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[yamaoka]

I saw a pattern in Nate's flare ups and his diet. I told him to not eat any more dairy and we'll see if he improves. He hasn't eaten any since yesterday morning and has been getting better. I made him some instant miso soup and it really fixed him up. He hasn't been having any more pains, only sensitivity in his intestines

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[pretend]

perhaps he just needs more fibre in his diet? not getting enough excersize can also cause that kind of thing.

[yamaoka]

I think it's dairy, myself. He doesn't normally have it that often and had a lot of it in a short amount of time over the last two weeks.

He may have shocked his system.

Also, we did research on lactose intolerance and IBS and found that L.I. can suddenly manifest in teens and adults around the age of 20 with no problems with lactose in their pasts. It's also prevalent in about 50% of people with Mediterranean descent and Nate's half Portuguese/Cape Verdean.

O_O

[poisonedacid]

Wow, this reminds me of what happened to me. I randomly became lactose intolerant with the same symptoms, however, I'm not mediterranean. I'm part Native American! However, it is rather strange how it just suddenly happens. Mine happened in such a short notice, the doctors told me it was cancer. Well gee, being in 6th grade, I was so panic striken until a doctor told me to stay away from dairy and it worked! Just observe it for a while and see if it gets better. He just might need to change his diet a bit, and not eat that much dairy. It worked for me! I'm glad he's getting better!

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[yamaoka]

Egh. Cancer at 12 or so. X.x

As for the Native American thing, the other sites we read said that people of Asiatic descent (Native Americans and Inuits are in this catagory) are about 85% or more likely to be lactose intolerant. I guess it just has to do with the fact that Asiatic people drink and consume less lactose in their environments than Northern Europeans do.

Mediterraneans about half, since they have some cow milk and goat's milk.

Atleast, that's my guess.

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[erlkonigvinz]

You should have us switch genes since I hate dairy anyway and my teeny Jap side is totally inactive. He'll probably be able to take it like a Swede afterwards. XD