Are you lactose intolerant? Yes, or no?

[Grace O'Malley]

Because we're Europeans. Europeans have the least amount of lactose intolerance.

Plenty of European are lactose intolerant. Which shouldn't be a surprise. Highest tolerance are in countries that had a big reliance on dairy farming. You'd be surprised at the amount in some European countries.

https://milk.procon.org/lactose-intolerance-by-country/

And figures are from this study which was published in the Lancet.

Country, regional, and global estimates for lactose
malabsorption in adults: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
Christian Løvold Storhaug*, Svein Kjetil Fosse*, Lars T Fadnes

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journ...17)30154-1.pdf

Map from study above.

[Nurzat]

not intolerant and used to drink milk until my late 20s, after which I started not liking it anymore and I really never drink milk at all for many years now, over 7-8 years, yuck.

I am not a fan of cheese either and I only eat it if it's some really good one, I do enjoy some French cheese, especially the softer smelly types, yummy.

other than that I like some strongly smoked hard cheese.

that's all, I am not big on dairy.

on meat I am not big either, other than beef burgers and some types of grilled pork, which I enjoy, and various types of fish, but not seafood (shrimps etc yuck).

I like fruits and vegetables a lot.

[Zeno]

Plenty of European are lactose intolerant. Which shouldn't be a surprise. Highest tolerance are in countries that had a big reliance on dairy farming. You'd be surprised at the amount in some European countries.

https://milk.procon.org/lactose-intolerance-by-country/

And figures are from this study which was published in the Lancet.

Country, regional, and global estimates for lactose
malabsorption in adults: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
Christian Løvold Storhaug*, Svein Kjetil Fosse*, Lars T Fadnes

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journ...17)30154-1.pdf

Map from study above.

The data presented on the map here make much more sense, honestly. Greece is at the 30% range most likely. The weird thing however is Cyprus, where it presented a 16% lactose malabsorption rate. Despite being genetically more Middle Eastern than the rest of Greeks. Niger is also a very weird case.

Plus, a much bigger sample size, meaning a lot smaller margins of error. They did their job well.

[kingmob]

Despite being genetically more Middle Eastern than the rest of Greeks. Niger is also a very weird case.

What does being middle eastern have to do with it.

Arabs are known for being lactose tolerant and so do certain SSA groups.

You are trying to conflate 'whiteness' with lactose tolerance now?

Are people that mentally handicapped?

[Zeno]

What does being middle eastern have to do with it.

Arabs are known for being lactose tolerant and so do certain SSA groups.

You are trying to conflate 'whiteness' with lactose tolerance now?

Are people that mentally handicapped?

You make it about whiteness, when I just noticed that even due to its proximity to the Middle East, it has a bigger lactose tolerance rate than Greece and any other southern European country.

Why do you conflate two completely irrelevant questions? It might as well not have to do with genetics at all.

[Universe]

Not all dairy products contain significant lactose. Do you ever drink milk in significant quantities?

You are right that the sampling might be too limited to be fully representative. What it does still likely indicate is that Greek Islanders might have higher rates of lactose intolerance than mainlanders. This should not be too surprising given the latter have a bit more Northern/Slavic admixture.

Lactose content of cheese and butter is very little to none.

[Grace O'Malley]

The data presented on the map here make much more sense, honestly. Greece is at the 30% range most likely. The weird thing however is Cyprus, where it presented a 16% lactose malabsorption rate. Despite being genetically more Middle Eastern than the rest of Greeks. Niger is also a very weird case.

Plus, a much bigger sample size, meaning a lot smaller margins of error. They did their job well.

It's got a list in that study. It's quite interesting. Greece is 55% lactose intolerant but Italy has higher lactose intolerance at 72%. Some surprising results are countries like the Czech Republic which are 81% lactose intolerant which is really odd to me.

[Zeno]

It's got a list in that study. It's quite interesting. Greece is 55% lactose intolerant but Italy has higher lactose intolerance at 72%. Some surprising results are countries like the Czech Republic which are 81% lactose intolerant which is really odd to me.

Didn't they find a range between 19-37% for northern, western and southern Europe, with the average being 28%?



The table you cited is the other research that was conducted in previous decades. Greece's figures in particular are from a paper dated back to 1991, with a sample size of 200 individuals. It was cited by Milkaner a bit above.

[catgeorge]

I cant drink raw milk

[Kess]

Great. Yes you'll be able to check if you are tolerant or not. Post your results in a thread when you get them. It will be interesting to see what your get for your Ancestry Composition.

Hello, I got my FTDNA results. Can you help me identify whether I am lactose-tolerant or not?

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...01#post7892501