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Apparently in the land of mozzarella only 1 in 4 can enjoy it without consequences
Instead of inheriting it like cringe north people, we are building our own tolerance generation by generation.
That's where our GDP goes obviously, need germoney for the toilet paper
We have bidet and draughts, our gdp goes yo the water bill more than toilet paper like some savage do in France
French people don't understand what they've given up......
Fellow regionmen, I wonder... 70/100% lactose intolerant? Does that sound true to you? To my experience that's total bullshit. Also, please, our people have been eating cheese since forever.
Sounds like bs to me, I do know lactose intolerant people (I am one of them), but we are just a great minority
EDIT: I am not taking into account all the people who are intolerant but do not know and have no side effects, which means that theoretically 70% is possible but still would consider it very high
Indeed. Out of all the people I know, only 1 is intolerant, and 1 just pretends to. As in she won't eat anything with cheese, but if she eat some milk product without knowing, nothing happens. Also she loves tiramisù with mascarpone and eats wipped cream. It's probably just a psychological mechanism with her (some psychologists say sometime this kind of psycho "intolerance" is more related to a bad relationship with the mother, and she fits the bill).
Is it possible she just doesn't like cheese? I know many intolerants that don't like cheese but like other dairy products even if it's not healthy for the body (for example me lol)
To be honest and feel free to check it out, aged pecorino is lactose free. So, our most famous cheese is lactose intolerant friendly.
Yes. As it's aged Parmigiano etc. She doesn't eat even lactose free products because they look like the real thing. It's just a mental thing, even if she claims it's not.
Eh... building tolerance generation by generation IS inheritance you Afr*can, the difference is that we did it a long time ago and moved on to new ideas and concepts, and you are still living in the stone ages.
You had a gift from your ancestors and you are using it to eat hagelslag. Shame on you.
Just you wait Luigi. In a few generations your descendants will sprinkle hagelslag on their pasta.
Bold of you to assume grandmas' cuisine will be corrupted by hagelslag.
You would have to eat like 1-3 kg of mozzarella before noticing anything though. And mozzarella has much higher lactose content than most cheeses.
Edit: source
I guess it depends on where you set your bar on lactose. 1-2 mozzarellas (~200 g) are already enough to make me and my lactose-intolerant friends sick
Lactose is precisely why France, Italy, etc is cheese country. Cheese making removes most of the lactose. Mozzarella contains 2% of the lactose found in whole milk.
In Norway, for the little cheese we make, we take the whey (which contains most of the lactose) and make brown cheese out of it. Where mozzarella contains 0.1g of lactose per 100g, brown cheese contains 35-47g. So some brown cheese is nearly 50% lactose.
The consequences are for everyone else haha
Ohhh, is thats why northern italians dont recognise them as civilized?
Beccause of the lactose intolerance diarrhea, that turns them feral?
Cheese is naturally lactose free
Not all cheese, only the aged kind.
Fresh mozzarella in particular is deadly.
Source: I am lactose intolerant myself
Not really, only cow mozzarella. Mozzarella made from Buffala has a very low lactose content and is generally ok for lactose intolerant people to eat.
Lactose intolerant and Italian... God, I feel sorry for you, because Luigis know how to cheese.
While that is true for aged cheeses, like Gouda, Emmental, Jarlsberg, etc., it's not true for non-aged cheeses like mozzarella, mascarpone, ricotta, and the like.. which begs the question, why does lacto-intolerant Europe make all the lactose-heavy cheese? Are they stupid?
I never knew that. Given how much cheese they eat and produce.
Only fresh cheese is high lactose (ricotta, mascarpone, etc.). The seasoned cheese is usually low lactose, e.g. mozzarella 0.1g of lactose every 100g of product.
I've in my mind Lactose-Intolerance being something serious, like, Nut-Allergy. In that case, there's no way 1 in 2 Greeks is lactose intolerant. I haven't ever heard by a Greek he's intolerant to lactose.
A little farting, perhaps. However, we all eat dairy products like kids in Disney-Land.
Southern Italy 72% is crazy. I guess, it's like beans. They fart "a little" too much. Thankfully, the winds blow towards Spain. Terrone fart is something else. They've got the ability to bring our Tourism down by 67%. Poor Spain. Then you wonder why the British jump off of your balconies. You try smelling 24/7 muck; let's see how it goes.
“A little farting” that’s lactose intolerance. Some people have it and don’t have any symptoms as well
Lactose-intolerance is not even close to an allergy, people with lactose-intolerance only have problems with digesting lactose, not the body seeing it as harmful.
