Splinter Groups (was: Re: pork question)

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> > Could you fill in those of us who aren't familiar with

the " calves fed

> > pasteurized milk " thing?

>

> A month or so ago, Roman was caught off-guard when he quoted the

RealMilk

> website (run by the Weston A. Price Foundation) to a farmer he was

talking

> to. He cited the quote that states that (paraphrasing) calves fed

> pasteurized milk die before maturity. The farmer countered with

personal

> experience that the quote was untrue.

>

> If anybody knows a message number or subject heading for the

thread, maybe

> they'll post it. I'm just about to run out the door, otherwise I

would...

>

message #6535

I forgot another issue. The Vitamin A article states that vitamin A

is actually a collection of differant isomers and ester forms,

whereas synthetic vitamin A is just one form (usually retinyl

palmitate). The point being that having just one form is responsible

for the toxicity that studies have found with excessive Vitamin A

intake. However, the liver converts vitamin A to retinyl palmitate

for storage and that form makes up the vast majority of the vitamin A

found in liver (interestingly enough, this is not true for freshwater

fish, which convert it to a differant form). I brought this issue to

the list when Sally was still posting here and both she and Dr.

Byrnes repeated the 'Vitamin A is a collection of isomers and esters

so don't worry and eat your liver' mantra.

I'm not worried about Vitamin A toxicity - the levels are still quite

high and liver isn't an everyday food even if you did love it. But

I'm concerned that they would dismiss the toxicity studies with

factually incorrect statements and blow off a legitimate criticism.