Now pay attention.

[ksacres]

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Do some research as to why some of us DON'T pasteurize

Fresh, raw, REAL milk from healthy, disease free, naturally raised critters is about as good as it gets, IMO.

 

[homesteadingcowgirl]

we got a milk cow because the hormones in milk from the store were giving me symptoms very similar to breast cancer

 

[Whispering Winds]

I have a friend who is very knowledgable about natural and organic foods, and she said to be very cautious about letting the little boys have Soy. It can cause feminine tendancy. And, if you look at the Asian race, their men are sort of feminine and they drink it and eat it all the time. Any other opinions or knowledge on this?

 

[rancher hicks]

Ok I was wrong it wasn't soy it was organic that they got. As for pastureized may be you could just tell me? How can you be sure it's disease free?

 

[skeeter03]

Its not just the hormones in milk but in all the "meat" products you get.
We buy 1/2 an organic cow (free ranger) and well we started our own birds this year.
and now we get eggs
as for milk I would love to find someone to buy REAL milk from not this watered down crap I get from the store blah.
I think in Canada they are actually trying to ban the selling of unpasturized milk - they are also starting to raise a fuss over farmers markets where they sell homemade jams/ baking/ and stuff like that. Its sad.

 

[skeeter03]

Ok here it is - we cannot legaly obtain raw milk in canada unless its from our own cow - so i couldnt get it even if I wanted to unless it was black market muahahaha soo flippin dumb
www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/27/f-health-raw-milk.html

 

[rancher hicks]

You must understand that there was a disease, polio, I believe that was passed from cows milk to humans and that is why milk is pasteurized. Pastuerization from pasteur, Louis Pasteur. Straight from the udder is not necessarily safe.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

Well, I have been drinking fresh raw cows milk for my whole entire life all the way back to my grandma who has her whole life. My kids and dh drink it every day too. None of us has ever been sick from it so....if it ain't broke...don't fix it is my take on it

Plus the milk is so much worth the risk

 

[English Chick]

Milk is natures goodness. direct from the cow, it's how we always drink ours...... soya..... yak!

 

[ksacres]

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Polio is a human disease, it is not zoonotic.

Strait from a healthy udder from a healthy animal is healthy.

Our animals are monitored and handled daily. If anything is amiss, you're going to see it. You can also send blood samples for testing for the important things-brucellosis, tuberculosis, John's, etc. Small, naturally raised, hands on production is the way to go. How do you know your chicken eggs are safe to eat?? Have they been sterilized first? Run through a bath? Bleach? No? Why not? B/c you know your chickens and you know they are healthy. It's not so different to produce your own milk.

Pasteurization was brought into being to kill ALL bacteria (good and bad) to prevent the milk from spoiling until it could reach it's destination. This being BEFORE the advent of reefer units to keep things cold in transit. It is no longer necessary to pasteurize everything-the thing is-pasteurization keeps the issues of sanitation and correct handling minimal for large industry. Got a cow with mastitis? Not a problem in large industry, where one cow's milk is mingled with thousands of others and pasteurized. Whereas, it would be a problem (and also noticed much more quickly) in a herd that's being hand milked and individually monitored.

What many people don't understand is to properly break down milk in the digestive system, the GOOD bacteria naturally present in milk is required. That's why many that are "lactose intolerant" can drink fresh, raw milk. That's why fresh, raw milk can be soured naturally (and produce an edible product) and storebought milk can't. The "bad" bacteria proliferate in the absence of the good and it will ruin the milk, rather than just souring.