Re: CASTLE ROCK CREAMERY DROP SITES

[Guest guest]

Will, What happened to real milk, raw and wholesome? What is lightly pasteurized

anyways?To me lightly pasteurized is still pasteurized. Doesn't any form of

pasteurizing (light or ultra) kill the good stuff in our milk? Now I know

lightly pasteurized milk is better than having ultra pasteurized but still it

kills off most if not all of the good stuff.

Kimi

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[Guest guest]

On 1/2/2012 3:02 PM, Kimi wrote:

>

> Will, What happened to real milk, raw and wholesome? What is lightly

> pasteurized anyways?To me lightly pasteurized is still pasteurized.

> Doesn't any form of pasteurizing (light or ultra) kill the good stuff

> in our milk? Now I know lightly pasteurized milk is better than having

> ultra pasteurized but still it kills off most if not all of the good

> stuff.

>

Mark McAfee actually addresses this in the OUTSTANDING interview with

Dr. Mercola you can listen to (or download the transcript) here:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/01/cdc-misrepresents-\

raw-milk-statistics.aspx?e_cid=20120101_SNL_Art_1

Dr. Mercola asked Mark to rate various non-raw milk options on a scale

where ultra-pasteurized is zero and clean, fresh, organic raw milk is

100. Mark gave " lightly pasteurized " , organic, grass-fed,

non-homogenized milk in glass a 70 or 80. That clearly surprised Dr.

Mercola and it surprised me too.

He explained the difference between the various levels of

pasteurization, and he discussed the merits of this particular type of

milk, among which is that it cultures well (for kefir) and tastes

delicious. Compare ultra-pasteurized which will NOT culture at all.

I had the chance to experience this for myself recently when Organic

Pastures milk was recalled (based on erroneous assumptions -- it passed

all tests with flying colors). I was able to get " lightly pasteurized " ,

organic, grass-fed, non-homogenized milk in glass. My kefir grains

THRIVED in it, and the flavor was indeed fabulous.

That made a HUGE difference for me because I was feeling DEVASTATED by

the unavailability of raw milk.

While I did return to the raw milk when it became available again, I

would definitely now consider the other milk a very reasonable alternative.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Your quotes say it all, Gail, the ranking from zero (UHP) to 100 (wholesome raw)

is how I see it too, it's all relative. We all fit somewhere on the spectrum.

Even though I'm a devoted advocate and activist for the right to purchase

wholesome raw milk, I'm not much of a drinker of fluid milk myself (volume-wise,

it just doesn't rev me physiologically. However, I'm in love with all the other

products, especially the raw cheeses, fresh curds, butter and even the ice

cream. Thanks again Gail for the good quotes!

Will Winter