Comments on: The Many Benefits of Raw Milk

By: Webmaster Realmilk.com

Webmaster Realmilk.com — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:09:46 +0000

In reply to Peter Bukowski. Thank you for your interesting comments. Some people can't handle the taste of sour milk, but of course it is very healthy. Babies should get raw milk also, it is important for their developing immune systems.

By: Peter Bukowski

Peter Bukowski — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 01:06:00 +0000

In my previous post I noted that the US raw milk is not turning sour in 2-3 days, like it did in the past Poland. The milk I’ve got here was very fresh and the process took a bit longer. It takes solid 3-4 days. After that time a clear separation of whey in soured milk exists. In Poland back 30 years ago but also now, all it takes is to shake it well and kefir like milk tastes great. It’s so sour it leaves a “tingle” on your tongue. Unfortunately this was not the case here. The milk I got was raw but not organic or grass fed. Perhaps this was the reason but it tasted rather bad. Actually I got much better result using just organic pasteurized one with addition of some live cultures kefir (12 strains). Very disappointed, there must be a major difference in feed, animal genetic modifications, perhaps antibiotics etc making the raw milk souring so oddly tasting. Will try organic, grass fed yet, if I can find one.

By: Peter Bukowski

Peter Bukowski — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 21:48:57 +0000

In my previous post I commented on raw, soured milk. I wrote in it to place the milk in room temperature for 2-3 days to turn it sour. This was the case in Poland years back, where I was getting milk from retail store. This was a pretty long way from farm, so the milk would in fact turn sour quickly (sometimes even the same day). As I am on extended visit in CA and just found out I could get raw milk on the farmers market, I did get a gallon of it immediately. However the time between milk collecting and buying was so short, that 2-3 days in room temperature started the process but did not turn the milk into sour form yet (at this time some might think it’s spoiled as it is somewhere between fresh and sour, not the right time to drink it yet) Never had such fresh milk yet, that’s why 2-3 days info was incorrect. For those who don’t know the taste and texture of well soured milk, it would be disappointing and if you are to try, I want you to try the right thing. Update coming as soon as I get it completely soured.

By: Peter Bukowski

Peter Bukowski — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:03:27 +0000

Hello everyone,
No one here seems to recognize another value of raw milk – sour raw milk!!!
Let the fresh milk sit in room temperature for 2-3 days until you see it turn sour. Then, put it in a fridge, chill well, shake well until smooth and drink. Sour milk provides the absolute maximum probiotic values.
I was born and raised in Poland, raw milk was the only milk there for until my departure to US in ’89. Sometime in early 90′ they switched to super ultra pasteurized (UHT) – this stuff sits in room temperature in stores, not fridges! This happened when polish dairy was pushed out by western ones after socialism collapse. Anyhow, for 28 years I drank raw milk, never got ill, no one I ever knew did. But, going back to sour milk – this is what we used to drink daily. As raw milk has the starters cultures for fermentation, the fermented product is really the fully developed benefit of it (somewhat like yogurt or keffir but not cultured after pasteurization and retaining all vital bacterial cultures while building their higher concentration).
So, guys, all you in favor of raw milk… go one step further – sour it, chill it, shake it to smooth and …. It may take a while for some to acquire the taste for it, but while you’re doing it, remember – this is the maximum value for your body.
I’m 60 years old now, full head of hair, almost none grey, lift in gym more than 25 year old gus do, practically never get sick and I’m just thinking – is this because of my 28 years of raw??? (followed here by active cultures yogurt, as I can’t get raw in IL) Can’t prove it, but considering, that a cup or two of raw, soured milk was a daily routine of our diet , there must be something to it, I believe.
One word of warning though – raw milk might not be suitable for infants, we traditionally used boiled in this case as their immune systems might not be developed well enough to handle some “bad” bacteria, which rarely but may be contained in raw. Typically we would introduce raw in the age over 1.
PS
Poland is also going back to raw now… they now have “milkomats” in the streets, where you get fresh, raw milk as you would a can of Coke. Still developing trend, muscling against big industry supported by governments. Read FDA info on raw milk, they claim no nutritional difference between raw and pasteurized, completely disregarding probiotic and enzymatic values of it on behalf of “bad case” once in a blue moon. It’s like saying, never leave your house because you may have an accident, or never drive for the same reason – insane from my point of view. Yes, raw milk can get contaminated but so can salad and other products. Benefits far exceed the risk – this is what FDA applies to harmful drugs but is completely bias towards milk and disregards the benefit to risk ratio.
Big industry and big pharma is in control, hope common sense will prevail and raw milk will be legal here in US everywhere, so that we all can make our own food choice. Can’t even believe we’re talking about milk as if we were about weed or other drugs. True insanity!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 15 May 2019 11:42:50 +0000

