We don’t like reinventing the wheel at Clubwell, so here is a direct extract from our founder Steve Bennett’s book the Fibre First Diet, discussing milk…
Embarking on a dairy discovery, let's pore over the truth about milk, shall we? Imagine this: yoghurts and cheeses begin their life as milk, but somewhere along the way, milk lost its crown as the health halo we once thought it wore. Lurking within this seemingly innocent beverage is lactose, a sugar that becomes a party crasher for adults. The reality? Post-infancy, a whopping two-thirds of the globe's population gives lactose the cold shoulder, developing sensitivities or outright rejections. It's like milk comes with a ‘best before adulthood’ tag that nature forgot to print.
Zooming in on lactose intolerance, The Lancet, a British medical journal established in 1823, compiled an extensive study into lactose intolerance in 2017. They reported on 89 countries8, but I've narrowed it down to just 25 here so you can more quickly grasp the picture. It shows the percentage of the adult population in each country that is lactose intolerant:...
