| Hearing lots of controversial information
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| | You'd be statistically much more likely
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| on raw milk? Don't believe everything you
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| | to contract E coli from your local
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| read. Educate yourself on the benefits of
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| | produce department than from that
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| this natural and delicious alternative to
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| | farmer's cow.
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| store-bought pasteurized and homogenized
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| | The source of the majority of our
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| milk. Once you are enlightened, you will
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| | commercial milk is the modern Holstein
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| never look at milk the same way again.
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| | dairy cow which has been bred
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| ARTICLE BODY
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| | specifically for quantity in order to
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| Raw milk straight from the cow or goat is
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| | produce large amounts of milk far beyond
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| chock full of the benefits of wonderfully
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| | what a cow was ever meant to produce.
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| healthy bacteria, vitamins, and enzymes
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| | Since she is fed so much grain (remember
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| that you simply will not get from
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| | this is unhealthy for a cow), she
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| store-bought milk.
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| | requires antibiotics to keep her healthy.
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| Milk you find on your supermarket shelf
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| | Growth hormones also end up in that milk
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| is flawed for many reasons. One reason is
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| | you're pouring over your breakfast cereal
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| the big commercial dairies do not feed
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| | every morning.
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| their cows grass and hay which is what
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| | The most healthy and best-tasting raw
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| they are supposed to eat, but rather
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| | milk will come from the "old" breeds of
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| their cows exist in small feedlots being
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| | dairy cows such as the Jersey, Guernsey,
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| fed large amounts of grain which is
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| | Ayrshire, or Brown Swiss, or the older
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| actually not something a cow was meant to
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| | lines of Holstein which were not bred to
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| eat.
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| | produce obscene amounts of milk. The
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| As a result, these cows must be fed
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| | average butterfat of these old breeds of
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| antibiotics which in turn are going into
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| | cows back at the turn of the century was
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| your milk. Bleach is also often added to
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| | 4%. Today's butterfat normally comprises
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| make sure your carton of milk is as white
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| | less than 3%. There is also the
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| as can be. Scary, isn't it?
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| | misleading notion that skim and low-fat
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| But even if this were not the case,
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| | milk is good for you. Full-fat milk is
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| commercially available milk is
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| | awesomely healthy as the butterfat
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| pasteurized (heated) and homogenized
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| | contains the vitamins A and D which are
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| (process that breaks down butterfat), and
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| | needed for the absorption of calcium, and
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| you can be sure that all those beneficial
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| | is also rich in the short- and
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| enzymes and healthy bacteria are long
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| | medium-chain fatty acids that protect us
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| gone by the time it reaches the grocery
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| | against disease. You get no health
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| shelf. What you have left is simply dead
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| | benefit at all from drinking low-fat or
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| liquid which can possibly cause more harm
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| | no-fat milk, and you might as well just
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| than good due to the growth hormones and
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| | have a glass of water instead. That would
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| antibiotics (among other things) given to
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| | actually be far more healthy.
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| the unhealthy commercial-dairy cow.
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| | Many are jumping on the raw milk
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| Many people will argue that drinking milk
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| | bandwagon, and many more will climb on
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| straight from the cow is not healthy, and
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| | board in the coming years as people
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| that pasteurization is necessary to kill
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| | educate themselves about what is actually
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| off things like E coli. The fact is that
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| | going into our food through the
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| milk collected hygienically from a
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| | commercial processes.
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| healthy grass-fed cow on a small
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| | If you have a small dairy farm near you,
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| family-owned farm is very healthy, and
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| | drop by and sample some real milk and see
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| the benefits far outweigh the risks.
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| | what you have been missing.
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