eli5: Why is milk so important to the standard nutritional diet

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I heard 2/3 of the world is lactose intolerant, is this new? Or is there another reason

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Being Lactose Intolerant doesn’t mean that you can’t drink milk at all. And people have lactose intolerance to varying degrees. Lactose Intolerant means that you have difficulty digesting the lactose sugar in milk. Depending on your health and that of your colon this can cause a variety of symptoms including diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, bloating and gas. Many people suffer from mild versions of these symptoms without ever realising that it’s being caused by Lactose Intolerance.

It’s likely been part of our human makeup for quite some time but elements of modern life have exacerbated the condition in many people – factors like overuse of antibiotics or anti-inflammatories which unbalance your gut flora or damage your gut health.

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