Can you digest cow`s milk?Maybe you confused by the queation,but,someone can`t!
By Thyme1
@Thyme1 (48)
China
January 1, 2010 12:50am CST
Some foods require very specific enzymes for digestion .Milk sugar needs an enzyme,called lactase to convert it to glucose and galactose,carbuhydrates needed by the body for energy.some people do not produce lactase or have a deficient amount of enzyme .
Lactase deficiency can be inherited,and infants it occures severe form,persisting throughout life.Some people davelop the condition later in life,many when they are forties.people with this disorder,called lactose intolerance,have difficulty dygesting cow`s milk .The condition currently considered incurable;however,symptoms can be controlled and relived with a diet free of milk and milk products.
It`s diffuclt for the people who have that problem to keep a diet and to absorb calsium from milk. There are a lot of products containing milk.
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4 responses
@sweetbali4you (359)
• India
1 Jan 10
yes i think cow's milk is very tasty in drinking and easy to digest it healthy fit healthy see healthy and look healthy
@Thyme1 (48)
• China
2 Jan 10
yes,food and drink contained milk are good and healthy ,but it`s some kind of problem to some people to digest ,becouse their body is lack of one type of enzyme.what`s worse ,it`s uncurable so far.The people just prevent it by not eating cow`s milk.I think it is hard to them!
@OYGAK2005 (371)
• Saudi Arabia
1 Jan 10
hi....bb...i like to consume milk but not usually anyway...also i think my stomach function is good so don't aworry about use milk.hi...it is really usefull topict .and a good many people don't pay attention to this point in our society...and hi goog luck happy afternoon....
@thorgrym (675)
• United States
14 Jan 10
Welcome to myLot.
Personally, I have no problem drinking and digesting milk. I am grateful for that, because I really do love milk.
It is interesting to me that lactose intolerance has become so widespread in relatively recent years. I think that a lot of the issues are a result of the processing that milk goes through - especially the lower fat varieties (2%, 1%, skim). Years ago, when the only options we had were whole milk and skim milk, it seemed that lactose intolerance was virtually unheard of. People drank milk, poured it on their cereal, cooked/baked with it, etc. without any real issues.
With the low-fat craze, we began to see 2% fat and 1% fat varieties hit the market. In order to get these varieties, producers essentially dehydrate the milk and remove the fat. They then reconstitute the powder and combine it (homogenize) with more milk to get the desired consistency. I think that it is entirely possible that this processing is to blame for our widespread lactose intolerance. The nutritional profile of regular milk is as it should be. The fat content 'buffers' the lactose thus preventing our bodies from 'over-reacting' to it.
If we stopped trying to improve on nature, I really think the world would be in a better place nutritionally.
Great topic!
