

I don’t have a financial interest in this stuff, but as the father of a kid that is profoundly lactose intolerant, let me suggest something. We were relieved to find that our son could drink the prepared Lactaide milk that you can purchase in the store, because kids really need the nutrients that they get from milk. However, as you know, it is ruinously expensive (’cause kids drink a LOT of Lactaide once they realize it won’t make them sick). What to do?

We thought about this for awhile and did our research. It turns out that there’s a company up in Canada called Gelda Scientific (google their website). They sell little squeeze bottles of lactase. Each bottle treats 80 qts. (20 gals). They’ll send you box of 12 of these little bottles for ~$120 (enough for 240 gals (yikes!)). I just drop about 25 drops of the stuff into a gallon of regular (cheap) milk, and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of days with my kids initial scribbled on it with a Sharpie. Now my son has his own gallon of what amounts to Lactaide (and it’s way cheaper than what it would cost if it was real Lactaide). He thrives on the stuff, and drinks a couple of gals/week.

You might consider this since, as you know, being lactose intolerant can be a bitch. Just an option to consider.


36 posted on 05/26/2009 10:23:40 AM PDT by Habibi ("We gladly feast on those who would subdue us". Not just pretty words........)
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To: w1andsodidwe

I fed my babies only milk for the first six months of their lives. By their sixth month, they were digesting this perfect food so completely that they didn’t have poopy diapers for 10 days at a time. My pediatrician said this was normal for 6 month old breastfed babies. I think they liked the milk made with coffee and peanut M & M’s the best.


37 posted on 05/26/2009 10:26:41 AM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

I read an old National Geographic article many years ago about Vikings in America.

They met and got along with the first “skraelings” (Indians) they met, even shared food with them, including milk products from the Viking supplies.

Then the Skraelings got sick, thinking they had been poisoned they gathered the tribes and attacked the Vikings and drove them away.


38 posted on 05/26/2009 10:29:55 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: GodGunsGuts

“However, “lactose deficiency” in adults is not in fact abnormal, but the norm!”

—Next in the news, being right handed is the norm!!!! :-)

This would have been an interesting article... 60 years ago.

“Evolutionary notions re: lactose intolerance overturned”

—I didn’t spot any “evolutionary notions” that were “overturned”. Maybe I missed it.


39 posted on 05/26/2009 10:32:25 AM PDT by goodusername
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To: blowfish

Ecclesiastes 7:6


40 posted on 05/26/2009 10:33:59 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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