Is lactose intolerance primarily an allergy to cow's milk ? As melo points out, we're not supposed to drink that at all. Or is it an allergy to all milks such as, say, goats milk which is supposedly okay for humans.
That said, I'm okay. I can eat more or less anything. Anything I avoid is by preference or disgust (especially oysters) keep to the Fen Causeway
And yes, we're all slightly intolerant of alcohol. Being sick from drinking too much as a youngster is because the stomach doesn't want that much alcohol in it at once, stopping being sick is a "learned" reaction.
But drinking booze is pretty much elective these days. keep to the Fen Causeway
one did fine, but the other was sick for a week.
lost appetite, moped around, no energy.
gave her some kidney tincture, encouraged her to drink more water, and with extra affection and massage, she came around fine, as per. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
I have a genetic defect that prevents the enzyme being made, ever. Most people make lactase that breaks down lactose when they are babies and this eases off as they grow older - hence why adults are more likely to be lactose intolerant. As pointed out elsewhere, we aren't 'supposed' to have milk in our diets once weaned off breastfeeding therefore no need to keep making the enzyme.
How did we come to be eating or drinking anything that we do?! Ad astra per aspera
My guess is that some herdsmen discovered they could give raw milk without making cheese out of it to toddlers, and stopped giving it as the kids developed intolerance - until at a point the kids didn't develop intolerance, and gained an evolutionary advantage. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Evolution in action !
Funnier yet: most probably co-evolution.
So, in societies where milk was really the only thing available during some periods, being lactose intolerant was strongly selected against (like: you might die).
It is the lactose in the milk that is specific to the problem and lactose is present in all mammal milk including goat etc. The reason goats milk is thought to be ok for some people who can't have cow's milk is because these people are allergic to cows milk protein, which is not present in goats milk. Ad astra per aspera
