Why 90% of Asians are Lactose Intolerant
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Literally this entire comment section:
*I’m Asian that lives in Asia and never met anyone who is lactose intolerant*
Btw I am also an Asian that lives in Asia and I have met only one person here that is lactose intolerant. I know this doesn’t mean anything but I just wanted to point it out.
@@user-ds6zq2cj2o yep, and so many don't understand it is a spectrum and not a "can or can't drink milk" thing. If you fart more, you have it.
Exactly
Were all almost lactose intolerant, we just don't give af
I even thought that lactose intolerance is more common (even exclusive) to white people. I guess I was wrong.
i'm asian and i have lactose intolerant, but due to the lack of understanding when i was a kid, i just thought that drinking milk and having to go to the bathroom afterwards is a normal thing 💀
So true specially in the morning before go to school . And morning session actually the best time to digesting food so yeah it's like always happend and seems normal for me.
Yeah but for when i drink milk in the morning it usually makes me go to the bathroom but for some weird reason it only affects me in the morning and not every other time it’s just the morning
the more you know
Thats about 90 percent of the asians in this comment section...
SAME 😭😭😭
“90% of Asians are lactose intolerant”
Meanwhile Indians : drinks chai every 2 hours
lmfao they can compete with uk
Some people drink alcohol allot doesn't mean it doesn't effect the body when they do.
@@jinndalinn5912 indians usually aren't lactose intolerant. Milk is widely used, dairy products are soo popular too.
As an indian i confirm lmfao
most south asians of aryan descent aren't lactose intolerant
this channel really needs to do it's home work
in reality ancient india and iran were the first civilisations to domesticate cows and use it's milk
Asian here, and growing up without understanding what “lactose intolerant” is I just thought it was normal to have uncontrollable fart sprees, or atomic bombing the toilet. By the time I first understand why my body was reacting like that you can say my body has already “mutated” to a stronger tolerance. Nowadays I eat ice-cream without any consequences. lol
I lived in China and the mindset of basically every lactose intolerant person I knew was, "if i die, i die, just let me eat my ice cream"
I'm not lactose intolerant,but I'd do the same thing : )
Y.E.S.
Does China have vegan ice cream? There's no lactose there.
@@aismameijere-cirsa Yes, and quite common.
My favorite one is the green bean flavor.
"绿色心情" means "green emotion"
It's actually very nice.
Hey its ice cream and its worth it.
Doctor: You are Lactose Intolerant.
My Asian Mom: that means you are weak son, go and drink more milk
For some reason I read this in a Russian accent lmao
Your Asian Mom:Why so weak?
A real mom!
my mum is the one that is lactose intolerant lol
Indian moms too
"90% of Asians are lactose intolerant"
South East Asians belike: *We have No Such Weakness*
These milk tea are too good
Same with Indians
I’m Cambodian and I approve
Here in philippines we often dont use real milk. Its always powdered. So im not sure about that one.
I'm lactose intolerant 😃
I’m American born Chinese and my entire family is lactose intolerant. As much as I love ice cream I know that I’ll be sick to my stomach within the next hour after consuming it 🥺
Really sad ....
Grateful after reading that I can have as much lactose products as I want
Im a Vietnamese and I can reassure you guys that we drink milk EVERYDAYY. Our parents always push us to the limits of drinking milk, to the point that we feel like we are cows
I am Indian and I agree !!
All it needs to do is to get milk from you in a traditional way, like cows
Cows dont drink milk.
*moo*
@@kamii2278 lol
I'm asian and I first heard "lactose intolerant" in Hollywood movies and series.
me too! 😅
I'm from the Philippines & I don't know anyone from my family or friends that is lactose intolerant, 😄
first time I heard about it was in lactose-free milk commercials.
first time i heard such a thing exists was in an episode of Big Bang Theory. lol.
Seeing all these comments in here from Asians, I'm starting to believe this whole video is bs
Same, I thought it was a western thing.
Makes the claim "90% Asians are lactose intolerant"
Doesn't provide credible proof for it
Leaves....
Sigma Clickbait video
just look at the map in the video, it shows that a huge majority of asian countries has 80 to 90% lactose intolerant
@@AgentLando i have never met a person with lactose intolerance my entire life while living in the supposed "80-90% lactose intolerance" countries, if anything everyone i know either love milk or can eat almost every dairy products without any reaction to it
@@socialreject2156 they probably do but just at such a small level that they don't notice
@@socialreject2156 and I never said anything about that, I was just pointing at the map on the video because the original person commenting seemed to forget it existed
@@AgentLando Bro, his point is more about the source, not the illustration on the video. This guy made a video but did not put any source of research on the video or description, so it's just a claim. We need to be more skeptical these days
As an Asian, I've never heard of lactose intolerance growing up nor have I met anyone with it until I met my lactose-intolerant European husband who told me that majority of Asians are lactose intolerant. The irony.
Many Europeans of Nordic Decent are Lactose Intolerant.
My step mom is part Japanese, but not lactose intolerant, and my father is part German and Jew tolarant
Most Asians are lactose intolerant tho in Asia they take it out of the milk haha
Hes correct, you would more than likely come back positive for a lactose intolerance but have mild symptoms so you dont realise.
You have superior genes. You must help his bloodline lol
"It's not an exact match but it's not not close" is something I've always wanted to say in any research paper I've ever written.
