QUESTION:
Ok - so tell me about raw milk.
Here's what I've found after a
relatively brief search:
1) It tastes waaay better.
2) If you get it from a known/reputable
farm, your chances of bacterial contamination drop significantly - though not
as low as if the milk is pasteurized.
3) Pasteurization does remove some
nutritional value, though the evidence doesn't seem to indicate much.
4) Supporters claim significant health
benefits - which may exist, though none are scientifically validated (evidence
at present is anecdotal and so could be attributable to other factors or
nonexistent)
5) If you get a contaminated batch of
milk/butter/cheese, it's pretty serious (like kidney-failure/hospitalization
serious), not just a case of the runs.
6) Cost is very high - like $10/gallon
So from this, it appears to me that
there are probably slight benefits (like no hormones, better nutrition), and
very significant risks (significant not in terms of "you'll almost
definitely get sick" but "if you do get sick, it's not minor").
Is this accurate? What studies are there that support the "raw
milk is awesome" side?
Thanks!
Dr. Cowden’s
ANSWER:
Milk is one of the most commonly
allergenic foods, resulting in inflammation & immune disruption throughout
the body when consumed by people with allergy to milk. People with blood type B
are the only ones who do fairly well drinking milk or consuming other dairy products
(all other blood types get clumping of their blood cells in the arterioles
& capillaries after consuming milk products, which impairs oxygen delivery
to the tissues & forces anaerobic metabolism with resultant lactic
acidosis). I know of no benefits of consuming most raw (or pasteurized)
milk products other than prevention of starvation in the impoverished.
Most vegetables are a better source of utilizable calcium than dairy products.
Gouda cheese does provide vitamin K, but fermented soy provides more vitamin K
per ounce. Milk (pasteurized worse than raw) is one of the most
mucoid-producing of all foods. The mucoid material clogs lymph vessels, makes
respiratory secretions thicker & stickier (allowing microbes to grow in
those secretions more easily), impairs gastro-intestinal absorption of
nutrients & predisposes to intestinal dysbiosis (even if there are no
antibiotics in the milk).
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