Hi.
It always puzzeled me,
that on the one hand lactose (milk sugar) seems
to make problems for some persons because they were
"lacking the ability to digest" lactose
(lactase missing after age of 3).
On the other hand milk sugar (lactose) is a proper aid in helping to
build up /rebuild ones symbiont flora in the colon.
As such recommended to intake purely by health-book authors.

Now i found an article (see below) that seems to
underline exactely the latter.

Do we have to reconsider our view of milk, that not the indigestable

sugars, but maybe something other in the milk is responsible for
digestion problems on milk?
(as already discussed here, coagulated and pre fermented milk was
 available and used in paleolithic times by hunters of "calves").

Is here a lactose intolerant person or someone allergic to milk , who
can tell how the reaction on (almost pure) milk sugar is?
Any asian could report what milk sugar does on them?
thanks

If not ingesting adequate amounts of fiber, milk sugar seems to be an
aid to achieve a proper symbiont flora.
(I prefer the fiber)

regards

Amadeus

Dean Esmay from Paleodiet pointed towards:
 http://www.wau.nl/vlag/ndosymp.html
saying (excerpt)
<<
Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides (NDOs) are a a class of carbohydrates

that are not absorbed or digested in the small
        intestine of man and animals. These oligosaccharides have a

degree of polymerisation of 2-10. NDOs thus reach the colon
         unaltered. In the colon NDOs are readily fermented by the

intestinal microflora. This may result in changes in this flora,
        thereby increasing the number of (potential) beneficial

microorganisms, while repressing the number of (potential) harmful
              bacteria. This possible change in the intestinal flora

may be beneficial to the health of man and animal.

        NDOs are occurring in nature in most edible plants, as well

as in (mother's) milk and honey.
>>


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