This so much. Would legit save me pages upon pages of writing and chasing after my group mates, but I suppose that's kind of the point of a research paper lmfao
"We reject the null hypothesis for 95%, yet we don't for 97,5%."
"Further research is needed."
Why say "not not" instead of just "is". Double negatives are confusing for small brains like mine lol
@@nicholascecil6733 it emphasizes it being "not far off" as opposed to it being actually close
Me: Mother I'm lactose intolerant
My Asian Mother: It's because of that phone.
Confused Me: Ok
lmfao underrated comment right here, they have no clue how fricking accurate this sh*t is
Technically if you watched this video on your phone and realized that you're lactose intolerant because of it. It is because of your phone.
Zyt L I mean you ain't lying
The only known person I see lactose intolerant is Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas
@@ZNotFound yes true exactly like a wise tiger mom you are lolol
"100% of Zambians are lactose intolerant" me an adult Zambian who has never met an intolerant Zambian😅🤔
It is because in your country when they prepare your milk products they remove some of the sugar lactose from the milk before selling it to you it happens also in Zimbabwe. I grew to know this when we went to the industry a lot as a kid during school trips. A very good example of what i am trying to say is like Coca-Cola makes its products specific to what people in a country want.
My thoughts when i heard him say Africa. When in my country Kenya most people get milk direct from the farm and i have never heard of lactose intolerance.
@@crazedzeen i am sure if I remember straight from our school trips to the milk industry the process of removing the sugar starts at the farm. Even fermenting milk for commercial use starts at the farm.
@@shanewalkingdead8258 you remember fr school trips in your country. Maybe thats the case there but here in Kenya it's different. We used to own cows too and sold to local shops and to our neighbors. Straight from udder to kitchen.
Western research is pure horseshit an alarming percentage of time. I am chinese and have never known any lactose intolerant people. Ask around in china and nobody has really even heard of such a thing. Lactose intolerance, along with gluten allergy and peanut allergy are all crazy american things.
As long as I can remember, my dad has been avoiding milk because it gives him stomach pains. Mom never stops trying to get him to have diary in his diet, though, usually by secretly adding milk into bread doughs when cooking. I never understood how silly that ‘remedy’ was until I myself developed lactose intolerance in my late 20s, when all of a sudden I could not enjoy a coffee without suffering severe cramps shortly afterwards. After some trials and (painful) errors, I found a brand that offers true lactose free milk that I could safely have, and recommended it to my parents so that mom would stop pestering dad to try regular milk in small qty and “just ease yourself into it slowly”. No mom, one cannot just ease oneself into regular milk if one suffers from lactose intolerance, the gut will recognise it right away. Better stick to properly treated milk, or go soy / oat / almond…
As an Indian I can confirm that 90% of us dont even know what lactose intolerance is 😅 our parents make us drink milk at any cost
Im pretty sure he is referring to East Asians such as Chinese
The statistics here are misleading because there are various degrees of lactose intolerance. Many people who has it never even notice. The lactose just passes through their digestive system and comes out at the bottom without doing any harm. If you're one of them, you won't get the calories from the lactose but you still benefit from all the other goodies in the milk.
@@BUSeixas11 Nah every Chinese and other East Asian person I know drinks milk,
@@aftokratory It is briefly mentioned here and described more in the Nebula-extended video. Basically modern East Asian countries like China really like and even push for more milk consumption, and people are likely training their bodies and maybe even epigenetic factors to process lactose better into adulthood regardless of base genetics.
pretty sure Indians aren't lactose intolerant, since a significant part of their culture revolves around cows.
Remember, lactose intolerance is a gradient
Being intolerant doesn't mean incapable of digesting milk, just that it has side effects (Which are usually *very* minor and unnoticeable)
Kinda like how some people who are allergic to *insert fruit here* only notice it when someone tells them that no, oranges are not supposed to make your tongue tingly
Wait oranges don’t feel like soda?
@@jadeasereht4638 Not supposed to, no
Nice textpost reference!
They don't!?
Lactose intolerance is not a gradient, it's caused by failure of the LCT gene(the gene eventually turns off). Your body can't digest lactose when it's turned off, you'd have to eat only fermented lactose or your gut bacteria will digest them with gas as a byproduct.
"90% of Asians are lactose intolerant"
Asians: *sips Boba Milk Tea* 👁👄👁
Good to know I’m not the only one. My stomach started rejecting milk in middle school, causing endless problem for me and I couldn’t figure out why…
Me, as an Asian, 1st heard and seen of "Lactose Intolerance" from and in only Hollywood movies 😐
So, no? Can you give context. I don't have lactose intolerance and I heard it was an evolution to from consuming more pasteurize product. But it was weird hearing about it when I have been making it with hot water and powdered milk.. Isn't there a goat milk that is ingredient in many asian food?
So, no? Can you give context. I don't have lactose intolerance and I heard it was an evolution to from consuming more pasteurize product. But it was weird hearing about it when I have been making it with hot water and powdered milk.. Isn't there a goat milk that is ingredient in many asian food?
Me too
Agree ..as a Asian ..I never heard lactose intolerance until I came to United States .
@@tinberman8738 exactly as a indian the country which has more cows and milk than anywhere on the planet that we litreally worship cows i have no idea what he is talking about
All my life I thought it’s normal to experience bloating, gas etc and go to the bathroom after drinking milk. Then I heard this term, and realized that almost everyone I know (friends and family) are lactose intolerant 💀
@Fishy Business lul
I don't need to have milk to fart... Interesting.
@@rexy21 so u fart 24x7?
