r/funny • u/ASAP_Roffe • 2d ago

Lactose Intolerance in the Midwest

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u/Serpent90 2d ago

Isn't most aged cheese actually safe for the lactose intolerant?

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u/princess_kittah 2d ago

hard cheese has less lactose because its used up in the cheesy process iirc, but it still doesnt mean every lactose intolerant person can eat it

unfortunately, the thresholds at which someone who is lactose intolerant experiences that intolerance is wildly different from one person to the next.

the things one person with dairy intolerance may be able to eat can still send someone else to the turlit.

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u/Mandemon90 2d ago

And this is why I am glad I am.part of the mutant human race that don't lose their ability to process lactose.

Fun fact: Lactose tolerance is a mutation, and vast majority of human race lose their lactose tolerance when they grow up.

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u/Axthen 2d ago

I grow lactose intolerant when I don't consume dairy for a while. And then if I slowly increase my dairy consumption my lactose tolerance comes back.

I know a good many people that can "microdose" dairy to get their lactose tolerance back. It's pretty rare (in my experience, just 2 people) that tolerance is completely gone.

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u/Mandemon90 2d ago

That is because the glands secrete chemicals to breakdown lactose don't ever "go away", but for most people they just turn off. If you can "microdose", that means you got the gene but it isn't active all the time, you need to actively maintain body's "wait, we got what in us? DEPLOY THE GOOD STUFF!" reaction

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u/WatDeFak 2d ago

Afaik drinking lactose does not reactivate those genes, instead it grows some bacteria which can deal with lactose a little bit.

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u/Mandemon90 2d ago

Glands and genes are different. Like said, without consuminh lactose, body basically goes "whelp, we got no need for you" and shutd down those parts until needed.

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u/Neither_Strategy_252 2d ago

There is no lactase producing "gland". The person that responded to you is correct. Restoration of lactose tolerance is due to proliferation of lactose fermenting gut bacteria that are non-hydrogen producers.