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I saw that map some time ago together with the one here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence. Ho
by mparramon 6y ago
I saw that map some time ago together with the one here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence. However, after having lived in Southeast Asia for a while, I can attest that either the theory is quite wrong, or many many people drink milk with tea and coffee and then have a bad time in the bathroom daily.
- brippalcharrid 6y agoThe amount of lactose that a person's gut has to process is significantly less if they're only adding it to tea or coffee rather than drinking pints of it every day. But even so, I gather that people in Southern European countries like Italy don't generally tend to drink milk, apart from added to coffee, and even then only in the mornings. https://mydearitalia.wordpress.com/2019/03/16/italian-cappuccino-11-am-rule-the-ultimate-truth/ https://mydearitalia.wordpress.com/2019/03/16/italian-cappuc...
- mparramon 6y agoI lived in Spain for most of my life, and plenty of people drink milk in various forms: by itself, with chocolate or other flavourings, with cereals, muesli, etc. Supermarkets have huge shelfs for many brands of milk, and they're sold mainly in 6-packs.
- brippalcharrid 6y agoSpain is somewhere in the middle, with 30-35% of people being lactose-intolerant, making it a big market for lactose-free milk apparently. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9285380/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9285380/ https://www.bordbia.ie/industry/news/food-alerts/lactose-free-continues-to-grow-in-spain/ https://www.bordbia.ie/industry/news/food-alerts/lactose-fre...