Don't Be Misled By Dairy Ads

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davjan4 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:06:26 GMT

I feel SO fortunate to live in Texas where I only have to drive 20 miles to get raw cow milk, raw goatr milk and farm fresh eggs, all at good prices. Now I found out that the state wants to keep track of everyone who is buying it. Probably just a first step to bannig it. Politicians are idiots. It's no wonder they are trying to overhaul the healthcare system. They ban good food so we NEED the healthcare. Here's my helathcare reform package: eat locally grown organic vegitables and fruits, good grassfed beef and lamb, drink raw cow or goat milk. and throw away all vegitable oils and use extra virgin olive oil and organic, virgin coconut oil. And get your vitamin D level up to about 70-80. And just stay away from the grocery store altogether. That's what I do and here's my results: lost 30 lbs, normalized my blood sugar and lowered my borderline high blood pressure. I've never felt better, even my mood is better, and I've got my high school abs back (I'm 49 now).

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davjan4 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:30:45 GMT

About that movie "Supersize"... it's bad science. The maker of the much supiorior "Fathead" LOST 12 lbs on a fastfood diet. Spurlock had an agenda. Watch "Fathead" and be prepared to be surprised.

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Jesper_203 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:15:00 GMT

To absorb calcium you need also magnesium (and vitamin D as catalyst). The bones are not only made of calcium - it's a rate of about 2 parts of calcium to one part magnesium. So when taking too much calcium and having too little magnesium freely available, what will happen is that magnesium get extracted out of the bones and actually create a weaker bone! This will explain the small wheightloss you can get, but it's not a way I want to loose weight! There are also studies indicating that nations of heavy milkdrinking have more osteoporosis.

The rate of calcium to magnesium in milk is about 8 parts of calcium to 1 part magnesium - too low values! What have happened to our soils are, due to the way we grow plants, resulted in less minerals in the plants, especially magnesium levels are often found to be very much lower using chemical fertilizers than organic fertilizers.

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learningmore45 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:30:49 GMT

Stop drinking milk altogether...cows milk is for calfs.. question why we even consume products made from calf milk

http://notmilk.com/

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MORS — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:07:09 GMT

Does anybody know where we can find raw milk or meat produced by grass-fed cows in Turkey, especially in Istanbul or Antalya? This is a serious need so please share your knowledge and people(at least me) will be thankful. (Translation in Turkish) Türkiye'de, özellikle Istanbul'da ya da Antalya'da çayirda beslenen hayvanlardan elde edilen çig(pastörize edilmemis) süt veya eti nerde bulabilecegimizi bilen biri var mi? Bilginizi paylasirsaniz insanlar(en azindan sahsim) mütesekkir olacaktir.

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Holden — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:55:46 GMT

i understand why raw milk would be better for you than conventional, but i don't understand the biochemistry behind low-fat/fat-free milk makes you fat and full fat milk make you skinny... will someone please explain... "nutrients that support thyroid function" doesn't make sense to me...

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Alberto — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:15:37 GMT

Thank you for this article and the links. I found a farm close to Manassas VA with a cow share program that is just tremendous. I encourage anyone in Virginia to look this place up and check them out, you will fall in love with the whole program: Martha Bender, (540) 788-9663, Herd Shares available from pastured Jersey cows that are hormone and antibiotic free. Certified Grade A dairy since 1988, family owned & operated. Raw milk products, free range eggs, and garden produce (in season). Approx. 50 miles from DC, they are located off of Rt.806 in Catlett, via Rt. 28. Pick-up from the farm is Monday - Saturday, from 7 am - 9 pm.

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sjw440 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:57:16 GMT

Dr Mercola, has there ever been any studies done that prove your contentions about raw. If raw milk is so good for you, why do the Amish suffer from so many maladies?

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C Ed Wright — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:09:00 GMT

Only 5 out of 49 "studies" showed a slight weight loss with dairy. Hmm... These dairy salespeople must have learned their trade from Big Pharma: Pick the "study" that supports your product and SELL, SELL, SELL!!!

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Readferry — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:40:40 GMT

At 68, I have been drinking pasteurized milk for probably 66 years - I am 6' and weigh 150# and consider myself healthy - I take no medications. I love milk and drink a lot of it. I don't have autism or any of the other ills that are claimed, and I wonder about the demonizing that is being done on practically every product that I have been raised to feel comfortable with. It seems like there is no middle road. Does anyone ask the question about why there are not bodies in the streets due to drinking pasteurized milk? Maybe raw milk is better if you can obtain it and afford it (not all of us can afford to live in Hawaii when our home town is too chilly) but perhaps the store bought stuff that I can afford is ok particularly in comparison with the pseudo-juices and sodas. And the argument against pasteurization does not take into account the fact that it was discovered at a time when there were no factory dairies. I do love the Mercola site, but there is a pervasive evangalistic quality to it.

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xenia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:07:17 GMT

Aemit, it's true, there are not enough farms now. So the solution in future is going to have to be: grow your own food. Not just pick healthy food and make sure it's from a good source - grow it. In future, as more and more people find out about healing unadulterated food, such food is going to get more scarce and more expensive.

So more people will have to consider moving to the country and growing their own food. I am already preparing for that. I'm giving up a relatively well paid professional job to live in the country, from the land. It will be a much more simple life, but so much more rewarding.

Speaking of that, a few posters mentioned keeping their own goat(s) so I would really like to hear a few words of rearing goats for milk. How much land does one goat require and how much milk does it give? How many months per year do you have milk, and stuff like that in general. Thank you for sharing!

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Morghanna — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:45:22 GMT

I live in a state that it is illegal to sell raw milk, in a store or straight off the farm. I still want to find raw milk. Short of having my own dairy cow (not a possibility) how do I get it? Thanks very much!

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T_rex — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:41:50 GMT

Envisioning Raw milk at supermarket shelves accross America I think is an impossibility because raw milk's "shelf life" is very short due to the live enzymes it contains. That would affect profitability, which is business's God. We have to either move closer to where the cows are grass fed, or bring the cows closer to us. I watch all those public park areas being mowed and I think, what a waste: we live in an insane society.

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phil stilliard — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:28:36 GMT

When you buy food in a supermarket, at least you can read the ingredients in the small print, but you can't do that with a Big Mac!

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webwitch6 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:48:49 GMT

I am still not understanding why it became "illegal" to have raw milk. You can get a gun, drugs and cheap sex easy (or so I am told!!) but you can "get into trouble" for asking for or using raw milk, a natural product. Just how screwed up has the human race become??