Dom . on Unsplash" />Why does it seem like everyone I know is suddenly lactose intolerant?‘It must be something they’re putting in milk,’ I joked, as yet another relative told me they were lactose intolerant.
I didn’t really believe this theory, but it did surprise me just how many people I knew seemed to be struggling with milk digestion, seemingly out of the blue.
In my early twenties, I knew of perhaps one or two people who were lactose intolerant – where the body can’t digest lactose, a type of sugar found in milk and dairy products.
Fast-forward to my mid-thirties and it’s impacting most people I know (myself included). People who could previously glug a glass of milk or...
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