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From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Lactose intolerance
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes:
> In article , [email protected] (Ho Leung Ng) writes:
>>
>> When I was a kid in primary school, I used to drink tons of milk without
>> any problems. However, nowadays, I can hardly drink any at all without
>> experiencing some discomfort. What could be responsible for the change?
>>
>> Ho Leung Ng
>> [email protected]
OOPS. My original message died. I'll try again...
I always understood (perhaps wrongly...:)) that the bacteria in our digestive
tracts help us break down the components of milk. Perhaps the normal flora of
the intestine changes as one passes from childhood.
Is there a pathologist or microbiologist in the house?
Anne-Marie Rousseau
e-mail: [email protected]
(Please note that these opinions are mine, and only mine.)