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Lactose intolerance is genetic and occurs most often in people of Asian, African and Mediterranean descent. It is estimated that up to 50 percent of Filipinos are lactose-intolerant, a condition caused by a deficiency in lactase, an enzyme needed to absorb and digest the milk sugar, lactose. 


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Genes and lactose intolerance

August 6, 2001 - 12:00am

Did you know that genes may also determine who can readily digest milk and who cannot? About 70 percent of the world’s population simply cannot drink milk or eat dairy products (except yogurt) without getting...

Science and Environment