Raw Milk Benefits
Why Bessie Needs to Get Out
of the Factory And Back Home

Raw milk benefits are so huge that we did the world, and our health, a major disadvantage when we took Bessie out of the family farm and into the factory.

Nutritively, raw milk is similar to human breastmilk. Both contain essential nutrients, digestive enzymes, anti-inflammatory enzymes, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Even if you are lactose intolerant, you may be able to digest raw milk because raw milk encourages the production of lactase enzymes in your intestinal tract.

Drink raw milk, and you are likely to suffer from allergies and asthma. You will also suffer from fewer ear infections, eczema, respiratory infections, and fevers.

Pasteurizing raw milk destroys the helpful nutrients that raw milk contains. So, why did we start pasteurizing milk?

The raw milk benefits you might not know about.

History of Pasteurization

Pasteurization came about in the first place because of a fear of tuberculosis in the late 1800s. Back then it was believed the deadly disease came from drinking milk. Louis Pasteur discovered that by heating milk up to 145 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit for at least half an hour would destroy the germs in milk. But it also destroyed the raw milk benefits, including beneficial germs and many of the nutrients in raw milk.

It also didn't eliminate the risk of tuberculosis, but instead increased it. One study even showed that children were more likely to contract tuberculosis when drinking pasteurized milk rather than raw milk.

There are many today who would try to convince you that pasteurized milk is the only way to go and that consuming raw milk is the same as drinking poison. Nothing could be further from the truth. 

Here are three crucial reasons why you should be drinking raw milk and why the family cow needs to come home.

Why You Should Avoid Pasteurized Milk
1.  To Absorb Vitamins More Easily

Pasteurization destroys part of the vitamin C contained in raw milk. That, in turn, encourages the growth of harmful bacteria, turns the lactose sugar in milk into beta-lactose (it dissolves rapidly in your system and makes you hungrier faster), and actually makes the calcium found naturally in milk insoluble.

Despite what the commercials say, drinking pasteurized milk isn't the way for your children to get their daily dose of calcium and other nutrients crucial for bone and brain formation.

Raw Milk Benefits
2.  Protects You From Illness

Give children clean raw milk, and their chances of contracting tuberculosis virtually disappear. And raw milk that is sour is also just as good as fresh milk; it's easily digested and works as a laxative, definite reasons we should avoid pasteurized, hormone-laced milk and a compelling case for the family cow.

Raw Milk Benefits
3.  No Bovine Growth Hormone

A few years ago, it was discovered that female infants in China were growing breasts. And according to John Robbins, author of the books The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World and Diet for a New America, doctors in Puerto Rico back in the 1980s discovered that little girls as young as three years of age had developed breasts, had pubic hair, and had vaginal bleeding. The culprit? Misuse of hormones in the milk they drank.

This book by John Robbins is a must read.

When Bessie leaves the home and goes to the factory, scary things happen, including corruption and greed. Ever since Monsanto pushed bovine growth hormones on the American public in the early nineties, you and your children have been consuming these hormones every time you buy much of the milk and other dairy products available in grocery stores.

Raw milk must, by its nature, be locally produced. And by knowing the farmers who keep dairy cows, you will have control over the milk you drink, eliminating harmful growth hormones from your diet.

How Can I Find Raw Milk?

You can always keep a cow or two on your property. Better still, raise goats for meat and for raw milk. If that isn't feasible, then you should be able to find producers of raw milk in your area. 

These days, you can find raw milk by doing an online search. Two websites, Real Milk and Get Raw Milk, will show you the dairy producers closest to you. You can also look on Facebook Marketplace in your city. Search for raw milk. You will likely find farmers selling both raw cow's milk and raw goat's milk.

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About the Author

My name is Sue Merriam, and I began the journey of self-reliant living more than three decades ago, which enabled me to stay home with my children. Fifteen years ago, I founded Joyful Homesteading to help others save money and face the future without fear. My goal is to give you practical, honest advice so you can save money and experience the joy of simple living. I hope you join me.

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