One time on Usenet, "Nancy1" > said:
>
> Gabby wrote:
> >
> > Just because you didn't hear of it doesn't mean it wasn't there. There are
> > entire world populations who are lactose intolerant. Canada made an ass of
> > itself a few years ago shipping powdered milk to a country where most people
> > can't drink it because they can't digest lactose. It's just a case of a
> > missing enzyme. There is now more recognition of the problem. Years ago it
> > would most likely have been diagnosed as something else.
>
> I have read lately that yogurt is a common "antidote" to people who
> have stomach problems/enzymes missing, or something like that. But
> yogurt is a dairy product.

Yeah, but good yogurt has lots of friendly live bacteria in it (such
as acidophilus, IIRC). They can help one digest the proteins in milk
products that cause the problems. This is especially true of people
who have to take a lot of antibiotics, as they kill the good bacteria
as well as the nasty ones...


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Jani in WA (S'mee)
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