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To break down the lactose in milk. Babies have this enzyme turned on, but in many parts of the world, those parts without a herding history, the enzyme is turned off in adults causing problems with the digestion of milk products.

All mammals feed their babies milk and this enzyme is needed to break down lactose in milk.

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