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A2 milk is (was?) very popular in China, people bought it and shipped it back home so much that some stores had to implement quotas here in Aus. It supposedly h

by hnick 5y ago

A2 milk is (was?) very popular in China, people bought it and shipped it back home so much that some stores had to implement quotas here in Aus. It supposedly has the same amount of lactose but fewer symptoms of intolerance.

cheese_goddess 5y ago
A2 is one of the two most common variants of β-casein, the dominant type of protein in cow's milk (A1 is the other most common variant and they're named in the order in which they were identified). A2 has nothing to do with lactose, which is a sugar, not a protein. So "A2 milk" is milk with a smaller amount of A2 β-casein than normal and it should make no difference to people who cannot digest lactose. Be aware also that the health claims surrounding "A2 milk" are bunkum, much like the claims about "Real Water" [1] etc "health foods". From wikipedia: > The a2 Milk Company claims that milk containing A1 proteins is harmful, and some companies producing goat's milk products make similar claims,[5] but a 2009 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review found that it could not be established that bioactive peptides in milk containing both the A1 and A2 proteins have an adverse effect on health. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2_milk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2_milk ______________ [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/21/real-water-alkalized-liver-illness-death https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/21/real-water-a...
- hnick 5y ago
  Yeah I assumed as much but didn't care to research for my own benefit because I buy something else. They're really into Manuka honey too, which AFAIK was proven to work but only for topical applications. They tend to chase these 'health' trends a lot with foreign products from what I've seen. The melamine milk scandal probably has a lot to do with it all.

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A2 milk is (was?) very popular in China, people bought it and shipped it back home so much that some stores had to implement quotas here in Aus. It supposedly h

by hnick 5y ago

cheese_goddess 5y ago
A2 is one of the two most common variants of β-casein, the dominant type of protein in cow's milk (A1 is the other most common variant and they're named in the order in which they were identified). A2 has nothing to do with lactose, which is a sugar, not a protein. So "A2 milk" is milk with a smaller amount of A2 β-casein than normal and it should make no difference to people who cannot digest lactose. Be aware also that the health claims surrounding "A2 milk" are bunkum, much like the claims about "Real Water" [1] etc "health foods". From wikipedia: > The a2 Milk Company claims that milk containing A1 proteins is harmful, and some companies producing goat's milk products make similar claims,[5] but a 2009 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review found that it could not be established that bioactive peptides in milk containing both the A1 and A2 proteins have an adverse effect on health. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2_milk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2_milk ______________ [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/21/real-water-alkalized-liver-illness-death https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/21/real-water-a...
- hnick 5y ago
  Yeah I assumed as much but didn't care to research for my own benefit because I buy something else. They're really into Manuka honey too, which AFAIK was proven to work but only for topical applications. They tend to chase these 'health' trends a lot with foreign products from what I've seen. The melamine milk scandal probably has a lot to do with it all.