Re: Why is goats milk better?

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I don't now the answer except in all my reading, if allergic to cows milk,

you have a 20% chance of tolerating goats. It works some a few lucky ones.

Tammy

Why is goats milk better?

In my constant quest for better foods for my kids, I came across sites

for raw milk and raw milk yogurt. I emailed the DAN to ask if this was

a good alternative and she indicated that if has a gluten issue

(we are awaiting test results) then cows milk of any kind is a no go.

I then asked if something like sheep or goat milk would be better and

she said GOAT.

Why is this? I'm so curious about his stuff now. I bought two half

gallons of goat milk the other day and started making Kefir with one of

them. I still have the other in the fridge.

What is inherently differnet about Goat milk?

Tina in NJ

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<<What is inherently differnet about Goat milk?>>

Hi Tina,

My reply is a bit delayed, but I thought you might be interested in

what I have recently uncovered. At the moment I'm in Australia and I

have been seeing " A2 Milk " in all the health food stores. I did a bit

of research and found that regular dairy cows have a higher percentage

of A1 beta-casein in the milk they produce. Guernsey cows, sheep and

goats have a higher percentage of A2 beta-casein. Apparently A1 is the

most reactive with ASD kids.

You can find lots of info by googleing, but here is the most

interesting and concise article:

http://www.tppsg.org/Articles/Food/Good%20milk%20bad%20milk.htm

So - I have been giving my son sheeps milk cheese and/or yogurt every

three days (with peptizyde enzymes) and looking for reactions. He

doesn't seem to be having any of the problems he used to exhibit with

regular dairy. He was CF for two+ years till last month. I had only

tried one dairy challenge in the past - about 18 months ago and it was

BAD.

This time I'm nervously waiting for regression but so far nothing.

Since it's only been four weeks it's too early to tell if the A2

casein is causing any delayed reactions or subtitle neuro damage. I

might be posting later with a negative update, but for now it's

looking good. It could be just the fact that his gut is healed and

he's recovered very nicely. Perhaps he could tolerate regular cows

milk now, but there is no way I'm going to wreck our holiday (and the

return flight) by trying!

My next step is to try him on tiny amount of A2 cows milk, so I'll let

everyone know how that goes. I've tried it myself and it's very yummy.

Slightly different flavor from regular milk, but WAY better than goats

milk - which I find very rangy tasting!

One of the mom's from my biomed study group (back in california) is

looking into getting A2 cows milk, but said it's not available in the

western states. Goat's milk will be an alternative till we get

distribution (perhaps through Whole Foods?) on the west coast. I'm

assuming sheeps milk would be impossible to get - unless I buy myself

a farm.

Anyone have experience with A2 milk from the UK or Australia in this

group? Or know where it can be purchased in California?

Thanks!

Mother to 4yr old recovered ASD son.