We live in southeast Texas and have access to two dairy farms within driving range. We have been drinking raw cows milk for about two months. It is heads and tails better than any milk you will buy in the stores. I’m not an animal activist but to see how commercial dairy farms treat their animals is appalling because all they care about is production and money. We have six children at home and they all love this milk. My youngest son appeared to be lactose intolerant because when he would drink milk from store his stomach would be in a mess for 24 hours. Drinking the raw milk we have not observed him having any side effects at all. Our local dairy has a Facebook so when they get extra milk they put it on sale and we jump in the car and stock up. (Yes you can freeze it without any problems). As for me I’m a fan and thank God we can get clean raw milk for a fair price within driving distance. Don’t see how I could ever go back to store bought milk again.

By: TDS

TDS — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:10:20 +0000

In reply to Kelsey. 2 of my kids had horrible skin rash from about 6 months on. I bought some goats, drank the raw/filtered milk for several weeks - making sure it was safe and then offered it to my youngest son. he loved it and his skin cleared. I gave it to the other (older) who was suffering for 8 years. his skin also cleared within about 2 weeks. i gave it to my other kids and they flourished athletically and scholastically. they are all grown, very tall, thin, have beautiful teeth, hair and skin and have never needed medical care drugs/antibiotics. coincidence? i don't think so!

By: Mary DiTullio

Mary DiTullio — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:20:54 +0000

4+ years ago I suffered a SEVERE reaction to a MANDATORY flu (a virus) shot and I started drinking raw milk as part of my recovery. I regained GREAT health because of the excellent nutrition provided through the raw milk. Fast forward to a little over a month ago the local Health Department “HD”unjustly attacked the wonderful dairy “Pot O Gold” that supplies my raw milk because of “possible” salmonella contamination stopping the production. Test results done by the dairy proved the HD was WRONG, but because of the ABRUPT change in my diet my body has gone into a tail spin and I have developed the worst case of shingles (also a virus). I can’t wait until the dairy gets the “okay” from the “uneducated and uninformed” HD to start raw milk production again as I am horribly ill. Those in medicine owe it to the people they serve to educate themselves apart from the “narrative” they are fed. I did and after 20+ years of practicing medicine I QUIT because I finally learned the medical industry is not about “curing people” it is about “creating patients”!

By: MJ

MJ — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:44:03 +0000

In reply to Nick.

Lactose is only a problem in pasteurized dairy. people with lactose intolerance can consume plenty of raw milk with no problems. That article you linked is obviously talking about pasteurized and homogenized milk, everything it talks about may be true for treated milk, but not for raw. Raw milk is not inflammatory, it doesn’t bother lactose intolerance and it has enzymes that help the body digest minerals like calcium. And cholesterol in the diet is not harmful, inflammation causes high cholesterol levels in the blood. If you didn’t eat it, the body would just make more of it.

several people in my family (mom, grandma, sister), my husband and myself have all had negative side effects from dairy, my mom sister and grandma are lactose intolerant, my husband is straight up intolerant regardless of lactose free milk and gets terrible muscle aches, and I also have issues with a weird pain in my kidneys. Raw milk on the other hand does wonders for us all, we feel great on it and we have more energy.

By: Webmaster Realmilk.com

Webmaster Realmilk.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:15:01 +0000

In reply to John Doe. We are glad to hear your cows don't receive soy and corn-based diets or continuous antibiotics (HGH isn't mentioned in this article). But the statement in the article about the practices of many factory farms regarding corn, soy, and antibiotics is verifiably true.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:27:31 +0000

I am sorry but what are you thinking. We do not feed our dairy cows a high soy and corn based diet. If anything, we feed more haylage than corn. Also, the last time I gave a cow antibiotics was after she got a gash on her leg that i still don’t know where it came from. Also, he don’t shoot them up with a “bgh”. It would be illegal to sell the milk from that cow then. We also have to dump the milk from any cow that receives anti-biotics because that is also illegal to sell.
From a dairy farmer in Wisconsin