I am so confused

that's a stereotype? hell im black and I didn't know that..i'm lactose ontolerant myselg

Accually they are the only ppl who are not lactose intolerant are ppl from the northern herding regions of Europe. Every body who doesn't have some genitic tie to that area is lactose intolerant but some are asymptomatic

Humans being able to eat dairy past infancy is a fairly recent change (past 500 years or so) so it's no wonder not everyone can tolerate it yet.

Be thankful... Being lactose intolerant is painful. Especially if you love ice cream.

das rasis

What the heck is asymptomatic lactose intolerance? How would it exist without symptoms? I thought that was the entire definition of this food sensitivity.

Only Northern Europeans can process lactose properly because they've be raising it for About 3000years it to new to everybody else. You need a certain gene to process lactose only Northern Europeans have that gene. But if you don't have that gene while technically you are lactose intolerant you may not have symptoms

@268- I can understand this. I was vegan for a total of 3 months before deciding I couldn't live without cheese; but during that time I learned that humans are the only species to consume milk past infancy. Our bodies weren't originally built to process dairy and lactose well; but since we continue to consume it the body has found ways of adapting and processing it. It makes sense that people could technically be lactose intolerant while showing little to no symptoms once their bodies adapt.

The enzyme in our bodies used to break down lactose is called lactase. Lactose intolerance occurs when someone's body doesn't make enough of this enzyme to eat since dairy isn't technically necessary after infancy. Many decendents of Africa and China are lactose intolerant.