Youre drinking the wrong kind of milk About a quarter of all Americans suffer from some symptoms related to lactose intolerance. Is there something wrong with us? Or are we just drinking the wrong blend? From MoJos Josh Harkinson: Youre drinking the wrong kind of milk. An emerging body of research suggests that many of the 1 in 4 Americans who exhibit symptoms of lactose intolerance could instead be unable to digest A1, a protein most often found in milk from the high-producing Holstein cows favored by American and some European industrial dairies. The A1 protein is much less prevalent in milk from Jersey, Guernsey, and most Asian and African cow breeds, where, instead, the A2 protein predominates. Weve got a huge amount of observational evidence that a lot of people can digest the A2 but not the A1, says Keith Woodford, a professor of farm management and agribusiness at New Zealands Lincoln University who wrote the 2007 book Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health, and the Politics of A1 and A2 Milk. More than 100 studies suggest links between the A1 protein and a whole range of health conditions—everything from heart disease to diabetes to autism, Woodford says.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:26:06 +0000
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