Posted by Max on Friday, 30. October 1998 at 07:50 Bali Time:
In Reply to: me too agree posted by le miaux on Friday, 30. October 1998 at 07:22 Bali Time:
Actually the milk thing is a different problem.
If you don't drink milk regulary you don't produce enough of lactose, an enzym that is needed to digest milk. The symptoms are diarea after the consume of milk.
As milk isn't part of the diet of most Indonesians, or Thais (no, the milk in your coffee isn't enough) they suffer badly when first drinking milk. This problem gets fixed very soon as the body goes into production od lactose.
Same happens to westeners after spending some years in Indonesia or any other country where not much milk is on the menu.
This is not a diseasy as Bali Belly, which is a bacterial infection.