• AngryDeuce@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I didnt get lactose intolerance until I was in my 30s. So weird that my body just decided “Nah, Im good with dairy products” all on it’s own.

    Really wish I would have discovered that earlier in life, before I developed my crippling cocoa pebbles addiction.

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      3 months ago

      So weird that my body just decided “Nah, Im good with dairy products” all on it’s own.

      That’s actually the normal way your body is supposed to be. Most mammals lose their tolerance a little after they are weaned. Only some portions of humans retained lactase in their guts, generally groups that were pastoralists retained lactase and other groups didn’t. It’s why most east asian don’t have lactose tolerance but Mongolians, some Sub-Saharan Africans, and Europeans do.