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if I start with raw milk and I drink small amounts a few tablespoons half a cup per day and then I work up I do feel like the lactose intolerance that I've had throughout my adult life has gradually gotten better and now I can drink at least a liter of raw milk per day without any major gastrointestinal distress that I certainly would have had in the past with that amount
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again raw milk actually contains lactase and the consumption of raw milk does appear to promote the formation of the lactase enzyme in humans
raw milk contains bacteria that populate your gut and they make lactase and they can make an enzyme that will digest lactose
raw milk I learned this from Mark McAfee when I was at Raw Farm in Fresno you can listen to that podcast if you want contains the bacteria necessary to give your body the information to produce this lactase or that can produce lactase themselves and you can become lactose tolerant again
if you're lactose intolerant it's also important to understand that raw milk is known to contain bacteria that produce the lactase enzyme so most people who are lactose intolerant can drink raw milk I was lactose intolerant before I started drinking raw milk and this is what I suggest if you are sensitive to lactose nobody really wants to have excess gas or loose stools so if you are sensitive to lactose start slowly with raw milk drink a little bit of raw milk every day maybe a tablespoon or two per day and you can build up as those bacteria and raw milk start to do the good work in your body and produce that lactase enzyme in your gut
Humans are meant to drink milk raw and as an added bonus milk that is raw contains bacteria that can colonize your gut and your stomach and actually produce the lactase enzymes
historically I was lactose intolerant and now I can drink a pretty significant amount of raw milk especially goats milk without any issues
even if you have lactose intolerance many people find that over time the naturally occurring organisms in raw milk change the gut flora and allow you to digest lactose
there are now tons of people who are trying raw milk and finding that previously they were lactose intolerant to pasteurized heated milk and they can drink raw milk or raw cafir fermented milk with no problems
it it doesn't look like it's a lactase enzyme in the milk it's probably these bacterial cultures naturally occurring bacterial cultures in the milk that affect our gut microbiota and allow us to digest the lactose in this milk
raw milk I learned this from Mark McAfee when I was at Raw farm and know you can listen to that podcast if you want contains the bacteria necessary to give your body the information to produce this lactase or that can produce the lactase themselves and you can become lactose tolerant again
Even if you have lactose intolerance, many people find that over time, the naturally occurring organisms in raw milk change the gut flora and allow you to digest lactose.