skeptical_lurker comments on Optimal eating (or rather, a step in the right direction) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 20 January 2015 10:39:28PM 0 points [-]

This is, in fact, the only example I have heard of of different food preferences across ethnic groups. But in this case there is only one change to be made - removing milk from the diet - and regardless, some europeans are lactose intolerant too. So rather than reasoning based on ethnic group which corrlates with lactose intolerance, you might as well just reason based on lactose intolerance, since it is something which can be diagnosed.

Comment author: gjm 20 January 2015 11:21:41PM 3 points [-]

I'm not sure it exactly counts as food, but there are substantial geographical variations in genes related to alcohol metabolism.