milk QUALITY (was milk- is it really so good for us? help)

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>A second problem is the poor nutritional quality of most cows milk. I

>had a problem with cows milk for years, and never had a problem with

>goats milk. Then my supply of raw goats milk disappeared (thanks to our

>local gov't). I then started drinking raw cows milk. It created a lot of

>intestinal upset though not all the mucous that pasteurized cow milk

>would cause. Then I worked with my supplier to increase the quality of

>the feed she gave to her animals by introducing her to a refractometer,

>and lo and behold when the brix of the milk reached 13, I had NO

>problems.

I want to add my 2 cents to the quality of milk issue. I think many folks

are under the impression that if it's grass-fed, raw and organic, that this

is a guarantee of nutritional quality. It's NOT whatsoever a guarantee that

the milk is nutrient-dense or that it bears an semblance to the milk that

WAP's primitives drank.

While brix is not a *perfect* measure of milk quality, it's one of several

strong indicators. I've tested several milk products in my area with my

refractometer - most of them raw, organic and completely or mostly grass-fed

cow's milk. All came in between 9.75-11 brix and the typical low-quality

store-bought milk typically comes in around 10-11. The one pasteurized milk

I tested came in at 11, whereas the 100% grass-fed, organic raw milk was

9.75. This isn't a HUGE difference, but it does suggest that the raw organic

one ain't great, quality-wise. I already figured that by the taste.

Really high quality milk typically has 15-20 brix, from what I've been

reading. There is one WAPF chapter leader in Brazil who's been working on

the quality of his herd's forage and he's been able to bring the brix of 20

cows up to 18. Now THAT is quality milk, and probably resembles the milk of

WAP's primitives much more than most of the milk available to most of us.

It doesn't mean we should throw up our hands in despair - I'd still rather

have 11 brix raw, pasture-fed organic milk than 11 brix pasteurized milk

from confinement dairies. But it IS sobering. I hope to be able to discuss

this issue with the raw dairies in my area in hopes that they will be

motivated to increase the quality of their herd's forage...one dairy at a

time.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

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Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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