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[–] 66 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

That's not exactly surprising. Europe has a dispropotionally high prevelance of lactose-tolerance.
In most other places around the world lactose-intolerance is a lot more common.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Milking cows do better in cool temperatures, so it makes sense. The tropics don't support milking cows as I understand it.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I was in Colombia recently, (in the andes, not in the jungle though), but loads of cows there. They put cheese in everything. Even in their chocolate MILK.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago*

    Much of Columbia is at elevation, the temperature falls 3.5 degrees freedom (fahrenheit) for every 1,000 feet of elevation gain. Bogota is like 60 degrees year round, as I recall, or is it one of the others. But parts of Colombia are perfect for milk cows indeed regardless.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Which causes what, though? You can condition pretty mich any body to be able digest milk just fine. Unless you are actually highly allergic to it, maybe. Itβ€˜s easier when youβ€˜ve had milk growing up and never stopped but people who have stopped sometimes lost the ability to digest it properly. On the other hand there are former lactose intolerant people who brute forced milk consumption and after weeks of diarrhea adapted to it as if they never had anything else in their life. I think itβ€˜s far less about generics than many people think.

    Regardless, milk consumption has the nasty side effect of being terrible for the environment. CO2 emissions from milk products are insane.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Makes sense, we developed a whole genetic mutation for it!

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    [–] 13 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    These numbers include dairy products such as yogurt and cheese, based on how much milk is used to produce them

    So this is almost raw milk consumption in litre.

    For the not included butter: 3-9 kg of butter are eaten per person. One kg needs about 24l of milk.

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/butter-consumption-by-country

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Thats crazy, we are picking up at least two pounds of butter a week. That sounds so high for milk to butter.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    looks like my camembert habit can be detected from space

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Like it’s good to do studies and have data to support conclusions, but a cursory look at the cultures of Europe leads to the same point.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Cheese, butter, and chocolate are like... really good

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  • [+] -13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    And let's consider that milk products usually have higher greenhouse gas emissions...

    https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

    Current heat waves in Europe are not undeserved...

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