LLL
Now I know that I'm definitely not lactose intolerant. Feel weird to be in the 1%.
25yrs ago in India less than 1% people were lactose intolerant but now this number is close to 50%.
Reason being introduced of Foreign and Genetically modified breeds for higher yields price being quality. My mother is also lactose intolerant now but can easily digest Indigenous cow's milk and there are many like here. It might be because of the Genetics as you mentioned as they're newer species for a particular region or because of quality altogether as we call A1 and A2 milk
i dont know what u say is truth or not. i have lived in US and visited many northern european countries. had milk and milk products like ice cream, milk desserts. never had a problem.
@@anon21qwerty17 I don't know about US but Indians can relate to this. No one in last 5 generations of my extended family of over 200 people was lactose intolerant but now more than half of newer generations is.
As mentioned in the video it might be because Indians had modified their genes according to indigenous A2 milk cows but suffered greatly with introduction of foreign and Genetically modified breeds. Even today most lactose intolerant people can digest Desi Cow milk
@@mohitdhanwani6431 we in punjab have foreign breed cows and buffalos. i have personally seen them.though i am not into dairy or farming, i have heard of introduction of gmo foods for milch animals. but i have not heard of 1 lactose intolerant person here.
been to western countries too and i was not particular of having only organic milk, never had a problem
@@anon21qwerty17 Well I learned Permaculture with 3 punjabi from different areas like Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur etc everyone had very serious issues regarding farming, dairy etc like almost half of the village suffers from cancer including 3 in his home, similar was case near Ludhiana were half were Lactose Intolerant and many areas had turned into dead zones i.e no water even at 8000ft because of these reasons many people are turning towards sustainable agriculture even in Punjab which is complete opposite of Sustainability.
I myself am a Type-1 diabetic and almost all doctors I have consulted so far have said there is a 95% chance that you developed this condition because of commercial Milk (anything other than Desi Milk)
@@mohitdhanwani6431 i dont know if what u said is true or not, i live in ludhiana. sure there are some cases of cancer like everywhere. more of it is concentrated around bathinda area.
never heard of lactose intolerance here living most of my life here.
yes, its true that many in punjab have turned to sustainable agriculture.
however 8000 ft is complete lie.
many in punjab are advocating stopping basmati production, as it requires lot of water. other want to stop river water of beas, satluj to pakistan which are flowing freely but come under india as per indus water treaty.
pakistan is very anxious about it and our govt are very slow.
other say to stop water to rajasthan and some to haryana.
"if you're one of the lucky few who can eat ice cream"
Ice cream is one of the most popular desserts worldwide ... WTF is this script?
“90% of asians are lactose intolerant”
Me; an asian who never met a lactose intolerant person: 🤨🥛 **sip**
Lots of ppl around me actually are lactose intolerant, they just don't recognise it. And then there's the belief of consuming lots of the thing you are allergic/intolerant to will cure you from it.
@@natalielam2277 how do you know they are lactose intolerant ? And who tf belief consuming stuff they are allergic will cure it ?
@@natalielam2277
Living in Vietnam for 5 years, never seen anyone that dumb. And where exactly do you come from?
As an Asian, I can drink milk, but I choose not to. My mom can't drink it at all. She has resigned to almond or soy milk (even though I told her to try lactose free "whole" milk or A2 milk instead).
@@ShaxxVN Dumb people are everywhere. I've seen over a hundred adults in the Philippines who still believe in supernatural monsters and they shame on you for not believing it.
So here’s the thing, the fat content of milk in Asia is different than the ones here in the states, which is why a lot of people had no problems drinking milk in Asian countries, and consumed A LOT of it, but once they move to the states, milk gives them the runs.
Me moving to Australia and experiencing this!!!
Is the fat content in Asia higher or lower then other places?
@@chopsticks7623 i think lower bc my parents used to buy full cream "australian" milk and when i came to australia, it was nothing like that. milk here is so much creamier. the full cream milk back home felt like low fat or skim milk. "australian" milk bc they would buy australian cows and milk them in malaysia but obv the weather and feed are different which prob affected milk production.
Wow. That is interesting. Thank you for this information.
The breed makes a difference to the product consistency as well and different breeds are more common in different places
I’m Asian and was born lactose intolerant. Was a nightmare for my poor mom to have a baby who wasn’t into milk and a toddler who literally threw up if pure milk/curd etc smell reached me because my body was reacting really bad to it! I mostly grew out of it when I was into late teens. But even now I can’t have pure milk. But most other processed milk products I have no issues with.
So for me it’s been the opposite of what’s said in this video. I became more tolerant to milk once I got older.
Average T50. 🥛
Basically lactose intolerance can range from no symptoms to a little gas to severe symptoms, but to most people it doesnt even matter if they're latose intolerant.
Asia : 90% lactose intolerant.
Also Asia : we love all types of milk tea!
Me as an asian : lactose intolerance is western made up illogical thing
intolerance doesn't mean you can't eat/drink it, just that your body doesn't digest it well
@@corberus3119 so fricking racist
@Corberus yea bro why so racist? Chill
@@corberus3119 racist asf
As an Indian, I was pretty much surprised seeing this video title, as literally everyone I know drinks milk😂
All the Indians I know drink milk like there's no tomorrow lol
I'm African born and lactose intolerant 😂😂
India houses largest vegitarian population....... If you take away paneer from us.... What will be we be left with
Same, I'm middle eastern and no one I know is lactose intolerant
I suspect that it's because drinking milk consistently from childhood essentially made us not wean off milk and hence we still retain the lactase gene expression. I'm of Han Chinese ethnicity, and many of my Chinese and Asian friends don't have lactose intolerance too, which I attribute to increased milk drinking in our modern diet. That said, I will get a slight stomach upset if I consume too much dairy products in one sitting.