The intolerance can go from "just a little farting" to a full "I live in the bathroom now". With a mild one you still can have some milk with your coffee, no air freshener needed. And of course you can eat cheese. A lot. Can confirm.
Most off that 72% are going to be mild and yes, mostly farting.
That's why Italy is the largest producer of toilet paper in Europe
I don't know who the lactoses are, but I want them out of my country.
LAKTOSE RAUS !
Sssh, you do nothing, maybe you can make some money during the laktolocaust.
Arbeit lact frei
Wir haben das nicht gelactate
Saubere Lacte!
Lactaatraum!
Die Lacto nach Ost!
make some money during the laktolocaust.
Are you going to or should I ping Sweden?
Laktose raus, Laktose raus, Milch für der Käse, Laktose raus
döp dö dö döp
It is scary seeing Luing write german.
Honey wake up! New l'amour toujours lyrics just dropped!
New l'actosemour toujours
Ne Laktose rein!
Oder Laktase rein.
Calm down Lactamoros
There's only two things I hate in this world, people who are intolerant of other people's lactose and the Dutch.
I know someone who become lactose intolerant in their twenties!! She grieved and lost 10 kilos just not being able to eat cakes and cola cao lol
Italians fighting for their lives in the comments. “Source??? Source???”
Ngl funny
Is this why Italians only drink cappuccino in the morning? So they can have their morning shit and be done with it.
I always take a shit after my morning coffee but that is more a lifestyle choice than genetic weakness
Lifestyle choice. Accept my 🍻
Nicotine makes you shit, so that's why the french smoke one first in the morning.
We're not so different anymore
As a smoker... We smoke one in the morning cause without the nicotine rush the only fun thing to do in this life is to go back to sleep.
The shit is a side effect.
That is apparently the actual reason. Italians believe milk is hard to digest, and the later in the day consumed the less time you have to digest it properly. Now we know this belief is due to genetic deficiencies and that they have prohibited afternoon cappuccinos out of jealousy.
Now I’m off to eat a fish pie with extra CREAM and CHEESE. Nothing goes better with fish than DAIRY!
Not really, it's just because cappuccino is considered as a breakfast item culturally. There are plenty of foods we eat after breakfast that have lots of dairy, so the logic doesn't really hold up.
Cultural taboos often have empirical origins.
I used to drink Cappuccino or Latte macchiato with a snack in afternoon when i was a teenager.
Now i'd shit myself at work if i did that
Despite that, I still do the "colacena" (dinnerbreakfast) sometimes, that is having dinner with some biscuits or cereals and milk
Get out south Italy! You weak cheese farter!
Talking big words considering your stats
Don't you know where bretagne is? You should, you invade us every summer ...
I don't know your flags or cities, you're all Paris to me.
"I'm so ignorant and proud of it" Are you sure you're not an americ*nt in disguise?
The Bretagne is the best part of France, it has toll free roads.
Thank you! You get to come this summer! :D
Do you guys in Bretagne still learn Breizh or even speak it rather than french?
Brezhoneg is still taught, but not everyone gets to go to thoses schools. And there are some radio that exclusively talks it and road signs, ATM, etc... are in both languages. I unfortunatly don't speak it (I mean, some words, but that's about it) but bretagne is still french language friendly. I don't think there are any exclusive brezhoneg speaker left.
I know you are probably not in the position to do much but it would be sad if it dies. All of the celtic languages are in decline.
Is it the best part of France because they assimilated to Brits so much during the "short visit" of them in that exact area?
guilty
also imagine Kouign amann while lactose intolerant
It just hit me ... THAT is why mediteraneans use olive oil instead of butter! It's not because it's better! They just can't handle it!!! ahahaha! SHAME!
Uhm.. Bretons are in the same range as Bavarians, what are you up to?
i drink milk every day
If you're lactose intolerant, you're a barely human savage that evolution is trying to reject from the gene pool
Agreed funny speaking mountain man🤝
Says the funny speaking mountain man
What's a mountain?
It's the English word for Berg. Which is an old word for a Fort or Castle.
That's a Burg, a Berg is where you walk up and get drunk so you can roll down again.
Is it burg in German? In swedish and surely in norweigan and Danish as well, it's called borg
It is burg in german and now be quite because resistance is futile!
And all Borgs have to be called Björn. It's the law.
Wtf? Why do we have a new tag? And why is it so insulting?
worst day of my life
No, that's a Star Trek villain. A berg is a flat-bottomed vessel used for transporting cargo on inland waterways.
