In a message dated 9/13/2000 10:56:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sandra@i... writes:
<< She said that many persons are not completely lactose intolerant-they are lactose intolerant with cows milk, but can digest goat milk just fine. She said it makes sense when you consider that cows milk is designed for a baby of 80 to 100 lbs with multiple stomachs, whereas a human baby is maybe 5 to 15 lbs. A baby goat weights 4 to 6 lbs at birth (my guess from holding them) and would be much more compatible to a human baby. >>
I have a friend who has lupus. If she eats or drinks anything with cow's milk in it, it almost cripples her. But she can eat goat's milk with no problem at all. I just finished reading a really interesting book called "Woman: An Intimate Geography," which is written by a woman who covers biology for the New York Times. Among the many interesting things she has to say, she writes about the differences between cow's milk and human milk and peripherally about the milk of other mammals. She said that the composition of milk for a particular mammal has to do with the rate at which the baby grows among other things. Cow's milk is much higher in fat than human milk, which is very high in sugars. (I'm hoping I remember this right.) It's an interesting book.
Lee Morgan Mezzo-soprano
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