@@abhishekkulkarni2918 yeah bro 😢
Wow awesome video, I learned so much about my symptoms
Half of interesting sounds like a good channel to follow since it may contain less sensationalized news stories.
him: 90 percent of asia is lactose
intolerant
indians: i don't have such weaknesses
FRFR
EXACTLY
Fr.🤣
Lactose intolerance =weak people
One thing that isn't talked about in this video: there are degrees of lactose intolerance, and of course different ways people respond to the effects of it. For example, someone could be slightly lactose intolerant, have one cup of milk at breakfast, and not feel a thing, whereas I myself would end up in a hospital if I did that. Not because of an allergy, but because of the stomach pains.
It must be awful. I’m lucky enough to only have stomachaches at times.
True though. If the map he's showing was correct, I would probably be lactose intolerant but over the past 2 decades I've been chugging a lot of milk and the only time I've run into some toilet problems was when I emptied one 1-liter-box of milk in one go.
This is true, I am only slightly lactose intolerant, I didn't even know that until I was 12...
Yes, hubby is african american and lactose intolerant but only to a degree as you mention. He can have pizza and ice cream with no issue but if he were to drink a milkshake, just kill him because he will be on the toilet for hours
I only have stomach pains when i eats a lot and also drink a glass of milk, it's only happened once though, probably because after that i rarely eat much anymore, just a few cups of noodle and call it a day, unhealthy yes, but it's taste decent and somewhat filling
I'm asian and NONE of my family members/relatives are Lactose Intolerant. In fact, there isn't even a direct translation for "Lactose Intolerance" in our native language.
I think the definition of lactose intolerant is doing some very heavy lifting for that stat. Growing up in Pakistan I never ever met anyone that had lactose intolerance like people tend to have in the US (e.g. I had a couple gulps of milk and now I'm shitting out my guts).
A majority _might_ have some slight problems with digesting milk though. That kind of thing is hard to notice.
"some slight problems with digesting milk", in other words: lactose intolerance.
Bro,that's just you are denying it.
Yeah I know what you mean. Many assume lactose intolerance involves a violently agonising allergic reaction when really it could just be that you’re a bit gassy and end up being known as the farty one in the family.
"some slight problems with digesting milk" is the literal definition of lactose intolerance. You guys are lactose intolerance, you just don't know.
@@iamlegq maybe just for him im pakistani and ive consumed upto a gallon of milk a day (bulking) without any issues its just like water for me
In India : that's a lie " what's that?"
"Just an excuse"😂🤣🤣
Dudh piya kr dudh
LMFAO
lol
@@fury1319 kiska 😏
@@toolazytothinkofaname3866 mummy
Congratulations you somehow summoned every Asian person on the internet, I’m actually impressed
What?
Well it ain’t too hard when we comprise of half the population
@B Sandstorm so fucking true
Hi I'm half 🇯🇵 why have I been summoned
Apparently the two billion Asians on the internet were all _really_ looking forward to the video on milk.
My sister and my mother always hated drinking milk because it made them feel diarrhea-like symptoms. I never understood this cause I never had those symptoms. Now I understood.
Funny and instructive !!
Finally someone who knows that Asia isn't just China, Korea and Japan.
It’s only USAmericans who don’t know what Asia fully is. From my experience most others r well aware.
Lmfao
in the UK we mostly call Asians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Indians. Asian only recently has been also used to refer to South East Asians. Oriental was the terms used most before. Oriental is still more offensive in the US than the UK.
@Tarun Singh yes
@Tarun Singh lmao😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😂😂😂
I’m Indonesian and my parents always pushed me to drink milk everyday every morning since i was in kindergarten, i didn’t know lactose intolerance thing until i was old enough 😂
never heard about people having lactose intolerancy here in indonesia. i always assume it's some american thing.
anyways parents here will probably thought its some morning poop schedule, since we always drink milk sometime in the morning for breakfast or something
@@nicguti Yeah same, maybe that morning poop schedule thing is a form of lactose intolerance?
Me too, but then I often feel a bit uncomfortable and "gassy" in the gut after drinking milk and I thought that was normal. Turns out I am probably mildly lactose-intolerant.
@@muhammadalifaqsha9014 omg me too but the weird thing is i developed it now but its never been a problem in my school years and back when i was preschool i drink milk like 5 glass a day.
@@gracee.k.2356 i’m the opposite! in my school years i drank milk every single day so somehow i developed a tolerance for it. however in my uni days, i didn’t really drink that much milk, i have become lactose intolerant!
I must be that 10% asian who are not lactose intolerance. I'm obsessed with daily products😎
I'm from India, never heard of a person here who has Lactose Intolerance.
We drink plain milk, Tea (with milk), Coffee (with milk), Milkshakes, lassi, chaach (buttermilk), and other such drinks.
Even some of our famous dishes contain milk products. We also eat curd and sweet curd.
We make cream from Milk, we make Butter from that cream, we make Ghee from that very Butter, and many things used to make sweets from Ghee.
Not to forget, we also make Panner (cottage cheese) which a large part of vegetarians here eat.
