Like most other things we eat, take or do, I consider this a personal choice with no absolute answers. I disagree with the no-milk people, but also disagree vehemently that raw milk is inherently bad. My wife grew up on raw milk and has always been more disease resistant than me, although that doesn't really prove anything.
I absolutely thrive on milk. When I don't drink enough I tend to get dry eyes, dry sinuses and mouth ulcers from lack of mucin. I can drink milk and tell a difference very soon in my eyes. Water won't fix it alone. Maybe there is something I could take that would substitute for this purpose, but it sure wouldn't be as much fun as a tall cold glass of milk. In addition to homogenization and pasteurization destroying enzymes, homogenization breaks the fat down into smaller globules that supposedly can pass right through the intestinal walls without being normally digested. Very bad. I almost never drink homogenized milk of any fat level. I buy Skim Milk and Heavy Cream separately to combine in a glass and drink when I want "sweet milk". I don't drink that too often, most of the time I just drink skim. I don't use milk on cereal. I don't eat cereal. I'm convinced, for me at least, that the cereal is one heckuva lot worse for me than the milk. I can't tolerate whole grains and am in the process of eliminating grains from my diet. Raw milk is now illegal in my state, thanks to a dozen Mexicans who killed themselves using it to make cheese a few years ago. It is still legal in a neighboring state. Closest raw dairy is 300 miles away. They sell it hormone and drug free, $2.50 a gallon. I'm planning a trip soon. You can freeze it. My father wretches from the slightest bit of milk. My maternal grandfather drank at least a half gallon a day. There has to be room for both extremes. Daddybob -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
