Quote: (03-25-2012 08:34 PM)kosko Wrote:
Quote: (03-25-2012 06:10 PM)Walnuts Wrote:
Sorry guys, what is raw milk? What's the difference?
It's not pasteurized. When the milk is heated it kills off all the good bacteria present in it. Big Farm Co.s has to do this since the majority of dairy cows are sick and their milk is full of fucked up shit (I read that " healthy " cow can not produce milk at the rates that mass production forces them. Most milk cows die early because the process is so rank on their bodies).
The nanny Govt forces pasteurization which I am cool with BUT they make it illegal for people to have the choice to purchase or produce it on their own. IMO I don't see the benefits of pasteurized milk other than a tasty drink or a gut bomb to maintain weight. Yes calcium and vitamin D are important but the Vit- D is added in and supposedly an enzyme that helps you absorb the calcium from milk gets killed off in the heat - so what is left ?
Raw or fermented milk is for sure the way to go. We need those good bacteria.
Hi, my parents own and operate a dairy farm with ~100 head of cattle. Most dairy cows are certainly not sick. If they're sick all the time, they wouldn't be producing very much milk, since the milk has to be dumped while cows are on antibiotics. Cows also produce more milk the older they are. 10 years and older cows are the ones that pay the bills. So it's preferential to keep the cows clean, healthy, comfortable, well-fed and in low stress environments.
I grew up drinking raw milk all my life, but we were able to get it fresh, never more than 12 hours in storage. The milk we drank didn't have much time to grow bacteria. Milk is an excellent medium for bacteria to grow and pasteurization is required to prevent this from happening. Even with pasteurization, shelf life is only 2-3 weeks. In terms of nutritional value, raw and processed milk is about the same, though processed milk has Vitamin D added.
Vitamin D is added because many people are don't get enough sun exposure each day to make it in our bodies naturally, so the gov decided to supplement milk with it since at the time most people drank a fair amount of milk. Not so much today.
A gallon of milk is probably equivalent to a couple scoops of protein powder you'd otherwise supplement with. Guess what the protein powder is derived from? Cow milk.
About hormones in milk, there's a ton of negativity surrounding this issue due to misinformation being spread around. Many growth hormones are present naturally in milk. They don't survive the ingestion process. There is no scientific evidence or even a basis for a link between hormones (naturally occurring or as a result of rBST regimens) and negative health consequences in humans. Hormone use is, however, generally accepted as being bad for animal health, with studies showing increased levels of mastitis, foot problems, and other health issues. Based on this, Canada prohibits the use of rBST.
Milk from rBST-treated cows is identical to milk from cows not treated with rBST. No impact on humans. But if you have a choice, pick the milk from cows not treated with rBST because it's bad for the cows, not because it's bad for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization#Milk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whey
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2012/0...-mythfact/