Re: To Beth W (Jodi)

[Guest guest]

Hi Jodi,

I am glade you enjoyed Dr Cowan's summary of nutritional diets,

he is a very talented doctor. I only wish he wasn't located so

far away in San Francisco, but our doctor is excellent too. I have

come to realize that our doctor is a kind of a disciple (for lack of

a better word) of Cowan's.

You said,

>He advocates giving raw milk to

>infants and young children. I thought that this was not healthy for

>them because of the risk of it carrying bacteria that they may not

>be able to digest or fight off. I am not well-informed in this

>area, so I may be wrong about this.

Only recently have I begun to really look into the raw milk side of

things. Jean supplied me with some good information on raw milk

which I shared with our doctor. He told us that he has been a big

believer in it so long as you can get a supply of it. That's why

he never brought it up because it is not allowed to be sold in most

states, but they usually allow aged raw cheeses (

frequently eats raw cheese). He agrees with Jean's assessment

that raw milk is far safer than pasteurized milk and definitely more

nutritious.

Many states are starting to remove the ban on sale of raw milk, but

politics are involved since raw milk farmers are invading market

share of pasteurized farmers who are trying to put up every

roadblock possible. As usual the health conscious state of

California is leading the way, several years ago they legalized its

sale and now more states are following its foot steps.

There are many studies showing raw milk has far less bacteria than

pasteurized. For more information on raw milk and bacteria, go to

the following web sites:

http://www.organicpastures.com/whyraw/

http://www.organicpastures.com/labtests/ (check out the rest of the

web site)

http://www.realmilk.com/spring2004.html

If you can't buy raw milk in the state where you live, then you

can now " legally " have it shipped frozen from the Organic

Pastures Farm whose web site is listed above. We recently started

doing it, a bit expensive but delicious. Our doctor is also excited

about being able to direct his clients to this new source of

" legal " raw milk. In the past to get around this

" legal " issue many

individuals went through the laborious task of setting up a coop to

buy a cow and have a local farmer milk it for them. In most states

this round about manner was within the legal guidelines, it sounds

ridiculous, but then again you are dealing with politicians who make

these convoluted laws that fit special interest groups.

As for pictures, I have my husband working on going to Kinko's to

digitalize . Unfortunately, these days he is a bit slow

getting around to my projects since his focus is on his new job and

unpacking the house, but he promised me by this weekend. We will

see.

Beth

>

> Beth,

>

> I have to say that I enjoyed your last post - especially the link

to

> the website by that new author. I found the information on the

> website to be well-organized, easy to understand and I loved the

> fact that some of it was categorized by age or the need to lose

> weight. While I still do not agree with a lot of what he

proposes,

> at least I was able to follow the information given and put it

into

> an understandable perspective. I even came away with a few little

> tidbits for our lifestyle and dietary needs.

>

> I do have a question, though. He advocates giving raw milk to

> infants and young children. I thought that this was not healthy

for

> them because of the risk of it carrying bacteria that they may not

> be able to digest or fight off. I am not well-informed in this

> area, so I may be wrong about this.

>

> As said, I would really love to read more detailed

> information about . A few pictures would be nice, too.

It

> would help so much to know this wonderful daughter of yours and

how

> she has grown and changed over the years.

>

> Jodi Z