Legalize Milk, Real Milk
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Got Milk?
Most Americans think they drink milk on a regular basis. In fact, virtually all these people are consuming pasteurized milk, not milk. Milk in its natural state – raw milk – is consumed by very few Americans, because it is illegal in many states and thoroughly discouraged by federal health organizations, regulators, and the Big Dairy lobby.
Raw milk is prohibited in Canada and Australia, although raw milk and raw-milk products are legal almost everywhere else. In fact, in countries with the best cuisines, such as France, raw milk and raw-milk products are considered the high-quality choice.
No wonder. Raw milk is fresher, better tasting, and more nutritious. It is fresher because only refrigeration is used to prevent spoilage, and you immediately know when it is going bad because of the smell and taste. It has to be produced locally or quickly shipped and consumed.
Raw milk is more nutritious than pasteurized milk. Raw milk has living white blood cells, mammary-gland cells, various bacteria (i.e., probiotics), and several active enzymes, which are all destroyed in pasteurization.
There are some European studies that indicate – although nothing is yet definitive – that raw milk might be useful in reducing allergies , asthma , and eczema. Raw milk is also more likely to come from "pastured" cows, which only eat their natural diet: grass. Therefore, the cows are less likely to have been regularly treated with antibiotics and growth hormones.
While we are on the topic of nutrition, it should be pointed out that even though the protein component of milk is one of the best available, the most nutritious part of milk might be the fat component. Butterfat is naturally beneficial . It also contains the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K, in which many Americans are deficient. So stop buying skim and low-fat milk.
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Raw milk is much better than processed milk, but there is a catch: it is about twice the price and you have to drink it within a few days. Therefore, we can let the market decide the issue. You can buy expensive raw milk or inexpensive pasteurized milk
As part of my diet, I was required to drink certified raw milk. I still recall the brand: Roger Jessup. He had me on a diet of red meat, steamed vegetables, eggs, and whole grain cereal cooked overnight. I was allowed no white flour
People can also get sick from E. coli bacteria from undercooked beef (especially hamburger), unpasteurized milk and juice, soft cheeses made from raw milk, feces of infected people, contaminated water, and by contact with an infected person.
Advocates believe that raw milk is not only tastier but healthier and they want to be able to buy it from farmers they trust to handle animals and products in ways that greatly reduce contamination. Life doesn't come with guarantees.
As the FT's Peter Smith reported last month: “Fonterra are acting to fill the demand for safe, raw milk and if they are able to supply a significant share … they will control most of the market,” says Matthew Crabbe at Access Asia, a Shanghai retail
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The government's war on raw milk is not only a war on freedom, but it is also a jihad against that old-fashioned (and very obsolete) notion that your health is your responsibility. The state does not want its subjects to be self-sufficient, self-educated, and gaining power through knowledge. Because knowledge is power - the power to question conventional wisdom and reject conformity is a blessed thing for individuals and society, but it is a menace to the authoritarians and conformists.
People who buy raw milk products do so for a reason - it's because they have thought about the topic, understand a bit about pasteurization and the implications of that, and they are willing to make the extra effort to protect and nurture their health and/or the health of their loved ones. Then they have to seek out sellers of raw products and go get the stuff. That's more time-consuming than slapping a gallon of supermarket milk in your shopping cart, so there must be some convincing reasons why some folks feel so strongly about purchasing only raw milk products.
I am not a milk drinker, but I purchase raw cheese and butter almost exclusively. I occasionally buy aged (clean) cheese, but never do I buy assembly-line, plasticized cheese. It's my prerogative, and my decisions are based on the knowledge I hold and the value I place on my body and long-term health. In addition, I enjoy engaging in personal marketplace transactions the old-fashioned way.
Last Saturday I was at Detroit Eastern Market , that great place of commerce that I mention often. I have a source - a farmer from rural parts just north of me - for buying raw butter that is made by her Amish neighbors. Last week, I bought quite a few pounds (I was in hoarding mode), and as I was loading the containers in my basket and talking to the farmer about freezing the butter, a rather chunky woman - another market shopper - came up to the table and just sorta butted in. "Oh, you can freeze that," she chirped in a whiny tone. I said, "Yeah, I know." She asked why it was in those strange plastic containers, and I noted it was handmade by the Amish. She picked up one container left on the table and, as she was doing that, she said, "What exactly is this?" I told her, "It's raw butter. The best anywhere." Immediately, she dropped the butter and let out a lengthy gasp (huuuuuhaaaaaaaaa?), and she zipped around and looked at me with her eyes bugging out so far I thought they would pop. "Raw!" Did you saw RAW? Oh, you can't sell raw butter in Michigan. That's illegal." At that point, the farmer's daughter, a sweet girl of 13 or so who was tending the table, stepped back and looked like she'd seen a martian.
the raw milk thing is just rediculous. makes no sense why people can't buy/sell it
raw goat milk? we can buy goat milk here but how raw is it? Does goat milk do number on you? 
good plan! I can't afford the raw milk here... unless i find an actual farmer to buy direct from . but coconut is great.
Raw milk.....is good....You can buy yours from Fiore di Capra. \\ 
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