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[NoelSeven]

If You're Lactose-Intolerant, You're Normal

It is, in fact, the norm for 70% of the world's adults, according to a report published in the journal Pediatrics in 2006.

http://www.healthytheory.com/if-youre-lactose-intolerant-youre-normal

Some who are lactose intolerant can still have some dairy, but most just stay away from it.

Here's an article on genetic influences on the issue:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/06/lactose-intolerance-linked-ancestral-struggles-climate-...

[Yardlie]

Thanks for sharing. That was fascinating! I didn't know the Mexicans drank all that coke! I did know that it was made with sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup. Seem to drink a lot of wine or beer or something in Germany.

[NoelSeven]

I'm surprised by the small amount of fresh produce shown for Japan, and the abundance of packaged food.

India looks the most healthy to me. Now, if I could only handle all the spices

[EmmaBunting]

the U.S. looks like all we eat is junk food! Can we really be that bad?

[EmmaBunting]

d/p

[AuntG]

Looks like the Germans like beer and the French, water.