The milk you buy in stores today is considerably different from natural, raw milk. Raw milk has many health benefits, which are all stripped away once it undergoes pasteurization. Milk straight from the udder was once used as a medicine, and it helped heal all sorts of diseases before the 20th century. That's because it is loaded with all the nutrients a human needs. It is a perfectly-balanced food, and a person could actually live off of it and nothing else!
However, not all raw milk is the same. Healthy raw milk comes from cows that are fed organic green grass--not soy meal or other commercial feeds. Absolutely no pesticides. It does not come from cows that are kept in manure-laden pens and that are part of large dairy farm operations. This is because there is usually not enough open fields of grass to feed all those cows.
What are some of the health benefits? According to www.raw-milk-facts.com, these are some of the major healing attributes of raw milk:
Immunoglobulins IgG, IgA, IgM, IgE, IgD: Large, complex sugar/protein (glycoprotein) molecules (also known as antibodies) used by the immune system to find and deactivate pathogens such as bacteria and viruses.
Transforming Growth Factor Beta: Stimulates growth and repair of the gastro-intestinal tract.
Epidermal Growth Factor: Biochemically regulates cellular growth, cellular division and cell type. Fosters rapid tissue repair.
Glutathione: Powerful antioxidant that offers protection to cells from free radicals.
Interferons: Specialized proteins that inhibit replication of viruses within cells throughout the body.
Interleukins: A large group of signaling molecules that help regulate the immune system.
Oligosaccharides: Groups of 3-10 sugar molecules that protect against pathogens by competing for binding sites on the intestinal epithelium and provide support to friendly probiotic bacteria.
Proline-rich Polypeptide (PRP) or Colostrinin: Anti-inflammatory hormone that helps regulate immune system activity by stimulating the thymus gland.
Transferrin: Immune system glycoprotein that binds free iron, which, in turn, inhibits bacterial growth
So, where can you get clean, raw milk? Click on this link to find a location near you.
http://www.realmilk.com/where2.html
~NOTE~ Raw milk is not the same as the organic milk you can buy in grocery stores~~~
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i use to help my g-ma milk the cows when i was little! i'd put a glass of it in the fridge to get icy cold and gulp it down! mmmm now im craving it!
ReplyDeletethat's awesome! I've never tried it, but have been dying to! Did you know in California it's legal to buy it in a health food store?
ReplyDeleteCalifornia is dumb!! seriously..
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