In a message dated 1/26/2006 3:08:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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"But  there is very little evidence that poor blacks or Hispanics are 
genetically  predisposed to the vast majority of the afflictions from which they  
disproportionately suffer. 
that's a bunch of bologni.  
"The American Dietetic Association estimates that  between 30 and 50 million 
Americans are lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerance  seems to affect guys 
and girls equally. But certain ethnic groups are more  likely to be affected. 
About 90% of Asian Americans are lactose intolerant, and  up to 75% of African 
Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans also  have symptoms of 
lactose intolerance."

 
 
You also quoted:
 
" As the living conditions of blacks 
have improved over  the past century, their health improved in step; when 
conditions  deteriorated, health deteriorated, too. This has helped 
support the  contention among researchers that much chronic disease among 
minority groups  is caused not by genes, but by something else."
 



I would agree with you.. we dont have bad genes...just  when your living 
conditions deteriorate. you arent exactly buying fruits and  vegetables and eating 
at vegan restaurants. I can barely afford to do that and  im well off.
no,.. you're buying 99 cent double cheese burgers and  eating cheese 
sandwiches from the WIC program. you also have milk at your free  breakfast, milk and 
a dairy baised lunch, and since by then you are addicted to  it... <see 
previous posts about caseomorphins> you go ahead and have it  for dinner or at 
whatever charity afterschool program you go to.
 
 
"Worldwide, most people are unable to produce large  amounts of lactase. It's 
mainly northern Europeans and a few populations in  Africa who developed the 
genetic mutation that allows them to comfortably  consume milk after 
childhood..." 
"The prevalence of lactose intolerance probably hasn't  gotten a lot 
attention because many policy makers and media members are  Caucasian and don't think 
of it as a common problem, said Dr. Hetal Karsan, a  specialist at Atlanta's 
Emory University." 
it is also true of asian minorities..but the fact is..  milk is NOT a staple 
of the asian diet. you will start to see a rise in the  next few year in asia 
countries as american companies and ideas start to  convince them that they 
need milk too. you just have to wait and  watch. 
YOU also write: 
<<"What I find compelling is that there are so many factors in these  poorer 
neighborhoods that seizing on one - dairy - seems to me to be an  
unlikely conclusion.  Moreover, much of the population that is affected  
by many of the health problems - including asthma - are way past school  
age and no longer having the 50% "solid" dairy.">> 
The African american diet continues to be well above the  national average of 
46 percent on into adulthood. 
And, these afflictions are by no means limited to blacks - but include  every 
ethnic group that live in these deplorable inner-city conditions. 
Poor black and hispanics are the ones being  disporportionaly affected by 
these illnesses.. that's the whole point of the  article.
you also write: 
"Knowing my own case as I do, I was  amazed when I was recently tested for 
allergies to find what I was allergic  to - dust mites being among the 
most reactive on the tests.  I choose  to conclude, based on my own 
experience and the readings I have done, that  the mass of unclean 
conditions are the primary cause of the illnesses in  those areas." 
OR we can base it on my case AND combine it with the  FACT that minorities 
have problems with milk and add to that the countless  testimony from MANY 
agencies linking dairy with the big diseases that are  killing blacks and hispanics 
and come to the conclusion that these illnesses are  NOT  primarily caused by 
dirty conditions...they are cause because of the  negative mental and 
physical effects of dairy on minorities. 
think eric..in countless third world countries where  living conditions are 
deplorable and dirty and mice urine is the rule... people  die of dissentery or 
..but they DONT die of childhood diabetes..and they dont  have asthma... and 
they dont have osteoporosis among the old people..even though  they consume on 
average 1/4 the calcium we do in america. 
amalita