benefits of fresh milk

[MysticScorpio82]

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It can contain bacteria like Listeriosi, pasturella, e coli, etc. Though it is extremely unlikely from a small, clean, pastured type farm. Much more likely on a factory farm where animals are kept in closer confinement and fed more artificial feeds.

But are a majority of those bacterias found not in the milk itself but in the "packaging" (bottles etc) that weren't properly cleaned?

In Maine you can buy raw milk from the farm itself. It can;t be bought at farmers markets, stores, etc.

If you are interested in reading more about raw milk and it's benefits here is an AWESOME website (it includes where you can buy some locally) http://www.realmilk.com/what.html

 

[popcornpuppy]

If you are interested in reading more about raw milk and it's benefits here is an AWESOME website (it includes where you can buy some locally) http://www.realmilk.com/what.html

Great info, Thanks!!!!​

 

[FrenchHen]

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I santitize other bottles in the dishwasher, but our local dairy cow's milk is sold in glass half gallon canning jars. Easy to wash and clean, and easy enough to find.

I've heard of pasteurizing at 140 degrees for a half hour to kill the bad bugs. That supposedly leaves some of the enzymes intact.

We drink store milk from a plastic jug, so filter the above as you wish!

 

[Andora]

Ol'FashionHen :

It is illegal to sell fresh milk in Ky too. I want to make my own butter from fresh milk so daggum bad. And my 16 yo DS will drink a gallon a day if I would let him he loves milk with everything. If he is outside when it is hot, you would think he would want some cold water or ice tea ... nope a quart mason jar full of milk. My DS is not fat but could stand to lose only around 15 lbs, doc said if he would lay off the milk he would lose those 15 lbs but oh uh-uh he will drink his milk. I think he would smuggle it if I banned it

. When we go out to eat and he sees that the resturant has those little creamers on ice OH yeah, he grabs a handful and down they go, He has done this since he was 4. Now me

, I hate milk, Oh it is nasty ... I can stand chocolate milk, but that is pushing it. I'm glad he likes milk though. At the health food store they do sell Rebecca Grace brand milk with the cream at the top but it says not for human consumption.

, Does anyone drink this milk?

The Rebecca Grace milk is good! We used to drink that kind. Since raw milk is illegal here, they have to label it for pet use only or something similar. Now we drink Snowville Creamery milk. It's DELICIOUS. It tastes like milk straight from the cow. It's so fresh that they have it on the shelves 12-48 hours after it's milked out. This is their site. http://www.snowvillecreamery.com/

I think the key is drinking unhomogenized milk. I can't stand the regular grocery store kind. I grew up with milk from my grandparents dairy farm and the grocery store stuff tastes nothing like real milk!​

 

[Eggs4Sale]

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I santitize other bottles in the dishwasher, but our local dairy cow's milk is sold in glass half gallon canning jars. Easy to wash and clean, and easy enough to find.

I've heard of pasteurizing at 140 degrees for a half hour to kill the bad bugs. That supposedly leaves some of the enzymes intact.

We drink store milk from a plastic jug, so filter the above as you wish!

Read the realcows website. Probably shouldn't have, as I still have more than a year of store-bought milk ahead of me. Makes me more affirmed in my decision to raise our own, though.

Thanks for the canning jar idea. How simple is that????

 

[Andora]

My grandparents had a large dairy farm and when my mom was a kid they all used to drink raw milk. Then the entire family got extremely ill and had to spend several weeks in the hospital and the bacteria was traced back to the batch of milk. Their farm was a small dairy, extremely clean with cows sent out to pasture all day every day.

Even after sanitizing the teets, sterilizing the milk pail and bottles, and taking every precaution there is still a slight chance you could become extremely ill. Cows have tails that flick back and forth--it's not hard to imagine a dirty tail flicking something into the milk or a similar scenario. Cows are big dirty beasts, after all!

BUT, that being said, look how many people around the world and throughout history drank nothing but raw milk. And look how many people are sickened by processed foods in the USA--peanut butter and crackers, nuts, and whatever else has recently been in the news. There's a risk eating just about anything!

The reason huge dairy farms have to pastuerize is because the feedlot conditions have created new super bacteria. A couple years ago in the USA dairy plants had to raise the temperature they heat the milk up to because there were new bacteria that had become resistant, due to nasty conditions on huge farms with unhealthy cows.

That stuff is not real milk. Have you ever tasted any of the ultrapastuerized milk? It tastes HORRIBLE! Especially the Horizon kind, it literally makes me gag.

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

Thanks Andora ...
How much do they charge for the milk, I know the Rebecca Grace
milk is around $5.25 for a half of a gallon, but $3.25 if you bring back the previous glass jug.

 

[ksacres]

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It can contain bacteria like Listeriosi, pasturella, e coli, etc. Though it is extremely unlikely from a small, clean, pastured type farm. Much more likely on a factory farm where animals are kept in closer confinement and fed more artificial feeds.

But are a majority of those bacterias found not in the milk itself but in the "packaging" (bottles etc) that weren't properly cleaned?

The cows/goats can carry it themselves. But it's not likely. The warnings are just more propaganda to scare people into not thinking for themselves.

I grew up on raw milk. I still drink it. People have been drinking unpastuerized milk forever. Pastuerization is a relatively new process, and it was created for the days BEFORE milk tanks and delivery trucks were refrigerated. It was to keep the milk from spoiling until it could be delivered. Today, that is not the case. We all have the means to keep milk at the proper temp, there is no need to continue to pastuerize milk.

If you have ever had fresh, raw milk, you would see that it is nothing at all like what you buy in the store. Also, many people that are lactose intolerant can drink raw milk in the natural state, not just goat milk, but in most cases cows' milk too. Heat denatures protein (think egg whites cooking), turns it into something completely different than it's original state. Natural is better, 99.9% of the time.

 

[Wifezilla]

Switching to low fat or no fat milk WILL NOT help you lose weight. When you remove the fat from the milk, all you have left is milk flavored sugar.

If your family is having obesity issues, it isn't the dairy fat that is the problem. It is the sugars and starches in your diet.

For every 50g of carbohydrates you get (regardless of the source) it is the equivalent of 1/4 cup of pure sugar.

As an experiment, enter the food you eat in to www.fitday.com for one day. It is a free nutrition tracking site. Include all beverages. Then look at the total carbohydrate count. How many cups of sugar did you eat? 2? 3?

When you eat a lot of carbohydrates, it raises your blood sugar. This spikes your insulin levels. It is insulin's job to lower your blood sugar to normal levels. It does this by basically stuffing that excess (in the form of triglycerides) in to your fat cells where it becomes trapped. (This is very simplified explanation)

Wholesome fresh dairy is NOT one of the things that adds to a weight problem. As you saw, it actually helped. The worse offenders for weight gain are high fructose corn syrup, flour, sugar, corn starches, corn in general, potatoes, etc...

Drink your milk and eat your cheese without fear. Just watch for added sugars and fillers.