There are a bunch of different studies showing similar results about lactose intolerance in various ethnic groups. I think the pamphlet was reporting the range from various studies. And since various studies pretty consistently show lactose intolerance in the vast majority of Native Americans, it would make sense that there would be a high incidence in those Hispanic groups that have a lot of Native American ancestry. (I don't know enough about Cuban history to even be able to speculate about the ancestry of Cubans.)
As for genetic vs cultural things, I know that the plural of anecdote is not data, but I know plenty of Ashkenazi Jews (including most of my family) who grew up in the American culture of having several glasses of milk a day and still ended up lactose intolerant by the middle of elementary school. (I also know at least one person who takes advantage of this by having a latte every morning, thus making her uncomfortable enough that she can't eat much for lunch. She says this is dieting.)
I woke up at 6:30, fed the cat and went back to sleep and woke up again at 12:35. That counts as sleeping in, rather than napping, right?
I slept until 1:15. Woke up at the alarm I had set for CrossFit, then went back to sleep and dreamt I was there. Classic.
Today I need to run some errands, including buying an 80s prom dress for rugby alumni weekend. I do love a theme party.
Now I'm wondering whether other mammals tend to be lactose intolerant once they get out of babyhood. Adult cats will still drink milk, right? But I don't think I've ever seen anyone give milk to a dog. Most mammals in the wild would have no reason to keep producing lactase once they're weaned, but I wonder if they do anyway.
Hmm. I must google.
Edit: OK, found a bunch of articles saying that most mammals stop producing lactase after weaning.
It sure seems that nature intends for babies to stop suckling at some point, and there'd be no other source of milk after suckling (in nature).
Cats will drink milk but it totally upsets their stomach. They just don't care.
Dogs will eat ice cream. I'm sure that means that they'll drink milk if you let them.
Lucy loved milk. She didn't get it often because I don't drink it, but at my dad's she'd muscle the cat out of the way when she got milk.
My parents' dog gets the very end of their cereal bowls every morning, and loves it. Also ice cream. They're the most indulgent dog owners in the world.
I don't give Brandy milk. She does get her pills in a bit of cheese which she loves. The cat sits and stares at the boys until they submit and let her pre-wash the cereal bowls. We call it pre-washing in our house when the dishes go on the floor for the animals. They do a good job of it too.
In news about my upcoming soup, the canned broth I had was with roasted garlic. I hope that wasn't a mistake.
I'm making the Pioneer Woman's apple dumplings for a party tonight, and the recipe calls for 2 cans of crescent rolls. Because I was looking at the price and not the cans, I came thisclose to buying garlic crescent rolls.
THAT would have been a taste sensation.
Heh. A commercial just came on TV informing us that a glass of 2% milk has more saturated fat than a small order of fries.
This makes me laugh, because I switched from skim and/or 1% milk when I lived alone to 2% when I moved in with The Boy 2-ish years ago. And it just so happens that my cholesterol has dropped about 15% in those 2 years.
The amount of saturated fat in 1 glass of 2% milk is not going to be the deciding factor in the vast vast vast majority of heart disease patients.
Now we go through a gallon of creamline milk
What's creamline milk?
