would like info on lactose intolerance

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My husband and I are both white.  My husband's previous wife was Black;

therefore, my 3 step-sons are all part Black and part White.  Of course these

are all just words, it can be hard to tell how " Black " or " White " someone really

is and in what context.  His ex-wife is somewhat dark and so are the boys,

although they are lighter than she is.  The issue is that I think they are all

lactose intolerant.  I don't know if they are more likely to be lactose

intolerant if they are darker or not.  Their mother is lactose intolerant.  The

oldest boy has alot of mucus.  He is continually blowing his nose, clearing his

throat and he has a problem with acne.  The middle boy has lots of emotional

upsets.  He is anxious, anxiety ridden, cries sometimes, gets angry and

sometimes gets violent and hits things.  He has hit people in school.  The

youngest boy is very lethargic, and has multiple learning disabilities. The boys

will swear that they are not

lactose intolerant, give as proof that they love milk and get quite upset at

the thought that they give it up.  This attitude just makes me think that they

do have a problem with it.  I know that lactose intolerance is not an allergy,

but I have heard that people with allergies often love and crave the food they

are allergic to.  Can this be the same with people who are lactose intolerance,

will they also love and crave milk?  Maybe it's not even lactose and they should

just be drinking raw milk or maybe they're really are allergic to milk, all

milk.  Does any of this sould like lactose intolerance or milk allergy.  Also,

is it true that people who are lactose intolerant will have no problem drinking

raw milk?

Two of the boys live with us and we have to buy 2 gallons of milk about every 3

days.  The oldest boy drinks even more milk than his brothers do that live with

us.  This is regular pasteurized, homogenized milk, because , the

youngest, will not drink raw milk.  He doesn't like it and says it has a weird

after taste.  I also buy 1 1/2 gallons of raw milk a week, which their father

likes and the older boy, does also.  However, doesn't always drink

it as he is worried about the increased fat.  I have tried to explain that it's

healthier and may alleviate some of his problems. 

Their father just says it wouldn't matter if they are lactose intolerant or not,

because you can overcome lactose intolerance.  By drinking milk you will develop

lactase.  If that were true, there would be no lactose intolerance or mention of

it.  If milk made people sick they would just keep drinking it, since most

people are unaware of what makes them sick and the lactose intolerance would go

away.  I don't think it works that way, at all.  I think it may be possible to

develop lactase, if you stop drinking milk for a period of time and then

reintroduce it in small amounts at intervals.  It doesn't just happen.  If

anyone has any insight into this could you please let me know.  I would love to

just get rid of the other milk and only have raw, but these are teenagers, and

it's so hard to interest them in what's healthy for them.

Thank you so much for any information you can provide,

gayle