Almost all our sweets have milk in them.
I'm VERY surprised
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Yup from Pakistan this is most absurd I have ever heard 😆
Balak. 10th ki padhai karle ache se boards arehe hai
Hi hi, some might not realize you are lactose intolerant because it doesn’t only mean that you get diarrhea, it could also just be feeling bloated and or gassy.
Sahi baat hai bhai.. Ye angrezo ke chochle hain..
Baap dada sab kuch khaate aaye hai aur they have spent their lives pretty well.
Even hmari bhi sahi chal rahi..
Me: I’m lactose intolerant
My asian mom: There is no such thing as that!! Drink more milk.
Omg I so agree to this
That's is exactly what my mom told when I told her I was intolerant to lactose
feelsbadman
@@RedStone576 is your keyboard's space key broken?
I find it stupid how asian parents want you to become doctor but then they themselves don't follow basic medical advice
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse they don’t give af they tell u to be a doctor so u can help people but most importantly money
As an Asian, I can confirm this. Almost all adult in my family and our neighbors cant consume milk without having stomach discomfort right away. But we do consume milk added with other things like tea, coffee, cocoa, fruits etc. It's just we cant take milk on its own. Especially not for breakfast!
Whenever I drink milk or milk tea, I feel quite gassy and burp for a few minutes. Does this mean I'm lactose intolerant?
In Asia we don’t care if we are lactose intolerant or not, we have to drink milk or we get hit by slippers
I feel u man
@SniperShiv No, Asia.
@SniperShiv India isn't the only place in Asia where slippers fly
@@reed3863 pakistan too
Plus include belts , spoon and anything they see
@@coordinatorsstudio4723 Literally anything. I've been hit by flying bamboo poles too. Still survived 🤣
I live in India. And milk products are a very common part of the diet here. But, I have never met or even heard of a single person who's suffering from Lactose Intolerance. This is why I find this video very puzzling.
I search it and apparently its just east asians (minor margin) and some Africans and Italians. So he probably did the youbtube tradition of clickbait
@@aldrinmilespartosa1578 Yes we all got clickbaited. Cuz 90% of Indians and Chinese (2billion ppl) cannot live without milk or diary products and it is a staple food choice of more than 70% of Asia!
@@jayesh5131 Hopefully that changes. It is pretty disturbing that human adults forcibly impregnate cows (à la bestiality), kill her babies to drink her milk. I acknowledge this has been a staple for our ancestors but hopefully our descendants will not be dependent on such a sadistic food choice.
If someone is farting too much after drinking milk with you unpasteured milk okay that's lactose intolerance
@@alelimagpayo5641 but no ones doing that
Raw milk ftw.
It's a lot easier to digest and I suspect that a lot of people that think they have "lactose intolerance" might actually just have some kind of dairy allergy or be reacting to something else instead, but it really depends on the person and you won't know for sure unless you either get a lactose tolerance test or a genetic screening.
Never encountered someone lactose intolerant
asians: *lactose intolerant *
also asians: B O B A m i l k tea
It’s our curse
Those balls are the good shit
@@sushiibird7799 oh yeah
I mean they can drink it but not digest it
The reason the mutation persisted in the first place is because people consumed milk because it was good, regardless of side effects experienced and the ones with less side effects had an evolutionary advantage. It's not like humanity is fundamentally different now to make us not want to eat/drink stuff we like even if it hurts us.
Oh wow, didn't know that.
This channel in a nutshell
It’s half as interesting
Well now you know
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It sucks
As an Indian, I have never heard of lactose intolerance. Was always forced to drink cow's milk or tea or coffee made with it in my childhood and I would feel either feel dizzy or vomit it out.
Now I'm think that I am lactose intolerant.
I’m white and I had milk all throughout my teenage years but I find now in my 30’s i have to watch it a bit. Ice cream is no problem but a huge bowl of cereal and milk actually gives me discomfort the next day.
Edit: my point is that it isn’t just “yes or no” there’s degrees of tolerance/intolerance
You are white, you don’t really have to worry about it
Same for me …before my 30’s never experienced lactose intolerance…after my 30’s I am getting more and more lactose intolerance
For those who don't know whether they're lactose intolerant, here is a tip.
If you avoid drinking milk on the morning of exam day, you are lactose intolerant.
But I can drink other drink mixed with milk🤣
@@vimcraft_ same
@@vimcraft_ but the thing is I can only drink milkshake and in a limit
Done this on my national exam (idk I was lactose intolerant & rarely took breakfast but drink it for the sake of I'm having a big exam that day), I have to keep myself from going to toilets. It was a bad day.
My guts can't handle exams no matter what I eat or drink.
India being the largest producer as well as the largest consumer of milk by a huge margin disagree's
Indian who’s not had paneer is not an Indian ……the true anti national😛
@@infinityxtanishq8712 😂😂
@@infinityxtanishq8712 I hate paneer and its not a South Indian dish.
@@RAM-iw8oe Didn't knew paneer was fixed to a region. You can eat whatever you like.
@@penpithmind1941 If I am not mistaken it originated from northwestern India. If you go to a restaurant that serves Punjabi dishes then paneer would be a menu item but if you go to restaurant that only serves South Indian dishes then paneer won't be a menu item. I prefer chicken, prawn, egg, and fish. Veg I prefer dal, beets, curd, cauliflower, and beans.
What is defination of lactose intolerance? Because in India I have never met a single person who is lactose intolerent.
