Central Europeans already digested milk as well as us 1,000 years ago

Back in the Middle Ages, Central Europeans were already capable of digesting milk, yoghurt and cheese just as well as us today. Researchers at the University of Zurich’s Centre for Evolutionary Medicine have discovered that the population of the medieval town of Dalheim had a similar genetic predisposition for milk digestion to present-day Germans and Austrians.

January 24, 2014 · by  · in Nutritional News · Tags: , , , , , , ,