Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 asked: <What answer do you come back with this statement. < " If you have milk any infection in the udder that you don't know about <this will come into the milk you drink. Therefore you should <pastuerize your milk and especially any you sell to the public. " This is from an article on the net: The lab concluded: “. . . organic raw milk and colostrum do not appear to support the growth of pathogens.. .” (http://www.realmilk.com/safety-raw-milk.html) And this from NASA: Our bodies are chock-full of tiny invaders: bacteria, viruses, protozoans. Multitudes inhabit our gut, more slip in on the food we eat and through the air we breathe. Usually they're not a problem. Indeed, some are even helpful -- and the ones that aren't are kept in check by our vigorous immune system, which marks and destroys pathogens before they get out of control. Without immune systems, humans would die. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/23jan_cellwars.htm Raw milk does not support pathogens, so raw milk does not make us sick. Since we do have pathogens in our bodies already, it is the weakened IMMUNE system that causes illness, not the pathogens! The book, " Germs make me sick " is an exaggeration, and in most cases an outright lie. Raw milk strengthens the immune system. Hence, drinking raw, antipathogenic milk makes you well. Not drinking raw, antipathogenic milk makes you sick. There has also been a discussion on this list critical of certain dairies, " I would not drink the milk from.... " It is so critical for this kind of thought to be debunked. A farm should not look like a disinfected hospital room... it should look like a farm. Manure everywhere. Dirt everywhere. Food production going on. Animals, bugs, and happy dirty kids stirring things up. We must re-educate people: just because something arrives in a white Styrofoam package does not mean it came from a farm any cleaner than Dogpatch : ) And just because there's dirt in the kitchen doesn't mean it's unhealthy. We are practicing very relaxed sanitation with our goat milk, and have been for over 2 years, and we have gotten WELL not sick! Bacteria is not the enemy: sterility is. Long live life! HTH! Laurie Ann Milking Five Nubian goats and almost as healthy as they are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006  This is a fantastic post Laurie. I have been thinking a lot about this clean and antiseptic attitude you mention lately and I agree. I think people are really afraid of germs since Dee Creek though. Whatever happened with the family that had to get their freezer reopened everytime they wanted to get something out of it anyway. Debbie ChikouskyManitoba, Canadagdchik@...http://www.winnipegbeach.com/chikouskyfarms/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I've been thinking about this attitude too. Everybody is so willing to blame milk for allergies. Nobody ever gets angry that milk has been contaminated with formaldehyde. They think the milk itself is bad. Nobody hears that someone is putting bleach into eggs!! I just heard this week. People hear that eggs " cause " allergies. --LAURA-- > > This is a fantastic post Laurie. I have been thinking a lot about this clean and antiseptic attitude you mention lately and I agree. I think people are really afraid of germs since Dee Creek though. Whatever happened with the family that had to get their freezer reopened everytime they wanted to get something out of it anyway. > Debbie Chikousky > Manitoba, Canada > gdchik@... > http://www.winnipegbeach.com/chikouskyfarms/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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