Adult men should not drink milk
21 Nov Genetically, babies need milk – adults not so much. But northern Not really – it made sense to drink milk at one time, so we adapted to do so.
Should humans drink cow’s milk? | Life and style | The Guardian
12 Feb Fact: Milk is for babies and children. If you are an adult—i.e., not a baby or child— you should not be drinking milk.
Description:Six studies containing almost , women could find no association between drinking milk and lower rates of fractures. Watch this video where she explains why as a biologist she hates paleo logic. Today, the highest proportion of people with lactase persistence live in Northwest Europe, especially the Netherlands, Ireland and Scandinavia. The sugar in it is called lactose and lactose requires a chemical or enzyme called lactase to allow it to pass across the walls of the gut into the blood stream. If you're American or European it's hard to realize this, but being able to digest milk as an adult is one weird genetic adaptation. Milk is an interesting foodstuff. No other species but humans can.
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