Dairy - Health dairy choices - organic, grass-fed, fresh, unpasteurized
Raw / natural milk is the best choice . . . when obtained from healthy, grass- fed cows in a reasonably clean environment
Raw / natural milk is the best choice .
. . If it is obtained from healthy, grass- fed cows in a reasonably clean environment
RAW milk
is a COMPLETE food.
Raw milk is rich in protein, vitamins/minerals, and enzymes necessary to digest
milk. One could live exclusively on clean, raw milk if necessary, since it contains:
- More than 60 digestive enzymes
- essential for a healthy digestive system,
including
those required to digest the milk itself, and which are destroyed by pasteurization
- making the milk harder to digest; pasteurization also destroys phosphatase,
an enzyme that helps your bones absorb calcium. Do you see the irony here?
- Growth factors and immunoglobulins
(i.e. antibodies)
- Beneficial raw fats
- Amino acids / proteins -
in bioavailable / 100% digestible form in raw milk are denatared by pasteurization.
Even more so when milk is ultrapasteurized compared
to standard HTST method;
- Vitamins A, B, C, D, E and
K - in highly bioavailable form
- MInerals.
Balanced content, including calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron; and their absorption
is enhanced by the live lactobacilli in the raw milk;
- Good bacteria
• Raw milk contains beneficial lactic acid-producing
bacteria that protect against pathogens (such as harmful
bacteria). Unfortunately, the inherently protective organisms are destroyed
by pasteurization, as are the beneficial bacteria which naturally sour the milk.
These organisms produce a clabbered milk typically consumed by most of the world's
population. Without these bacteria, pasteurized milk simply putrefies as it ages.
Is Raw milk Safe?
Raw milk kills pathogens
• Disease-causing bacteria in milk are largely
a result of industrial farming practices. These
may lead to disease-riddled animals and contaminated milk. The milk from clean,
healthy cows does not need pasteurizing. Factory farmed animals are raised in concentrated
feedlots rife with dangerous bacteria and viruses. They are also fed an unnatural
grain diet, which creates a much higher level of acidity in the animal's stomach
needed for E. coli bacteria to survive.
Health- food advocate, Dr. Joseph Mercola, reported that :
"Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures, the largest raw dairy
in the United States, performed the following test: He inoculated pathogenic
contaminants such as E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella into his raw milk,
and into pasteurized milk.
In the raw milk, none of the pathogens survived because the natural
bacteria were able to protect the milk. In the pasteurized milk, however
- - in which the bacteria and enzymes have been destroyed - - the pathogens
were able to take over.
To think that pasteurized milk is safer (even if you don't believe
it's healthier) than raw milk from a healthy, grass- fed cow is simply not
true."
Raw milk boosts body's "in- house" production of
the antioxidant glutathione.
Raw milk, and also whey, raw eggs, and uncooked meat,contain the pre- cursor amino acids for production of glutathione ,
one of the body's most powerful
antioxidants
protecting every one of your cells and their mitochondria from oxidative
and peroxidative damage . These amino acids are almost entirely absent in pasteurized dairy products. antioxidants ,
glutathione is actually inside the cells. It also maximizes the activity of all
the other antioxidants ,
including vitamins C
E , CoQ10, alpha lipoic acid, and
those in fresh fruits and veggies. The aging process reduces your body's ability
to produce glutathione.
How to obtain raw milk?
Some states allow the purchase of raw milk at the
farm. However,
be sure to check out the hygiene protocol in the farm's milking parlor. By executive
order, it is forbidden to transport raw milk across state lines. In Florida, raw
milk can only be bought when labeled "For Pet Consumption Only" - - - meowwww!
:) In reality, raw milk is hard to come by, unless you know a farmer, who pastures
his animals, uses good milking hygiene, and who is willing to sell you raw milk,
or you can join a co- op and own part of a cow (hopefully the milk- producing part!).
Raw milk can even be shipped frozen from California if you can afford the delivery
costs (de- thawing affects milk consistency a little). Health food stores usually
have more organic and grass- fed offerings, and sometimes even raw milk for your
"pets"
Locate a raw milk source near you at
Campaign for Real Milk .
Find out the
legal status of raw milk in the
U.S. state country
