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- From: annick@cortex.physiol.su.oz.au (Annick Ansselin)
- Subject: Re: Intestinal Flora
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- References: <1992Jul27.030608.2757@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 00:27:34 GMT
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- In <1992Jul27.030608.2757@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au (Bob McKay) writes:
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- >There's been a lot of hype recently about the importance of Lactobacillus
- >acidophilus as a constituent of the intestinal flora. I'm a little sceptical,
- >since I gather that lactose is essential for the survival of this species, yet
- >the vast majority of people from non-European cultures do not drink milk, and
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- Are you referring to cow's milk or all types of milk? Surely new-borns are
- breastfed for at least a few months? and what about milk from goats, sheep
- and camel?
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- >lack the gene for lactase (which is likely of recent origin even in European
- >populations).
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- Have you got the data to back this statement? I find it difficult to
- believe that a whole population lacks the lactase gene when the newborns are
- dependent on maternal milk until they are weaned.
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