I'm only guessing here, but as a dairy type farming person I think it would have to do with digestive process. Lactose is pretty slow release and takes some rather specific enzymes to digest. Also the lactose is often accompanied by milk fats, or some other crap.
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Date: 2009-11-03 02:01 am (UTC)