Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Isn't it only vitamin D that degrades in milk due to light? I would be very surprised if there was any difference between the synthetic and naturally occurring vitamins in this respect, but it seems that this shouldn't be an issue with farm milk-- unlike the milk in the supermarket, which sits for days in plain light, either with no door, or a glass door, between it and the fluorescent lights above. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 > milk in glass bottles > >so, as i was quickly reading through the posts i saw something about milk >in glass bottles losing its vitamin content. this was a couple of >days ago, >i know, but as i was taking a break at the table with a glass of raw milk >from a glass bottle, i wondered: is it actually true that milk in clear >containers loses vitamin content? is it just that the crappy vitamins they >ADD to past/homogenized milk break down? do the natural ones break >down too? > >i have no idea which is the right answer, but it occurred to me that i was >assuming it was true cause hood told me so in their lightblock bottle >adverts (back when i used to have a TV). does anyone know if it's true of >the natural vitamins too? > >-katja I don't know the answer, but doesn't your milk sit in your dark fridge except when you open the door? So it would be in darkness most of the time? Or are you like me and don't believe the light actually goes OFF when the door closes? I've tried to trick it by opening and shutting the door super fast, but that light is always ON. I swear. ;-) Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 > i saw something about milk in glass bottles losing its vitamin content. I heard that too (and I always believed Hoods advertisements, but maybe the folks there think the light stays on in the fridge when you close the door!) (LOL) I lived in VT, and wouldn't pay their outrageous prices for their lightblock milk containers! Since I make a lot of kefir in glass jars, I got all Martha ish with some leftover scraps of material, and made some pretty " bags " to cover my fermenting kefir jars. Perhaps you could do the same with your milk bottles, although a brown paper bag would suffice.... and the K9's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 I remember reading on a parenting board that breastmilk in glass bottles is bad because of vitamin loss -- sticks to the side of the bottle or something. Can't remember. Seems safest to drink it right out of the cow (or mom) i suppose. Elaine ps: a texas joke: did you hear about the Aggie who got a black eye drinking milk? The cow kicked him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 At 01:37 PM 8/1/2004, you wrote: >I don't know the answer, but doesn't your milk sit in your dark fridge >except when you open the door? So it would be in darkness most of the time? >Or are you like me and don't believe the light actually goes OFF when the >door closes? I've tried to trick it by opening and shutting the door super >fast, but that light is always ON. I swear. suze - oh yeah, absolutely. i'm not concerned about losing vitamin content - i'm just wondering academically if it's really true and if it's true of the *real* vitamins as well as the synthetic ones... -katja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 >>>Or are you like me and don't believe the light actually goes OFF when the door closes? I've tried to trick it by opening and shutting the door super fast, but that light is always ON. I swear.<<< Geez, Suze!!! Don't you know there's a little man in the fridge that turns it on and off??? Cheers, Tas'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 >>>I remember reading on a parenting board that breastmilk in glass bottles is bad because of vitamin loss -- sticks to the side of the bottle or something.<<< Yeah, I was told that when I was having my babies. Don't know how accurate it is. I'm sure (now) that warming the milk in plastic bottles would be worse. Cheers, Tas'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 > Isn't it only vitamin D that degrades in milk due to light? From what I recall, vitamin D and riboflavin (vitamin B2) are susceptible. Here's some info about the loss of ribflavin from http://alwaysyourchoice.com/ayc/nutrition/micronutrients/riboflavin.php Food fact: Milk, a good source originally- pasteurize, irradiate, evaporate or dry and you lose 10-12%. Storing in clear glass bottles leads to losses up to 75% in 3 ½ hours. Meat loses 25% of its B2 during cooking. Some cooks add baking soda to keep greens green. This totally destroys riboflavin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Katja, Pretty sure its the flourescent lighting in dairy cases that was found to destroy some vitamins and minerals. Waxed non transparent cardboard milk cartons list magnesium but the plastic less light transparent gallons do not list magnesium, for example. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 At 07:55 AM 8/2/2004, you wrote: >Katja, > >Pretty sure its the flourescent lighting in dairy cases that was found to >destroy some vitamins and minerals. Waxed non transparent cardboard milk >cartons list magnesium but the plastic less light transparent gallons do not >list magnesium, for example. > >Wanita do they also list aluminum? i just recently learned they coat those cartons with aluminum!!! gak! -katja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 > >Wanita > > do they also list aluminum? i just recently learned they coat those cartons > with aluminum!!! gak! > > -katja No aluminum listed. If that were the case all food in containers would need to have dioxin listed. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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