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How lactose tolerance in humans became widespread

How lactose tolerance in humans became widespread - Dairy News 7X7

Milk has often been branded as a superfood as it is rich in most of the nutrients necessary for health. However, how milk came to be an integral part of the human diet has been a conundrum to scientists because most of the world can’t digest the product. Studies on the global prevalence of this […]

Ancient Europeans farmed dairy—but couldn’t digest milk

Ancient Europeans farmed dairy—but couldn’t digest milk - Dairy News 7X7

Over the past 10,000 years, populations living far apart in Europe, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East separately acquired a key genetic change: the ability to digest the milk sugar lactose as adults. Researchers thought people who had that ability and lived in dairy farming cultures got a nutritional boost and had more children, […]