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Lactase persistence is very high among northern Europeans, especially Irish people. Worldwide, most people are lactase non-persistent, [1] and are affected by varying degrees of lactose intolerance as adults. However, lactase persistence and lactose intolerance can overlap.
This resulted in higher frequency of lactase persistence. [79] Lactase persistence became high in regions such as Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East and Northwestern India. However, most people worldwide remain lactase non-persistent. [9] Populations that raised animals not used for milk tend to have 90–100 percent of a lactose intolerant ...
Lactase (EC 3.2.1.108) is an enzyme produced by many organisms and is essential to the complete digestion of whole milk.It breaks down the sugar lactose into its component parts, galactose and glucose.
But between these two and the "Lactase persistence" section of this article I think there's easily enough material to fork off a separate lactase persistence article as I suggested above. joe•roe t•c 09:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC) Greetings. What prompted me to add that article link to the 'See also' section was the map.
The majority of humans actually follow this protocol as well, and down-regulate lactase production around 3-5 years of age. Interestingly, though, the majority of caucasians, mainly those from northern european background, continue to have elevated lactase activity all the way into adulthood, and so they exhibit “lactase persistence”.
The Mayo Clinic diet, a program that adheres to this notion, was developed by medical professionals based on scientific research, so you can trust that this program is based on science, and not ...
Lactase persistence One of the best known examples is the prevalence of the genotype for adult lactose absorption in human populations, such as Northern Europeans and some African societies, with a long history of raising cattle for milk.
2. Adding that milk usage was likely in the population before the lactase persistence gene arose. 3. Talking about populations that were pastoral and yet have very low lactase persistence rates. This could be an interesting area to expand on. I will look in to more data regarding these types of facts. I will look further into recommendation 2.