lactose intolerance

Yeah.

This one's titled Ice Cream, You Scream, We're Both Lactose Intolerant.

Oh, that's cute.

Yeah.

I guess.

I do think that I've got some adult onset lactose intolerance happening.

Yeah, just stop eating a whole tub of ice cream.

Well, that is the issue.

Exactly.

And we see this clearly in populations where lactose intolerance is more common.

like in East Asia and the Middle East.

It's fascinating because these regions have traditionally had less of a dairy-centric culture.

It's one thing to feel a bit bloated or have some gas, but think about the real impact.

For some, It can affect their quality of life in significant ways.

But to raise more to lactose intolerance than just discomfort, it's a complex condition with a lot of moving parts.

True.

We look at it as getting past a barrier.

Stephen, I could announce a policy that involves a free chocolate bar for everyone in Australia, and an opposition that is halfway good enough will line up the Lactose Intolerant, the Carib Producers Association, all of whom will say it's the end of the world.

And most of our election process is about stirring people up to think that a given decision is a terrible, terrible thing to have happen.

So if the game of politics has become about agitating the community and scaring them into saying something bad will happen, why not start the reform conversation with the everyday community saying, hey, this is what we can live with.

Yeah.

So they say it works for that, for your skin, hormones, lactose intolerance.

Let's talk about the lactose intolerance first-

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let's, let's-

What they're saying is that there are things in the milk that would help you digest the milk if it wasn't pasteurized, and this is a pretty easy one to debunk.

This has been well proven.

The evidence does not support the claim that raw milk improves lactose intolerance.

All right.

We're, we're gonna move to something less stressful but actually more common in the general population, and that is my favorite: lactose intolerance.

Mm.

Um, now lactose intolerance is a bit of a problem 'cause they come in for query milk allergies-

Yes

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And the IgE testing is not helpful at all.

There is absolutely no reason to do that, and that's what I tell families in very black-and-white terms.