Back home, we used to have cows for milk production and oxen for farming, it was plenty of milk at home if we could not sell it and for that reason, none of us liked milk beside my mom. As far as I remember, I had never had any issues/bloating, but I am now a lactose intolerance. Perhaps organic vs manufactured milk?
As an lactose intolerant, i never knew I'm the 10% who isn't asian
LMAO
Y e s
Don't think thats how numbers work
@@BreadAccountant I don’t wanna be rude, but he is joking.
You really really misread the title
"Why 90% of Asians are Lactose Intolerant"
Me who has never met an Asian who is lactose intolerant: Wait most of us are lactose intolerant?
Why do so many not understand it is a spectrum and not a "can or can't drink milk" thing. If you fart more, you have it.
@@ChineseKiwi so you are saying, if a person have no issues after drinking milk , you will argue with him to create an issue and make him "lactose intolerant" ...lol
I am, keep on farting if it's not lactose free, minior
i'm from south east asia and lactose intolerant. But i used to drink when i was a kid, now milk can make my stomach feels uncomfortable.
@@astaridjatmiko8187 expression of the gene for lactase begins to decline at about age 5-7 and is mainly gone by adulthood. The exact symptoms you get then depend on your gut biota. Some bacteria give you lots of gas others will just break down the lactose as the lactose tolerant would.
By the looks of things in the comments This needs better explaining.
Lots of people could be lactose intolerant but not recognize it.
some might just have the bloating, others just gas etc.
Most people with lactose intolerance can tolerate cheese well, and small amounts of milk and yoghurt.
And then there's the belief of consuming lots of the thing you are allergic/intolerant to will cure you from it.
i don't realise i am lactose intolerant not until one day i suddenly came up with a weird thought to quit milk, and things started to change. My skin becomes better and not itchy, I don't have big tummy and belching. Perhaps I am not allergy to lactose, but the milk proteins act as tiny platforms for allergens to attach, resulting in immune response and GI syndromes.
As an Asian person, this is the question I've wanted answered for my entire life
"asian" maybe you mean you're of asian descent in the West? Because as an Asian living in Asia, I never once in my 23 years of life, met a lactose intolerant person, and I've been moving to a lot of places
@@ibnu9969 same, I've never met a lactose intolerant person yet, this coming from someone who lives in southeast Asia. We even include milk in our daily meals
@@ibnu9969 a lot of people don't notice their lactose intolerance until they stop suddenly
@@ibnu9969 same
yeah, i always want to know the reason. it's really annoying
It's very interesting that in the map at 3:38, India is listed as ~60-80% Lactose intolerant, but I never met anyone who said they were. In the South, Milk Tea/Coffee in the morning and evening is like an integral part of life.
Most of Us except those with high Indo European amcestry are lactose intolerant. Phir bhi we can drink milk bas digestion slow hota hai aur gas nikalti hai.
Most people from Asia and Africa in this comment section rarely ever heard of that term yet most of them experience some kind of aftermath after drinking milk, so my bet is that most of these people wouldn't openly say 'hey I'm lactose intolerant' mainly because they aren't familiar with the term despite being lactose intolerant. I have some friends in Japan and Korea and they all love milk-based drinks yet they all admit milk doesn't sit well with them, so I always assumed "lactose intolerance" isn't a common term over there.
Ikr, we drink milk atleast 3 times a day, tea in the morning, and evening, and a glass of milk at night.
my family is indian and cant even have a spoon of rice without having yoghurt in it lol. my dad even adds yoghurt to ramen to give it an indian taste
@@itofrog672 bruh how is yogurt indian
Kool video. Everyone I know is lactose intolerant although symptoms my vary ✌🏾💯‼️
OH GOD !! This was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen on youtube lol
"90% of asian are lactose intolerant"
Meanwhile in most part of asia: *Puts cheese product on every food*
You mean South Korea.
@@ZGC334 In a nutshell. well south korean k pop culture immensely grow in every part in asia (particularly in my place). Really puts their dishes and cheese product to life to the point that even traditional snack had cheese on it.
@@homeperson11244 hahaha
Fried banana with cheese
Fried chicken with cheese
Fried noodle with cheese
Apam balik cheese
Takoyaki cheese
Popia cheese
Bahulu cheese
And the list goes on
@@shunjike7 And somehow that wasn't the most blasphemous thing to do with cheese yet. Ever heard of Cheese Klepon?.
Yeah cheese become a gimmick to attract young generations really....
I mean cheese don't have much of lactose as milk
“90 percent of asians are lactose intolerant.”
Taiwan: literally introduces milk tea
Yeah, don’t know why, but many people just accept that you get a bit of loose bowl after having milk.. lactose intolerance is not common heard. However, the symptoms seem much worse when people travel overseas, like the US. I had a friend, she was so sick that she had to go to the hospital twice when we traveled to the US.. maybe because there are more dairy products in western countries.
@@miayle9545 I guess because of the stigma around lactose intolerance in Asia.
India the top#1 producer of milk
Actually the 'milk' in Taiwanese milktea is non-dairy creamer made from plant fat 😂
The heavier the cream, if anyone uses creams, the less lactose it has. This was from something I read. I don't remember where.
I’m from the Caribbean where it is warm year round and no one in my family is lactose intolerant, in fact I don’t even know anyone who is lactose intolerant so not so sure how accurate is the relationship to climate.
