It is becoming rather plausible
that the dairy industry knows that their product has long established
deleterious effect on human health and that real competition from a successful
raw milk protocol is far more dangerous to them that anyone ever wants to
admit.
I think the industry needs to
take a page from the natural food industry and establish a direct farm to
consumer distribution system that is licensed as such. When you know exactly what farm your milk
comes from, problems are solved by a phone call and cross contamination is
impossible. More important that any of
all that is that every farmer immediately has a real reputation to protect. He can be made to take the appropriate
courses in food handling that this industry calls for.
An effectively regulated and
licensed raw milk industry would be a boon to the farm gate because in this day
and age, the operator is producing plenty of products to start with and is
quite able to handle the extra step of packaging and delivery on the timely
basis that it calls for.
An operation with a hundred cows
just happens to have stainless steel everywhere and the expertise to do the
tasks required. No one is running a
subsistence fifteen cow operation.
Kids Drinking Raw Milk Have 40% Less Asthma and Allergies: New Large
Study
September 17, 2011
By Mr. Augie
Reuters, Fox and other media outlets reported
September 13 about a large European raw milk study published at the
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, online August 29, 2011, showing
kids who drink raw milk are 41% less likely to suffer from asthma and
allergies. The study included 8334 school-aged children, and 7606 of them
provided serum samples to assess specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels. Over 800
cow’s milk samples were collected at the participants’ homes. Reuter’s article
stated:
Compared with kids who only drank store-bought milk, those who drank
raw milk had a 41-percent reduction in their odds of developing asthma. They
were also only about half as likely to develop hay fever — even after
accounting for other factors that might be relevant. On the other hand, those
who drank boiled farm milk had no less asthma than those who drank store milk.
The protective effect was linked to so-called whey proteins in the milk, such
as BSA and alpha-lactalbumin. Pasteurization remains an effective tool to
inactivate harmful microorganisms but may simultaneously destroy whey proteins.
The results of this study brings up two other very serious questions rarely
posed: 1) What other diseases and disorders are caused by regular pasteurized,
homogenized milk with synthetic chemical additives? and 2) What other health
benefits can be realized from including raw milk as part of a well-rounded diet
of whole, fresh foods?
1) What other diseases and disorders are
caused by regular pasteurized, homogenized milk with synthetic chemical
additives?
First, twenty percent of Americans get sick immediately upon drinking
regular milk and this has been growing every year. An informal survey by The
Weston A. Price Foundation found that ninety percent of those lacto-intolerant
can drink raw milk. What is it doing to the health of the other 80 percent?
This study names just asthma and allergies. But there are a host of other
auto-immune disorders caused or made worse by drinking regular milk. These
symptoms are either corrected or lessened when regular milk is stopped or when
substituting regular milk with raw milk. . It is only logical to assume many
people do not know the symptoms they suffer are regular-milk-induced. Face it,
regular milk today is not what grandma drank. Our article Skim
Milk may be making you fat and sick is already the No. 1 post of the
year. It tells how skim milk can help make you fat and raise bad cholesterol
In a December 2009 survey by the Journal, 877 raw milk drinkers had
this to say:
Health Benefits (of 877 raw milk drinkers)
74% have much health benefit
24% some
2% none
What all responders said about pasteurized milk:
62% believe it has long-term health consequences
15% say it makes them very sick
40% say it tastes terrible
30% say it upsets their stomach
16% say it gives them diarrhea
2) What other health benefits can be
realized from including raw milk as part of a well-rounded diet of whole, fresh
foods?
From my experience, I will state that children and adults who drink raw
milk are significantly healthier and have fewer diseases and disorders than
those who drink regular pasteurized, homogenized milk. One reason may be those
essential natural animal fats and healthy cholesterols. A whole set of studies substantiate the
health benefits and safety of properly produced raw milk.
Humorously, the subject study goes as far as not to recommend raw milk
because of its “dangers”. Be assured the FDA and USDA will continue to bust
Amish farmers and other dairies producing raw milk intended and fit for human
consumption, even though no deaths have been recorded from raw milk consumption
in the last ten years. In fact, of 42 raw milk illnesses per year on average
reported, using government figures, you are about 35,000
times more likely to become ill from other foods than you are from raw
milk, especially if you are careful to select a clean, safe raw dairy.
Yet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have targeted a ban on
access to raw milk, included in the top 10 health crises to be addressed in
their Healthy People 2020 campaign
Do not expect the milk industry or their marketing partners at USDA,
FDA or CDC to fund a study in overall health outcomes of raw versus regular
milk drinkers. The milk industry is already losing market share as the
underground secret message of natural milk is overcoming television milk
mustaches on celebrities. But if a study were ever conducted, the healthier
outcomes would not be from raw milk or healthier diets alone. Of the hundreds
of raw milk drinkers I know also have children who are not overly vaccinated nor
do they drink fluoridated water.
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