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Can cats consume lactose-free milk?
John F. Eldredge wrote:
Cats can digest milk as kittens; the problem is that many (perhaps all) of them eventually stop producing the enzyme needed to digest lactose. And that makes sense to me. If the ability to digest milk is no longer necessary (because the baby has grown up and is hunting and/or foraging on its own), why devote the body's resources to that, when they could be put to better use for more important survival purposes? Joyce -- audiophile, n: Someone who listens to the equipment instead of the music. |
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Can cats consume lactose-free milk?
John F. Eldredge wrote: Cats can digest milk as kittens; the problem is that many (perhaps all) of them eventually stop producing the enzyme needed to digest lactose. Most humans have the same problem. As far as I know, the ability to continue digesting lactose into adulthood is mostly limited to those of European or South Asian ancestry, and even some of those folks develop the lactose-intolerance. I think you have the least lactose intolerance among residents of Scandinavia, Germany, the UK and Northern Europe because milk is still a common beverage for adults in those areas. France and Italy certainly use enough dairy products like cheese, but wine is more likely to be the adult beverage of choice with meals. |
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Can cats consume lactose-free milk?
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
m... John F. Eldredge wrote: Cats can digest milk as kittens; the problem is that many (perhaps all) of them eventually stop producing the enzyme needed to digest lactose. Most humans have the same problem. As far as I know, the ability to continue digesting lactose into adulthood is mostly limited to those of European or South Asian ancestry, and even some of those folks develop the lactose-intolerance. I think you have the least lactose intolerance among residents of Scandinavia, Germany, the UK and Northern Europe because milk is still a common beverage for adults in those areas. France and Italy certainly use enough dairy products like cheese, but wine is more likely to be the adult beverage of choice with meals. Unless we're talking about with breakfast, wine is certainly my beverage of choice with dinner I do drink a lot of milk and love snacking on good cheeses, though, so thank goodness I never became lactose intolerant! Jill |
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Can cats consume lactose-free milk?
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:06 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... John F. Eldredge wrote: Cats can digest milk as kittens; the problem is that many (perhaps all) of them eventually stop producing the enzyme needed to digest lactose. Most humans have the same problem. As far as I know, the ability to continue digesting lactose into adulthood is mostly limited to those of European or South Asian ancestry, and even some of those folks develop the lactose-intolerance. I think you have the least lactose intolerance among residents of Scandinavia, Germany, the UK and Northern Europe because milk is still a common beverage for adults in those areas. France and Italy certainly use enough dairy products like cheese, but wine is more likely to be the adult beverage of choice with meals. Unless we're talking about with breakfast, wine is certainly my beverage of choice with dinner I do drink a lot of milk and love snacking on good cheeses, though, so thank goodness I never became lactose intolerant! Jill It is my understanding that most South Asians (from India, Pakistan, etc.) can also continue to digest milk into adulthood. From what I have read, many Hindus who won't eat any form of meat, for religious reasons, don't have any religious objections to drinking milk and consuming other milk products such as yogurt, so it serves as an important protein source for them. -- John F. Eldredge -- "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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