An exaggerated fear of lactose is damaging our health - The Telegraph

Despite our ancestors drinking milk for thousands of years, intolerance among Britons is rising – but is it as widespread as it seems?

When Mark Thomas, professor of evolutionary genetics at UCL and a co-author of the Nature study, examined data from the UK Biobank, he found little relationship between the ability to produce lactase… [+2871 chars]

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