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counter problems)…..as will these illnesses, no Hershberger in jail because he had the gall to
doubt. defy them and play outside the cartel, selling
The Farm Family will likely be excused by food directly to people desperate for nutritionally
regulators. I don’t have a problem with that— dense food.
these are decent conscientious farmers just do- For America's Dairyland, the Durand High
ing what rural Americans have been doing for School football team illnesses will be another
many years. But the reason they will be excused play of the old game, heads I win, tails you lose.
has nothing to do with their attitude or intent. It
has to do with that fact that the fairyland that is
The Dairyland is fine with members of its cartel For over one hundred other examples of unfair
serving pre-pasteurized milk, even if people get blame placed on raw milk, see "Raw Milk: What
sick. But the industry, of course, goes apoplectic the Scientific Literature Really Says," http://
about any farmers having the right to distribute www.realmilk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/
safe raw milk, no matter how safe. This is the ResponsetoMarlerListofStudies.pdf. Very often
industry that got Wisconsin regulators to spend raw milk takes the rap for illnesses caused by
six years trying unsuccessfully to put Vernon other foods.

RISKS OF PASTEURIZED MILK

A new study out of Sweden found that drinking pasteurized milk is risky indeed. Researchers followed two cohorts,
one of over sixty-one thousand women and the other of over forty-five thousand men. Author Karl Michaelsson and his
colleagues analyzed the data to determine the association between milk consumption and time to mortality or fracture,
including hip fracture. Higher milk intake was associated with higher mortality in one cohort of women and in another
cohort of men, with a higher fracture incidence in women. The study was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ
2014;349:g6015).
An amazing letter followed this study, published in the same journal (BMJ 2014;349:g6993). The author is Jonathan R.
Kerr, profesor of epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Escuela de Medicine ye Clencias de la Salud, Universidad
del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. The title: "Milk and mortality: raw versus pasteurised milk."
He writes: "A serious flaw in Michaelsson and colleagues' study is that it did not distinguish between raw and pasteur-
ised milk. These two entities are completely different in structure, content, nutritional benefits, and disease associations,
and referring to both as "milk" underestimates this difference.
"Whole raw milk, from grass-fed cows, is an enhanced source of nutrients, including beneficial bacteria such as
Lactobacillus acidophilus and high levels of vitamins (A, B, C, D, E, K), enzymes, calcium, conjugated linoleic acid, in a
package that optimises absorption of all its contents.
"Pasteurisation reduces contamination with pathogens but also kills the beneficial lactobacilli that produce vitamin
K , improve absorption of nutrients, and normalise gut function.
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"Pasteurisation denatures the fragile and nutritious milk proteins and enzymes, and it reduces the vitamin content.
In addition, contamination can occur after pasteurisation and lead to outbreaks of serious infection. Pasteurisation also
negates the reduction in childhood asthma and atopy associated with the consumption of raw milk.
"The authors also did not measure the fat content of the milk. This is important because deficiencies in fat soluble
vitamins A, D, E and K are associated with decreased bone mass and osteoporosis. Most health conscious people try to
limit their intake of saturated fat, which is widely accepted to be associated with heart disease, although this is contro-
versial.
"In conclusion, even though legislation mandates the pasteurisation of milk, raw milk from grass-fed dairy cows is
still availabe in Europe and North America and is widely available in less developed countries with an agrarian economy,
such as Columbia."
Of several letters generated by the original article, this one was the most read and generated the most interest! The
author is obviously very familiar with all the information posted at realmilk.com.

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