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>OK, milk's not on the paleo diet, but is it a bit borderline?
yes..hunters and herders.
>Don't some modern day hunters and gatherers eat milk?
yes, several circum-polar tribes. some african tribes.
>And some humans possess a genetic adaptation to digest milk >-- lactase.
all possess it. many lose it by adulthood. many don't. around 80% of people
of Caucasian origin don't. many Asians don't either. those cultures which
have this trouble eat cheese instead.
>But what about the proteins in milk? Are there any people who >have
developed through evolution the ability to digest cow milk >proteins?
for most people the milk proteins don't cause any problems, unless you have
a true allergy. unless you gag within 30 seconds of drinking milk, you
don't. however..one of the whey proteins called beta-lactoglobulin can turn
into a allergenic/reactive protein when heated [ie pasteurised]. this is the
baddie, since human milk is low [or absent?] in it but cow's milk is high in
it.
>Probably whole non-homogenized, non-pasturized milk is the >best.
correct, if you can get it.
>I am wondering if my local starbucks will make me a latte with >this milk
if I bring it in myself.
once you put it in the coffee the whey proteins will go weird.
andrew
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