Re: Great article on stats raw vs past milk and health benefits of raw

[Guest guest]

Hee hee. I just got read the riot act a few minutes ago by my grandmother

for suggesting she only order milk for herself from her dairy this week.

My kid is 14 years old. I know he'll love the rich, raw milk and it will do

him a lot of good.

It's very fresh, local, travels on ice. I never was a big milk drinker, so

maybe I'll make some ice cream for me.

Poppy

On 27/03/2008, ccbmamma <caroleebol@...> wrote:

>

> I came across this article today which neatly summarizes and compares

> the risks of raw vs milk vs other foods - and summarizes which

> nutrients are affected in the pasteurization process. Good article to

> support why you've chosen to drink raw milk, for friends and family

> who may not understand your choice. Great site, too, btw if you don't

> already receive their emails (Gupta).

>

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http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2008/03/25/fda_action_against_raw_milk.htm

>

> Below, just a summary of the summary

>

> Carolee

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>

> It is enlightening to see some data on raw vs pasteurized incidences

> of illness:

>

> RAW MILK: Incidence of food-borne illness from raw milk & #150; 1.9 cases

> per 100,000 people, 1973-1992. (American Journal Public Health Aug

> 1998, Vol 88., No 8)

>

> PASTEURIZED MILK: Based on CDC website, incidence of food-borne

> illness from all foods including pasteurized milk & #150; 4.7 cases per

> 100,000 people, 1993-1997. (US Census Bureau 1997 population estimate

> 267,783,607)

>

> OTHER FOODS: Based on CDC website of reported food-borne illness from

> other foods & #150; 6.4 cases per 100,000 people, per year from 1993-1997.

>

> THEREFORE, the incidence of food-borne illness from consuming raw milk

> is 2.5 times lower than the incidence of food-borne illness from

> consuming pasteurized milk; and 3.5 times lower than the incidence of

> food-borne illness from consuming other foods.

>

> Food_borne-Illnes.jpg

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> On a case-by-case basis, persons consuming milk from ANY source (raw

> or pasteurized) are:

>

> 30 times more likely to become ill from fruits and vegetables

> 13 times more likely to become ill from beef

> 11 times more likely to become ill from chicken

> 10 times more likely to become ill from potato salad

> 2.7 times more likely to become ill from non-dairy beverages

>

> Source: MMWR Vol 45, No SS-5

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> From the above, pasteurization not only destroys vitamin C but also

> the B complex, D (a questionable version of synthetic D is often

> added), the minerals Zinc, Iron, Copper, enzymes and whey proteins.

>

> Prepared by:

> Lee Dexter, President, White Egret Farms

> Sally Fallon, President, The Weston A. Price Foundation

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