I just found out about this a couple days ago and came here to reassure, but I grew up in Japan, they gave us a full bowl of milk every school meal since kindergarten, so I had no idea
Me, an asian, who is lactose tolerant: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.
Same
Same
Mi 2
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Asymptotic
This guy managed to summon every Asian and African in existence and meanwhile I’m just a white guy who either looks like Casper or a vampire ;-;
Lol all Asians are here due to the title as we mostly thought lactose intolerance was something english people had
Asian here, the video is right, most of us are lactose intolerant. It's just that the majority of the comment section (and probably most of asia) thinks being lactose intolerant means either being capable of eating dairy or not. When in reality it's just things like having a stronger bowel movement or diarrhea a few hours later that people assume is unrelated to the wholemilk they drank a while back
@@kb-ww1uw exactly, feel proud your one of the few commenters to understand that
@@kb-ww1uw Ah, thank you for explaining what Lactose intolerance means
I mean you are Speedwagon so it’s not all bad
In sweden we have unlimited milk dispensers in school cafeterias from kindergarten to high school.
Me from Asia living in Germany for last 3 years and I heard about this word-first time in Germany.. it's common that people have lactose glucose wheat allergy and so on and so on..health problems in Europe are just too crazy. even I found some people who have an allergy to flowers.
“90% asians are lactose intolerant "
South asians- whaaaaaattttt?🙄
Yes we are
Wait you guys aren't?
@@ramirezharrier Not at all
Dairy is a staple part of our diet and we consume it daily
@@ramirezharrier India is the largest producer as well as consumer of the milk and milk based products. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka are also not far behind.
Kuchh bhi chal raha hai duniya m
When lactose intolerant people know that they are living in milky way galaxy:
🤯🤢🤮🤧🤒🤕🥴😵💫😵
Lol
😂
🤣🤣
😆
Im heading to another galaxy 🤣
Many people is my country doesn't even know they are lactose intolerant. I myself figured it out when I started living in the usa. Lactose intolerance can be hard to detect sometimes. Example, dairy product like yougurt, cheese, rosgolla etc doesn't cause me any discomfort. But a litttle bit of liquid milk, milk tea causes bloating and discomfort.
5:40 I didn't know there was a time limit on youtube videos, and especially just at 6 minutes..! I was sure I had seen longer videos before!
Korean stomachs: resistant against hot instant ramen like _samyang buldak_
Also Korean stomachs: OH SH1T LACTOSE HELP!!!1!1
I'm not Korean but I'm Asian who just loves Korean noodles, thinks how you guys digest that hot noodles. I love Korean noodles except the hot part 😅😅.
Samyang buldak is turd, shin ramyun 100% soup base is where it's at🔥🔥🥵
Older people in Korea have a harder time because they never had such dairy exposure but these days the younger generation of people can drink milk because they drank it for so long and built something kind of like a “resistance” I’m not sure if it’s possible that they aren’t lactose intolerant but I know they built a resistance so they can drink more because they drink and eat a lot of dairy
Fun fact: when the vikings explored North America, they invited milk to the natives while trading with them. These became sick and, believing they were poisoned, chased the norsemen out of their land.
That doesn't sound very believable. Are you telling me they went on a sea voyage that was weeks long, without any refrigeration, and brought MILK with them? You know, the thing most notorious for spoiling really fast?
@@georgiykireev9678 They brought cows with them my friend.
@@mattsavigny6084 A cow, on a viking ship? Seriously? Do you realize how much those things eat? Where would they put all that food and water, and more importantly, why would vikings going on an exploration mission into the unknown take a cow with them? Maybe I would've believed it if you said goat, but cows are a nightmare to maintain on a sea voyage. So yeah, i still think you were lied to
@@georgiykireev9678 Dude, they didn't sail from Norway straight to the unknown lands of the west. They had colonies and outpost in Iceland and Greenland, from there they explored coastal North America. They had a short lived settlement in Newfoundland, which they called Vinland. This is a historical fact supported by archaeological evidence. And how do you think the brought horses to Iceland? The vikings were eximious sailors and ship builders. As for if the milk was from cow or goat I don´t know, I read this story many years ago, and I find it totally plausible.
Vikings and cows? Lol i wish they have this scene in Vikings’s series film
Where did u get ur info on zambia from , I've never met a single lactose intolerant person in my life
I see all these “I’mAsian” comments talking about not knowing about lactose’s intolerance, it’s interesting to see how many of us just didn’t realise we were lactose intolerance haha. I drank lots of milk growing up and love milk tea and icecream soooo much. But as I’m becoming an adult now I realise that I actually did show many symptoms of lactose intolerance since I was teenager. I Always ALWAYS get bad tummy aches and some degree of diarrhoea after eating icecream but I thought it was because it was cold etc haha… Its not like you will die if you consume dairy, it’s just uncomfortable for some people. And because we don’t really think about “lactose intolerance” many of us just… don’t realise it and keeps on enduring the pain lol. Since I live in Australia it’s not hard to find lactose free dairy products and it’s really quite nice to enjoy it without the pain.
I’m lactose intolerant, drinking pure milk never ends peacefully with me. But I love milktea with condensed milk (which basically creamer and sugar)
Yeah same with me, drink pure milk some how make me dierha or constipation LoL
Nope condensed milk creamier if you can see that in the label but there's condensed milk which is expensive than the creamier one
I drink lactose free milk.
