--- "Namaste, Liz" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/24/02 2:46:45 PM,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> I had a Organic Chem teacher who was from China and
> for some reason after she
> came to America, she decided that it was important
> for her and her husband to
> drink milk. At first, they had a lot of difficulty,
> but after a while they
> adapted/habituated/something. She claimed that the
> whole lactase/enzyme
> machinery could be restarted with sufficient
> stimulation

I recall reading about a study done with african
americans, who are also, as a group intolerant of milk
products, who slowly added milk to their diet and
their lactose enzymes increased so they could tolerate
the milk.

I think there are also people, like my father, who
never become tolerant even when they eat small amounts
of milk products.  I don't have any problem with milk
products but I'm northern european, celtic, slavic and
germanic, and, I understand they are the group with
the fewest problems(?).  What happened with my father,
I don't know.

=====
Rachel Aschmann
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/4786/
- They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -
 - Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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