Dangers of modern milk
- Most modern milk comes from cows that are of grain-fed. The most nourishing milk comes from cows being fed their natural diet of grass
- Modern milk is pasteurized. Pasteurization is the process of heating a liquid to below the boiling point to destroy harmful pathogens in it.Pasteurized milk actually interferes with calcium metabolism. Before heating [pasteurization], milk is a living food rich in colloidal minerals and enzymes necessary for the absorption and utilization of the sugars, fats, proteins and minerals in milk.
- Most modern milk is homogenized. Homogenization is a process whereby all the fat molecules are mechanically forced to be the same size. (With homogenized milk, the cream doesn’t separate to the top and is dispersed throughout.) Unlike with pasteurization, there is no debate underway as to any purported health benefits of homogenization. But there are many sound reasons to distrust homogenization, such as the huge increase in surface area on the fat globules. The original fat globule membrane is lost and a new one is formed that incorporates a much greater portion of casein and whey proteins, potentially leading to milk related allergies.
- Most modern milk is adulterated. After pasteurization, they add back in fat soluble vitamins (like Vitamin D) in a synthetic and arguably indigestible form. Without the usable and REAL Vitamin D, you can’t make any use of the Calcium in milk. If the milk has had fat removed (as in skim, 1%, and 2% varieties), it’s not only going to be absent all the fat-soluble vitamins that your body needs to properly digest the calcium and other goodies in the milk, it will also usually have non-fat dry milk or other milk solids added in to create a more desirable consistency. These forms of dry milk are high in free glutamic acids (AKA “MSG”) and oxidized cholesterol (a dangerous inflammatory form of cholesterol which can cause all kinds of heart disorders).
- Most modern milk contains pus. Because modern dairy cows produce up to four times as much milk as a traditional cow did a mere century ago, they are far more prone to mastitis — infected udders. If the mastitis gets out of control, the cow is temporarily removed from the herd and treated with antibiotics. When it finishes its course of treatment, the cow is allowed back into the herd. Some farmers cut corners, re-instating sickly cows back into the herd before all the antibiotics have passed through the cow’s system. Translation? Antibiotics in your milk. Although that is initially a scary thought, it is actually quite rare.(source) I’m personally far more concerned about the low-grade mastitis that goes untreated in industrially-raised dairy cows. Farmers can get away with this because the FDA allows a whopping 750,000 somatic cells (more commonly known as “pus”) per liter!
- Much modern milk contains synthetic growth hormones. Many dairy farmers give their cows rBGH or rBST, genetically-engineered growth hormones designed to increase the cow’s milk production. These hormones come out in the cow’s milk, you drink them, and then they play games with your own hormones potentially leading to a number of problems, including cancer.
TOP CHOICE
Paul Organic unhomogenized milk
Pasteurised - Yes
Homogenised -No
Grassfed -Mixture of grass, grains &hay
Permeate free- Yes
Antibiotic free- Yes
Hormones free -Yes
Pesticide free - Yes
Certified organic -Yes
Pasture raised -No
Origin- Australia
Price - $6.65
Comments: The least processed and organic. However, the cows are not purely grassfed or pasture raised.
3.5/5
Magnolia milk
Pasteurised - Yes
Homogenised - Yes
Grasped -Mixture of grass, hay & grains
Permeate free- Yes
Antibiotic free- Yes
Hormones free -Yes
Pesticide free - Yes
Certified organic -No
Pasture raised -Unknown
Origin- Unknown
Price - $3.50
Comments: There appears to be too little information about their producing cows are from and reside. Magnolia have kept the residing of their cows confidential
2.5/5
Cowhead milk
Pasteurised - Yes
Homogenised - Yes
Grassfed -Yes
Permeate free- Unknown
Antibiotic free- Yes
Hormones free -Yes
Pesticide free - unknown
Certified organic -No
Pasture raised -Yes
Origin- Australia
Price - $3.50
Comments: Seems like a decent quality milk at reasonable price range, Cowhead cows are 100% antibiotic free, hormone free, Non GMO and furthermore, the cows are Free Range and Grass fed!
3/5