Im lactose intolerant but only in the morning.. i remember arriving at school wanting to shit my brains out
I have milk protein allergy and I have never eaten ice cream or pastries . I can't eat anything that contains a single drop of milk or something made by milk....if I eat these I will have severe allergy
Wait what, I'm from Asia and almost everyone here commonly drink milk. Heck we put milk in our tea and drink it everyday
Like he said at the end, despite 90% of Chinese being lactose intolerant they drink so much anyways. Drinking milk probably just makes you guys a little more gassy and poop a little runnier
You “train” to be able to tolerate certain quantities of lactate. So one could be lactose intolerant but because they drink it so much, they’re able to handle 3 cups a day. My friend is a good example of this: he drinks milk daily but as soon as he goes over 1 cup his stomach starts acting up.
Maybe it’s American milk that you aren’t tolerant to and because America basically rules the world with their culture and military values like that are based off of America and as a result, Asia is ranked as lactose intolerant to American milk.
Too many Indian friends here are quick to note or correct something in the video about you guys are actually lactose tollerant, but it is exactly what the video implies, you guys and people from Middle East, Central Asia and some people from Himalayas are the relative 10% of Asian people who developed lactose tollerance due to heavy cultures of dairy consumptions and herding, it happens less on some other Asian countries and i can assure you, there are probably people from Myanmar who does not have that tollerance to milk
African-Asian hybrid here hehe.. I'm not sure if I'm lactose intolerant but I do get bloating when I consume gym powders 🙃 does that count?
I’m Asian, and I’ve never met a “lactose intolerant” person in my life.
Yep 😂
They probably aren’t aware or don’t care.
Agree, lactose intolerant maybe because many Asian dont have access to milk. I dont believe the reason is cause by gene lol
@@manfunny917 what do you mean by many of Asian don't have access to milk. Tea is very common and drink by almost everyone in Asia. India,Nepal used milk in many dishes and is very common beverage here. And in my life I haven't met person that has lactose intolerant. Here one glass milk before starting the day is must.
Most Asians have it and don’t realize it. I myself am lactose intolerant and I didn’t figure out until last year.
Who ever thought, “hey that baby cow looks happy drinking from his mom…let me try some too.”
Let's just be thankful that most animals didn't think the same of us
@@cranberryegg1236 hopefully there isn't and not going to be any recorded case
It wasn't for fun, it was because being able to digest milk in the old times meant that you had an extra source of food available in times of need, and thus avoid starvation.
@@WoodlouseChucker well there is cat
If my stomach is badly empty and I havent eaten for days ill get that milk. Its that simple, starvation makes you eat anything. Some even gets poisoned in the process, luckily milk aint poisonous.
I think he means lactose tolerant guys, i know we consume milk and dairy products daily without any symptoms.
Yeah, u just think all those farts are normal from eating any food 😂😂😂
Lactose intolerance exist in A1 milk which exist in Europe. India don't have such problem because our cows give A2 type milk which is easily digestible and don't have any side effects. Please someone teach this to western people.
do not redeem saar
Me, a lactose intolerant person: **sips milk** gotta drink it to get taller, or else I get the slipper
Yeah... Actually that's not true. It's all bs created by advertisers. All you need is vitamin D and not milk.
there’s lactose free milk tho but also that’s a myth
@@raywa5821 there is????????????????
@@raywa5821 it must cost a lot plus not available in a lot of asia
I mean isnt soy milk is basically for lactose intolerant people?
Wendover Productions’ next video is gonna be: Why milk could potentially be used as plane fuel.
Fart fuel go brrr
Break down lactose in the milk by enzymes. Convert monosacchrides into ethanol by yeast or other enzymes. Distill. Plane goes vrooooooooom
it can be eat lactose with microbes produce methane and plane go brrrrr
Vegans : *autistic screeching*
Yeah hahahaha
The clip of the baby cow was adorable
I am Chinese and have lived in the UK all my life. I have relatives who live here and no one or myself have ever had lactose intolerance that I know of. Could this be because we grew up with dairy in our diet we're fine??
I am African and I have never met one person who is lactose intolerant. In fact, milk is a staple here.
Do you go to the bathroom after drinking milk?
This is about ASIANS, not Africans.
This is the white man's brain bro..
Same with asia
@@DarkHorseParatrooper I'm have Asian heritage and when I visit my home country , milk is a large part of everyone's diet and I have never met someone who is lactose intolerant.
As someone who's living in Asia, the only lactose intolerant person that I've met is MYSELF. Literally all my friends and family don't suffer the aftermath of drinking milk but me 💀
I heard the milk in Asia is different, so if they come to the states a lot of Asians will suddenly become lactose intolerant. Lol, might not be true tho.
@@artvulture456 Is the western milk sweet or fresh? I'm curious
Do you monitor all your friends and family every time they drink milk to see if they're lactose introlerant or not?
@@thepraetor7434 yes, especially my family. We eat a lot of dairies and I'm the only one who goes frequently to the bathroom. As for my friends, I ask them personally and it seems like I'm the only one who reacts badly with dairy
@@CWinteruu it's nothing about sweetness or freshness. it's about lactose-free or not free.
A lot of confused comments here... Lactose intolerance sounds intimidating, but it doesn't mean you have to experience severe diarrhea to be diagnosed. The human body is more resilient than people give it credit for. Same thing with alchohol. Quite a lot of Asians cannot break down ethanol in their livers(the reddening of the face/swelling are dead giveaways), but look at the alchohol consumption in Asia and you won't believe it.
In my family if you are lactose intolerant, they call you Failure