Re: Get the sheep sooner!

[Guest guest]

> [MAP] once you've

> got the sheep milk nothing else matters! Allow me to offer

> unsolicited advice: Get the sheep sooner!

>

There is some interesting info on sheep milk including health benefits here:

http://www.sheepdairying.com/haenlein.htm

5. MCT and other uniqueness

" Medium chain length fatty acids or medium chain triglycerides (MCT) have been

recognised as unique lipids with unique applications (Babayan, 1981; Babayan and

Rosenau, 1991; Haenlein, 1992). Their medical and nutritional values have been

the subject of at least 102 publications during the past 10 years demonstrating

real benefits in malabsorption syndroms, chyluria, steatorrhea,

hyperlipoproteinemia, and in cases of intestinal resection, coronary by-pass,

premature-infant feeding, childhood epilepsy, cystic fibrosis and gallstones,

because of their unique metabolic ability to provide energy instead of

contributing to adipose tissues as other lipids do. MCT also inhibit or limit

cholesterol deposition, dissolve cholesterol gallstones, and contribute to

normal growth of infants. MCT are unique, because they do not follow the general

lipid transport pathway through the lymphatic system and into the prostaglandin

metabolism (Babayan and Rosenau, 1991). Instead they go through the portal

system directly into the liver, where they are oxidised into quickly available

energy for body utilisation. Thus, patients have been prescribed daily intake of

MCT supplements for at least 40 years. "

Coconut oil is also an excellent source of MCT's

Bruce

[Guest guest]

Hi Bruce,

Here's an interesting bit of trivia about MCT and milk. Capric acid,

the 10-carbon MCT, was named after caprines (goats)! Indeed, goat and

sheep milk are notable sources of this MCT. Of course, the most

famous MCT, lauric acid of coconut fame, is a key component of human

milk... Must be something awfully useful about MCTs for young

mammals... And as is my conceptual inclination, what's good for the

young ones seems to have high odds of being good for the older ones...

(Observant readers will note the kernel of the idea that turns the

tables on one of the standard facile anti-milk arguments.)

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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