Lactose Intolerance World Map – 2718 days old

[Azvarohi]

Jealousy? Speaking from the perspective of a lactose intolerant (like myself-which I think sucks).

I don't think he is jealous, he is just sceptical which is good.

For me, I would have died after a week if I didn't have any dairy products, looking at the amount I intake (milk, cream, whey, cottage chese etc).

[Froll]

I don't think he is jealous, he is just sceptical which is good.

For me, I would have died after a week if I didn't have any dairy products, looking at the amount I intake (milk, cream, whey, cottage chese etc).

I was kidding around, it's good to question, and I have read articles about milk that fit the description he mentioned but I see more in favour than against

Anyway, I nearly did die I think, but now I am in the process of relactication, slowly intaking a small amount of dairy every day to build up tolerance.

[rogers]

I am really surprised at the levels of intolerance in Southern Europe. I am certainly an acception to the rule as I could skull a full liter in one go when I was a teenager. I still drink milk straight from the bottle.


I am CT for rs4988235, meaning unlikely to be lactose intolerant.

[Froll]

I am really surprised at the levels of intolerance in Southern Europe. I am certainly an acception to the rule as I could skull a full liter in one go when I was a teenager. I still drink milk straight from the bottle.

Parts of the Balkans are the worst, something like 60%, which is a huge number for a European culture.

[Fawn]

My ancestry is from areas that are green on the map, and though I don't find myself doubled over after drinking milk or eating ice cream, I do get very nauseated. I still drink it regularly though; I never mentioned to my parents that it made me sick so they didn't stop giving it to me every morning.

[ludim]

I'm probably Lactose Intolerent because it starts of my alergies like when I eat cheese or othe dairy products.

[Pallantides]

All my ancestry is from the green areas and I'm highly Lactose tolerant.

[Magavariko]

Map of Europe (the third image shows the tolerance degree)



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link:

http://mapscroll.blogspot.com/2009/0...rance-map.html

[krotx]

I consume milk daily, don't know of a case of lactose intolerance in my family either.

[Saif ad-Dhib]

Maybe this is a dumb question that I have taken for granted.
How would one FULLY know if they are persistent or intolerant?

For those that do have that problem does Milk and Dairy give you problems EACH and EVERY TIME you use them. You would be sick after :
-eating a bowl of cereal with milk?
-drinking coffee with milk and or cream
-Ice cream?

How bad is it?

I absolutely cannot take large quantities of milk in an unprocessed form. Even pasteurized and homogenized milk is devastating to my digestion. When I consume a moderate-to-large quantity milk my body reacts with asthmatic episodes, diarrhea, excess production of gas, weight gain, mucus production, and my psoriasis breaks out. I can handle small quantities of milk powders used in baked goods, yogurt, sour cream, cheese, etc.

If I consume milk products over a long period of time the symptoms above subside, but I am instead treated to bleeding in my colon.