MILK. There are pros and cons when we discuss milk. We know it a source of nutrition for newborns, greater for older infants and the backbone of nutrition for growing children. However, is it safe? Is pasteurized and homogenized milk the best. When I read “ The Untold Story of Milk by Naturopathic Doctor Ron Schmid my opinion changed. I started to read the literature especially by the Weston A Price Foundation. I started to give my own children raw milk. If you do not know this here are the facts: The FDA regulations on raw milk is a clear NO. Many states have made the sale of raw milk illegal and New York is one of those states. There are many clear cut benefits to raw milk : it contains enzymes as lactoperoxidases which are removed from pasteurized and homogenized milk. In addition there are bioactive components as immunoglobins that can provide passive immunity. I have always known that discussion of raw milk is a hot topic.
Years ago I was a health care writer for a magazine called Radius . I also was a health care columnist for other magazines at that time as Instinct . When I answered a question on Raw Milk by a reader I didn’t know it would cause such a stir. It caused such a stir that I was dismissed from the magazine, Radius. I don’t think Radius magazine is still published. As Bette Midler would say “ I’m still here. Raw milk discussions are political in nature. I stay out of the political arena. I speak the truth from the data. Laws vary from state to state in regard to raw milk sales. The death rate from raw milk consumption is .0005 % from infection from consuming raw dairy over a 50 year period. This is the data. Seems very very low
I believe raw milk should be sold in certain states as New York. I often wonder how an individual can sell clams, oysters , mussels from his truck on a highway driving to the Hamptons, but raw milk cannot be sold ? The rate of Hepatitis A from the clams is higher than any infection from raw milk !! Just a thought
Until tomorrow…