momrids6
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That's really interesting about the cow's milk not being tolerated well by Native Americans because I have never been able to tolerate it, even had to have soy formula as a baby, and most of my relatives can't drink it either. One of my great-grandmothers was full Cherokee and the other great-grandmother was half Cherokee. My allergist says I test positive for milk allergy, however I can have it in processed form like cheese, but not ice cream or cottage cheese, etc. He says it's not really lactose intolerance but an actual allergy to the milk protein, casein..
It really is! My son had to drink Prosobe(sp) as a infant. Soy milk.
RSBM/BBM: The harder the cheese, the longer it sits- and the more the sodium caseinate breaks down. Lactose is milk sugar- and I can tolerate that, as well as whey, the other protein found in cows' milk- but I have never eaten either in any quanity to see if their was a limit to my tolerance of them.
About 70% of NA are allergic
Among Caucasians (including Indians) the incidence of milk protein allergies is high while among the Mongolian races and African races, lactose intolerance is more common. Lactase is of no benefit when the allergy is to milk protein.
http://www.drmanik.com/Milk allergy.htm