Ancient drawing with Cows and Milk












Part 2 - Digesting Milk in Ethiopia

By April Holloway


Have you guys ever heard of Kefir or kephir? It's an old and mysterious yeast/bacterial fermentation starter that resembles a white grain or small pearls. Once placed in a milk (cow, goat or sheep) the fermentation process begins and only takes 12hrs to turn 500ml into yogurt-like substance as a result of the fermentation, very little lactose remains in kefir. People with lactose intolerance are able to tolerate kefir, provided the number of live bacteria present in this beverage consumed is high enough.
I say "mysterious" because nobody knows exactly where it came from, it has it's origin in the north-caucasian regions although some sources see a connection to Turkic köpür.

liar liar pants on fire."Of all the mammals on earth, human beings are the only ones who continue to drink milk beyond babyhood" that is false. The reason why most members of any mammal family does not continue to drink milk past their babyhood is because parents force them to renounce it. In rare cases (this has been noticed on chimps) the "infant" manage to trick their parents into prelonging this period well into adulthood. Also compare bone density of people today that had until reaching adulhood (18 years) a diet rich in milk with those that did not. Do not compare random samples and then say it is proof.

There is growing research that suggests it is better to give infants breast milk as opposed to proccessed cows milk because it has more nutrients.

Troy Mobley

It is in all probability a geographic thing I with Middle Eastern genetic origins (paternal) cannot digest Lactose whilst my mother (Celtic) could. This is probably too simplistic but the answer is there. somewhere, needs more research.

I also stopped drinking milk a few years ago and noticed improvements in my health. However I still can’t get rid of cheese and eat it from time to time, as rare as i can


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