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People who are lactose-intolerant can still consume dairy, albeit in small amounts and with some stomach distress -- which, compared to starving or dying of vitamin-D deficiency, might be something you'd do occasionally, even though you'd primarily keep the cattle for meat (or if you're like the Maasai, blood.) But the lactose-tolerant souls who could consume dairy on a regular basis would have an edge.