Lactose intolerance?

[Twalli]

Although it is common now, it wasn't always the case that people could consume milk for their entire lives. Like most mammals we survived on our mother's milk for the beginning of our lives. Yet, as we got older, we developed an intolerance to milk. How was this beneficial? It seems the ability to consume and digest milk for our entire lives would be good as opposed to bad. Furthermore, judging by how common it is now, most people can digest milk their entire lives.

[Astarlessnightsky]

The problem is (adult) humans aren't made for consuming the milk of other animals (cows).

Cow milk is for baby cows.

Being lactose intolerant is the default for humans, only a mutation in europeans allows humans to drink cow milk.

[Twalli]

Which seems beneficial overall.

[kylee2437]

Technically the human body isn’t designed to eat meat or dairy, but we do it out of adaptation to how humans used to eat back then. The human stomach doesn’t properly digest meat or dairy, hence why a lot of people are bloated (unbroken down meats in their system) .

[Apple1996]

Most people don't have a intolerance to breastmilk. That is extremely rare. We are have a intolerance to cow milk because that is made only for baby cows and we are not baby cows. It's that simple and thats the reason why I avoid all dairy.

[Sour-rose]

If you really wanna know, it's because we ain't babies anymore. Once we done with that bridge, our tolerance just... poof. And now if we have milk, everyone gtfo of da way.

[DizzyDesii]

I dont think im lactose intolerant but i stopped liking milk at age 3 and haven't drank it since