That's "une Barge" you language abductor.
Resistance is futile.
It's where we put cows if we want to make cheese with big holes. It's like big dike, if you want to keep clouds out of your sky rather than water out of your land.
It's heaven mr swampman.
No idea, can’t help you with that one. Best guess is a cone shaped dyke taller than a bridge
I am offended at your remark and at its truthfulness
Says the funny speaking mountain man
Lower Saxony isn't all that mountainous though. Not even for you swampies.
"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me..."
Based gold hoarder
Based
Hello, i require to know where you are from so i can fulfill my racist daily quota. Your flair doesnt not include your countrybof origin.
I think, and may God forgive me for acknowledging him, that he is an average redditor.
Astute observation, i am from Croatia good sir
Croats really think theyre a western country because theyre in the EU and now they want their own flair. Go back to killing serbs and "electing" dictators
Dont have to tell me twice to kill serbs.
Say are you in any way in need of soap right now, we are full of soap
We make ours out russians sorry
I agree with you strange gold hoarder with no capital, keep those lactose intolerant savages out the gene pool. Just like we should keep aryans in th-
Is this lactose intolerance in the room with us now?
Hold on The orange part in France looks like German occupation during WW2 and the green part looks like vichy France And finally, the dark green part looks like Italian occupation
Does that mean that German decreased lactose intolerance while Italian increased it ?
German are actually superior to Italian.
Does that mean that German decreased lactose intolerance while Italian increased it ?
The secret holocaust
Never thought of a German occupation that decreased the gassing of people.
That means Hans enriched your gene pool with superior dna. Whilest luigi sucked on goat milk
Everyone in Europe knows that Germany > Italy tbf
Wouldn't YOU like to know that, weather boy?
This confuses and enrages the Italian.
no wonder they don’t drink cappuccinos after noon, they’re lactose intolerant posers.
Yeah we are lactose intolerant only in the afternoon.
Most people with lactose intolerance can tolerate up to 12–15 g of lactose per day, and strategies like ingesting smaller portions throughout the day may minimise symptoms. Perhaps this is a strategy to evenly distribute lactose intake.
Only shit in the boss his time. Typical southern European take.
As if that wasn't a major W.
If you’d make the yellow area one country it’d be unstoppable.
I 100% believe king Cnut of Denmark, Norway and England, was driven by creating a master race of cheese people.
In a milk drinking competition.
Which is all there is really
Any drinking competition really
Milk drinkers unite✊
I’m not against this
only if we get to rule, we put the most cash on the table.
Deal.
Brexit means brexit though
Laxit means Laxit.
Would be pretty sick. But even as a southerner, I could never abandon my northern bros. Where would we get our iron and hydro power from then?
We'll just conquer them don't worry, we have the experience to bring to the table.
Well, I suppose it has been done before, and the Sami still whine about it anyway.
Where would we get our iron and hydro power from then?
Scotland has great Hydro and pretty good iron deposits. And god knows most of my kin already think they're norse.
Nothing funnier than your current scots, all of yous are 5th generation englishmen pretending your scots pretending your norweigen.
Feel like pure shit, just want the North Sea Empire back
Yes Italy is 70% lactose intolerant and they invented pizza cuz they hate themselves
I don't know how reliable the data is. According to the map half the people I know should be lactose intolerant, but not a single person I know is.
I might be wrong, but I think it's a spectrum. There's people who will eat a little bit and have explosive diarrhea, while others might just get fartsy with moderate amounts, so these might pass as normal. But look, I know Irish people who drink glass of milk with lunch. I think that is another level of tolerance that Italians might not be able to handle honestly.
Dude I drink milk etc every day, 1 litre or more in 1 sitting. Sometimes I do notice I got a bit more gas now after drinking large amounts, but if a bit of gas after 1 or 2 milk bottles is what it is then damm why do people even avoid it. Always thought it was normal, and that lactose intolerance was having diarreah or some shit.
Yes, I think a bit gassy after 1 litter is probably normal levels. But most people who are mildly lactose intolerant don't avoid it, it's more of a moderation or planning thing. Like, they might enjoy a milkshake or a fondue occasionally, but won't do it before or on a date. The explosive diarrhea are extreme cases.
Yea here in Asia many people can eat small amounts of milk or cheese and not have many problems.
some can eat almost none and get problems immediately. My wife can eat some cheese or have a small amount of milk without any issues, moderate with some issues, and really shouldn't eat large quantities.
