What Have They Done to Milk?

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charlievan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:03:38 GMT

Well I have to comment on this one, I agree on every statement but to put things into perspective 1st I am 49 yrs old I have never been sick ( injured yes ) but 3 times in my life twice with a bad flu from being to close to another student in high School, the other my wife caught a cold at work and during a stressful time for me I got it from her! I have drank a minimum of 2 -12 oz glasses of milk a day since I was born, I have only recently ( in the last 2 months started drinking Organic milk I otherwise eat all fresh from the farmers maket only free range and organic natural fed eggs and meat and poultry, but the Idea that my wife and I are any less healthy than those that drink raw milk or dont drink milk at all is rediculus.

I lift weights 6 days a week and run 3 miles a day every day ( alternating climbing a local mtn) I have been looking into changing to raw milk due to my wifes alergies only otherwise we are in peak shape ( my Dr says according to my last physical I am stronger and healthier than most 20 yr olds) so my comment is aimed at the last comment that said milk was so bad for us I dont see any correlation between a bunch of lab studies and real life! I think my family and hundreds of others are a better guide than your studies. By the way go to my website and see how young and fibrantly healthy I am at 49being almost a half century on this planet at www.cvrfitness.com I think that is the only proof or varification anyone needs.Good quality cows Milk does a body good!!

Charlie

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kujosrose1 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:58:02 GMT

I'm more confused than ever. I currently have a cow share and get 1 gal of raw milk every week (sometimes yogurt, cream, pastured hens eggs). So if you're going to drink milk, it should be raw, right? However, you really shouldn't be drinking any? Goat's or cow's? No dairy whatsoever? All of your calcium and protein needs (as well as other "benefits" of raw milk) should come from other sources? Help, somebody! Geez, the amount of information that you have to dredge through (just in this blog) to find a real answer is ridiculous. And even then, is it a fact, or an opinion? And if it's a fact, what's it based on? Who did the studies? Who interepreted them? After reading Dr Mercola's "Don't Drink Your Milk", I feel I'd be remiss not to discontinue my raw milk supply for myself and my 2.5-year-old daughter.

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kujosrose1 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:05:09 GMT

FINALLY!!!!! Real (raw) milk FINALLY gets its day in mainstream media!!!

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HAPPY LADY — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:55:32 GMT

DAVID

AS FOR GOATS MILK IS SUPPOSE TO BE BETTER FOR YOU. MY SISTER CANNOT FEED FORMULA TO HER BABIES. THEY ARE ALLERGIC TO IT. SHE NURSES BUT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH. SO SHE PUTS HER NEWBORNS ON GOATS MILK TO SUPPLEMENT. AND IF YOU FIND GOATS MILK BUY IT FROM A DAIRY THAT HAS A MILKING POLAR. THAT'S THE BEST. OR MILK THE GOAT ON A BIG CHUNK OF ICE THAT IT'S ICE COLD RIGHT AWAY. MY CHILDREN DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GOAT OR COWS MILK. WE ALSO USE RAW COWS MILK. STORE BOUGHT MILK AS TO MANY CHEMICALS AND OTHER STUFF IN THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR .THANKS

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katyr — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:50:52 GMT

Not an expert but the comment that no other animal drinks another animal’s milk is not entirely true. From what I have seen most omnivores and carnivores will if offered drink any milk. My son cannot have pasteurized cow’s milk, it makes him very sick with asthma like symptoms but does fine on raw milk.

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Yod — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:48:37 GMT

I've been getting these incredibly painful stomach aches for about a year. Someone suggested it may be dairy, even though I've been drinking milk with no apparent problems for over half a century. I stopped milk for a while a haven't had near the severity of stomach pains. I've been drinking Edenblend rice and soy for years also, but now that I've seen Dr. Mercola's article about soy, I'll stop that too. What about rice milk? It's becoming very ubiquitous in grocery stores and tastes fairly good.

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david — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:21:15 GMT

Anyone know if raw goat's milk is better than cow's....and if so, why?.....and where can I get it in Southern England?!

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Susie Hagemeister — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:37:51 GMT

Yay, on mainstream TV!!!

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James Pelletier — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:50:43 GMT

There's only one thing that makes me think that milk can't be all bad, and that is that God promised his chosen people a land flowing with milk and honey. One other possible thing is that makes me think that perhaps humans might need an ongoing source of calcium is that most of those other animals who stop nursing their young, continue to eat green leafy vegetables as a staple in their diet. I have watched even many dogs eat grass and other plants on a regular basis. Wolves chew up the bones.

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Polarbear — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:26:08 GMT

Those crafty marketers did fool old Rooney though. He still believes we eat on the basis of so much *weight* of each food type. Nutritionists remind us that so many Calories should come from this group and so many from that one..

See www.keepkidshealthy.com/.../whole_milk_vs_lowfat.html for example.

Whole milk is 50% fat by Calories...i.e. 9 gms in 160 Calories = (9g x 9Calories/g) / 160 = 81/160 x 100 %

2% is 4.7x9/125 x 100% = 42/125 x 100% = 34% fat by Calories.

As the fat Calories percent goes down, the protein Calories percent goes up, and so does the allergy rate, the juvenile diabetes rate and IGF-1 associated cancer rates.

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JANET THOMAS — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:35:50 GMT

Goat milk is definitely the best!

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Jtamez — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:47:13 GMT

I just read this on charlottes site. About People looking for local raw milk.

http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/186729.html

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Katy B — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:50:43 GMT

"If they want to sell more Milk try selling what comes out of a cow." Truer words .....

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minnie-me — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:53:39 GMT

I want to throw this question out to anybody who knows... I have no access to raw milk and have only tried it once in my life. It tasted ok , except that it was warm, so at the time, I wasn't crazy about it. I'm sure I would have felt differently if it was ice cold!
A Sunflower food store opened up by me last week and they sell non-homogenized milk in a half gallon bottle. It is pasturized, as they are not allowed to carry it if it is not. I bought a gallon (it was no more expensive than "organic" milk sold in a wax carton), and I loved it. You have to shake it up pretty good because the cream goes to the top. I normally use rice or almond milk, but this was such a treat to me. Other than the fact that it is pasturized, is there any advantage to drinking this over rice, almond or even commercial organic milk (which I don't buy anymore, but I do like) ?
Thanks for any replies!