Lactase fact or fiction

Most human adults around the world can digest the lactose in milk

• fact

• fiction

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Lactose intolerance is an allergy to milk

• Fact

• Fiction

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation leads to lactose tolerance in adults

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• fiction

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

People of Asian descent are less tolerant of lactose than those of European descent.

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• fiction

lactose intolerance is genetically inherited

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• fiction

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Human milk has one of the highest concentrations of lactose

• fact

• fiction

adult mammals cannot digest lactose

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• fiction

Throughout human history, people have always consumed the milk of other animals.

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• fiction