LeftyMom
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Wed May-28-08 06:16 PM
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7. Mostly because most humans don't (can't) eat much of the stuff. |
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It's only the weird combination of prosperity (animal products are expensive to produce in quantity) and a population with a relatively high percentage of northern Europeans that allows for a society that consumes a lot of dairy. Northern Europeans have a mutation that allows them to digest lactose beyond toddlerhood, which most human beings can't do.
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