Spoof of Milk Mustache Ad Reaches Out to People with Lactose Intolerance (press release)

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: health news, Natural News, nutrition

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“About 75 percent of people worldwide are lactose intolerant, which means they naturally lose the ability to digest the milk sugar lactose after infancy. This is a normal shift in enzyme activity that comes as the person matures,” says Tim Randal, R.D., Dr. P.H., nutrition director for PCRM. “The abdominal pain and other, often severe, digestive disturbances that can occur when a lactose intolerant person drinks milk, are the body’s way of warning that milk is not an appropriate or desirable food for adults.”

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, 60-80 percent of African Americans, 50-80 percent of Latinos, and at least 90 percent of Asians and Native Americans are lactose intolerant and may suffer stomach cramps, diarrhea, and other painful or distressing gastrointestinal symptoms. Lactose intolerance occurs in 6-22 percent of people of northern European descent.

“Given the high rates of lactose intolerance, especially among people of color, it is clear that dairy products should carry warning labels,” says Dan Kinburn, associate general counsel for PCRM. “Dairy manufacturers are well aware that many consumers are sickened by these products.”