Raw Milk Is Gaining Fans, but the Science Says It's Dangerous

I love raw Milk it costs twice the regular milk but it's worthy.

When i drink it, i close my eyes to enjoy the richness it has it is the best, too bad America always wants artificial things. They are brain washed by manufacturers who are out for profit not caring the nutritional content.

I will stop drinking milk if California burns it completed from the stores. I still enjoy organic raw milk.

It is delicious rich and feeling.

alice of CA 10:40PM November 07, 2009

It appears the majority of responders are in favor of raw milk. (Rought count, 15 out of 16...statistically, that's overwhelming. Of course, the FDA would call it 'anecdotal' because it doesn't match their preconceived notions (or should I say, "pre-purchased loyalties").

Check the history of the FDA...ever notice how many of them came from or go to the vary organizations they're supposed to regulate? And, no, not the small, family farms.

The FDA (as a group) has sold it's collective soul to the (food-chem) devil. Not that there aren't good people there; but, the culture is not conducive to keeping good people (or keeping them good).

I'm curious how the 45 outbreaks/1000 illnesses compare to the rest of the cases tracked by the CDC? Funny that they didn't point to any comparisons. I remember a certain peanut butter problem recently...how many dead? how many sick? What about the e coli in the spinach? These were USDA/FDA approved, folks. But, buying from the local farmer doesn't allow big business to sink their teeth into the deal.

One more point...the local dairy farmer isn't looking at just the bottom line. He can't afford ANY of his local customers to get sick on his stuff. NOT ONE. They're not percentages or "markets," but people. And he knows them personally.

He's going to take care of his critters, and take care of his customers. His customers will take care of him. It really is that simple. Small, local markets work because people do give a rats rump about their customers.

(I'll get off my soap box, now.)

Thanks

Dan Lewis of ME 12:08PM October 03, 2009

My two young children and I are lactose intolerant. We become ill immediately after consuming pasturiezed cow's milk. Fortunately a friend introduced us to raw milk. After doing quite a bit of research, I tried it. I'll admit, I was afraid at first...

But we've hardly looked back since. I can consume as much of it as I want and feel great. My children are now able to consume dairy, and I believe they are much healthier for it. I've since given the "raw milk challenge" to everyone I meet who is lactose intolerant (about a dozen people) and so far no one has had any difficulties digesting it.

I emailed the FDA to tell them that their information on their website is incorrect, that raw milk can be consumed by many if not all lactose intolerant people. They did respond, but only to to tell me I was incorrect!?!? They stated that both pasteurized and unpasteurized milk contains the same amount of lactose. Well... sure, it does, but pasteurized milk doesn't have as much lactase, and other enzymes, which humans (and probably baby cows) need to digest the lactose.

I now feel fortunate that my family was unable to tolerate pasteurized milk, because after doing more research I believe pasteurized milk should be illegal (or at least have warning labels on it.) We should hold our dairy farms and distributors to higher cleanliness standards, therefore removing the need to pasteurize.

Removing the lactase, other enzymes, beneficial bacteria, and altering the fat soluble vitamins is hard on anyone's digestion system and could be responsible for latent health issues.

Have you ever wondered why they fortify pasteurized milk with vitamin D? The naturally occurring vitamin D is destroyed or greatly diminished by pasteurizing it, so they need to synthetically add it back in. Vitamin D is just one component of what is altered with pasteurization.

Mindy of CA 2:40AM August 23, 2009

If you trust the FDA then you will not want to drink Raw Milk. If you trust your own research you will want to drink raw milk. It is as simple as that - one group trusts the FDA and will not drink raw milk one group trusts there own research. That is the bottom line.

We all know that better nutrition is not going to help our health. That is what the FDA promotes. SO why would a healthier milk make us healthier? SO we should buy the milk at walmart cause it will not help our health. Do you really think that someone that produces milk for walmart would want money over peoples health. Ridiculous! Health is always more important then profits. SO help walmart prosper and don't worry about eating healthy because food cannot increase your health. You are what you are born with - it's all bout genes.

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Dan of VA 4:40PM May 15, 2009