Her brother on the other hand can't have any without problems.
Both are obviously lactose intolerant, but like you said it's not binary.
That's probably milk stout.
How can someone be lactose intolerant in greece ?basically all we eat is feta cheese and olive oil
So there’s many lactose intolerant „people“ in France. Fuckers eat a ton of cheese. I guess that explains their stench.
Most cheese (especially hard cheese) only contains trace amount of lactose.
There, I German'd your joke so you guys know how that feels for once.
I‘m too autistic to be upset about it, I just learned something and I appreciate it
I know you said you're not upset, but if you need to be consoled nevertheless:
You made me German your joke and defend the French by doing that at the same time.
I feel deeply ashamed by it.
Shame is inefficient and ungerman. You should instead be proud on being technically correct.
That would make me German, shaming me even more
I thought your whole post WWII-identity is build on shame
It's guilt, that's different.
Well, I don't think you were really defending the French. By saying it's not the cheese, you're implying that their stench comes from their lack of hygiene.
It was of your own choosing.
Don't complain, just, you know, shut up.
Yeah, soft cheese is wayyy harder to digest, I know this too well...
Wrong, our stench comes from the fact we don’t shower, know your facts
The stench is more easily explained with their lack of personal hygiene
Sweet Cheesus!
You can build up your tolerance by drinking more milk and eating produces with lactose in it. In the same way, no matter your genes, if you don't partake in white gold, you will be unable to digest it.
In short, there is no excuse, get drinking.
I used to have a little stomachache after drinking milk, but then I insisted drinking it, now I’m totally fine
That is good and smart. Of course, it's not something you should do with things you're actually allergic to but for milk it just works.
Nah that’s true only to a certain extant.
I don't have any sources for it, but I've heard multiple times that goat and sheep milk (and cheese) contain fairly less lactose than cow, lactose levels are even lower in cured cheese, and your pecorino is usually well seasoned if not even pre-digested in the case of casu martzu
Exactly, you’re shipping that shit out of there because you’re unevolved and cannot consume it
Never met an Italian Greek or a west Asian person who was lactose intolerant meanwhile 40% of my Austrian and German friends need lactase in order not to shit themselves after eating ice cream and pizza
Milk drinkers!
New whiteness map just dropped
Pretty much looks like a map of European interbreeding with British people.
Yellow is actually a map of greater Frisia
We put the (Eu)genics into Europe
Oh, so that's why they say drinking milk is racist.
Those who can drink it are the best countries afterall
lactose might be the only thing I'm tolerant of
No wonder romans didn’t come to Ireland, Can’t even handle a glass of milk
I'd off myself if I couldn't eat dairy ngl
This map is telling me that the more North West you go, the food is so bad you literally only eat dairy because your fruit and veg suck and you can't cook for shit.
edit: can't tell West from East apparently.
Lol honestly kind of true in a way.
Places that are lactose tolerant were clearly cattle herding societies, which means they were heavily meat and milk reliant. Additionally these correspond with the cold areas with less growing days per year. The more land you're using for cattle the less land you have to grow things other than grass, not to mention the time consumption of raising cattle. So it's not terribly surprising their non cow based cuisine suffered.
Which child draw this colours?
What kind of weakling would be lactose intolerant? I have been drinking milk my entire life!
What is this propaganda?!? In all my life I might have met one single person that could possibly be lactose intolerant. Like how much milk are northerners drinking to create a map like this, are you ok? Did you perhaps confuse milk with some other white liquid produced by male cows and now you are confused why no one else drinks it?
A bowl of cereals in the morning, morning tea, mid morning tea, pint of milk to wash down lunch, several more cups of tea throughout, maybe another pint of milk in the evening.
How is Greece 53%? I have never found a single person with lactose intolerance.
In fact, in the supermarket always 50% of the milk is sold in the end of the day and lactose free milk(which consists of like 2% of the fridge) is always there unsold. So who are all those 53% lactose intolerant Greeks at?
I very much doubt this map is anything more than sheer fantasy.
Italians are Moors.... 🤐
Southern Italians are Moors, northern Italians are Balkans
Source? "I made it up"
You want fact-checked, scientifically accurate racism? This is not the place for you
There's no place of accurate racism
But I'm calling bullshit because of mozzarella
Why does Czechoslovakia exist on this map
I smell bullshit. No way half northern italy is lactose intolerant. With the sheer amount of cappuccinos drank in a day the strees should be full of shit.
This seems like crap ngl
Holy shit southern italy