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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt many/any dairies are going to be 100% grass-fed, as another PP said I think it's not really healthy for the cows.

Please don't give your kids raw milk and please don't continue to see anyone calling themselves a "doctor" who is telling you to give your kids raw milk.[/quote]

:roll: I am so sick of the hysteria about milk. Milk that comes out of a cow is not dangerous. What's dangerous is the filthy conditions that 'big business' dairy farms created that started making people sick. I wouldn't touch ANY milk that came out of those places, pasteurized or not.

People have been drinking milk (now generally known by the masses as "raw milk") for thousands of years. Most people also have no idea that real ("raw") milk is loaded with good bacteria and that it's actually quite difficult for pathogens to grow in it. I have no problem drinking real milk (or feeding it to my kids, even when they were babies) after it's been left out all day. It's called buttermilk and it's very nutritious, if a bit strange tasting. The conditions really have to be FILTHY for there to be a problem with raw milk. In a typical small to mid sized dairy with even vaguely decent standards, I have no concerns whatsoever.

Of course you should visit your local farm before buying from there. They should be happy to explain their procedures to you. Personally, I meet ALL the suppliers of my family's food when I'm not thoroughly washing or cooking it. And I'm far, far more concerned with something like a prepared fruit salad than a bottle of raw milk! There are many more and worse contaminations of salad mixes and cucumbers and other produce than raw milk.

Oh, and I had raw milk (and other raw dairy products) every single day of my pregnancies and my babies had it too. Even raw milk that was several weeks old.

And to the PP above spouting nonsense about grains being more healthy for cows..... I'm speechless. Please, do the world a favor and don't comment when you have no idea what you're talking about.

Everyone should think for themselves about the sources of your information and any conflicts of interest that may affect what those sources tell you. You just have to wonder why (and even how) there are laws against raw milk sales in most states to see that there's something fishy going on. You can go into Walmart and buy a gun but you can't go into Walmart and buy milk that came out of a cow. And most people don't stop to question why that is. It's pretty sad, really.

- Science PhD whose kids don't get sick much due to being properly nourished[/quote]

You may or may not have a science PhD and it may or may not be in a relevant field.  My parents grew up in the 1920s, when milk was often unpasteurized.  ALL of the milk that they and their friends drank came from small local dairy farms.  And guess what?  They knew kids that got sick and died from bacteria in milk.  Yes, it's true the raw milk has lots of bacteria, and that bacteria intake is often beneficial to health in lots of ways.  That is, if it doesn't kill you.  There's a reason why Louis Pasteur is super famous.  And it's not because he was promoted by "big dairy."  It's because he saved lots of lives.  It's like people who say it's good for your immune system to get the flu or chicken pox.  Yeah, it's great for your immune system, provided it doesn't kill you.  If it kills you, it's not so great.

OP, I do recommend the South Mountain Creamery or other local dairy farms.  I do think it is healthier than the "ultra pasteurized" and I do think that grass fed is healthier than corn fed.  It may help your son to switch (particularly if it's the corn in the milk that is bothering him), or it may not (if it's just a dairy sensitivity.)  My parents both have food allergies and have had reactions to animal products where the animal consumed the product they are allergic to.[/quote]

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