Americans Could Pay $7 For A Gallon Of Milk If US Goes Off 'Dairy Cliff'

[Doremus]

39. It's a staple but it's certainly not "important."

"Approximately 65 percent of the human population has a reduced ability to digest lactose after infancy. Lactose intolerance in adulthood is most prevalent in people of East Asian descent, affecting more than 90 percent of adults in some of these communities. Lactose intolerance is also very common in people of West African, Arab, Jewish, Greek, and Italian descent.

The prevalence of lactose intolerance is lowest in populations with a long history of dependence on unfermented milk products as an important food source. For example, only about 5 percent of people of Northern European descent are lactose intolerant."

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/lactose-intolerance


The continued consumption of milk and dairy by our society is not only harmful to the environment but also to our health. It does NOT do a body good -- and not only for reasons of lactose intolerance.