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Modern Dairy Farm
Cow’s milk is for cows, the saying has been told. But if we expanded on that logic, many of the foods we consume would not longer be consumable. That would mean that little fish should be eaten by big fish, eating plant seeds is a bad idea and having honey is equivalent to holding a smoking gun. But as parents how can we know the best choice to give our children and ourselves?
“Regular Milk”, you know from a cow.
In children, most pediatricians recommend a dairy based formula for infants because it more closely matches breastmilk. Both formulas will provide comparable nutrition because they are required to meet strict government standards regarding nutrient levels.
Humans have used various animal milks for centuries with great success. So why all the fuss today? The simple answer is found in the way by which modern cow’s milks are purified and processed for sale. Most of the cow’s milk we drink today, scarcely resembles the cow’s milk your grandparents grew up on. The milk is treated for various reasons, many of which are to are benefit, while others are arguably to our detriment.
In a process called pasteurization, (look on the bottle of milk/juice), milk is treated by increasing it’s temperature to both kill bacteria causing spores and enhance the shelf life of the milk. Pasteurization’s great claim to popularity is the widespread belief, fostered by its supporters that tuberculosis in children is caused by the harmful germs found in raw milk. Scientists have examined and tested thousands of milk samples, and experiments have been carried out on hundreds of animals in regard to this problem of (more…)
