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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Raw Milk at Home / Raw Milk Rocks!

Raw Milk Rocks!

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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My family and I have been drinking raw milk for over 15 years. I drank it when I was pregnant and my children drink it every day. They are all a healthy weight for their ages, yet it’s no surprise that they are quite a bit heavier (not visually .. you notice when you pick them up!) than children of the same age, size and height due to the heaviness of their bones. Raw milk builds dense bones in children, folks. No osteoporosis, cavities, or broken bones in their future (barring getting hit by the proverbial bus)!

In the years since I first began drinking raw milk, I have noticed a profound change in the attitudes of most people toward it. Back in 2002, when I mentioned raw milk, folks would almost immediately comment on how dangerous it is to drink! Now, I frequently get the comment “oh, I’ve heard that is a pretty healthy thing to do”.
Still, despite the great strides in getting the truth out about raw milk and that pasteurized milk makes a whole lot more folks sick than raw milk ever did, there still seems to be a bit of a stigma attached to folks who seek it out and consume it. Perhaps this is about to change!
The current issue of Forbes magazine lists raw milk as one of the 10 healthiest foods on the planet! Finally, mainstream media is catching on; raw milk rocks!
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/07/healthiest-foods-nutrition-lifestyle-health-healthiest-foods.html
The key to good health is eating whole foods as unprocessed as possible like all traditional societies practiced. If eating whole unprocessed food is the way to go for health, how in the world can anyone conclude that pasteurized/homogenized milk, the ultimate processed food, is good for you? Even organic milk is a bad idea as the ultrapasteurization that organic dairy processors utilize effectively sterilizes the milk so that you can’t even culture it into yogurt! Drinking that stuff is like eating a brick .. your body simply has no idea what to do with it so you get lots of gas and bloating.
No gas and bloating are experienced with raw milk from cows that are free to roam on unsprayed green pastures! This milk has been a lifegiving force to humans for thousands of years. Try it for yourself and you will be amazed at how great you feel for the experience. Even if you are lactose intolerant and/or have a dairy allergy, the chances are extremely high that raw milk will not aggravate your symptoms in the slightest. In fact, the skyrocketing cases of lactose intolerance and dairy allergies are a huge reason for the rapid growth in popularity of raw milk. To find sources near you, go to:
http://www.realmilk.com/
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (8)

  1. Carleigh

    Sep 17, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Hi! I’m still breastfeeding my 10 month old but we have introduced whole foods. I make yogurt (whole fat from raw milk) at home. I was wondering when I can start giving it to my daughter? I wasn’t planning on giving her milk to drink until she was 12 months old, and to be honest, some of the fear mongering websites have gotten me a little freaked out…

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  2. Dismayed American

    Jul 31, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Our taxes should be used to regulate the sale of raw milk not restrict it!

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  3. Lucila

    Mar 29, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    hi Sarah, I`m from Quito-Ecuador. I´m trying to switch from a macrobiotic diet to a traditional one. I want to know how you use de raw milk as you dont boil it. In Ecuador raw milk has always been boiled and then trasferred to refrigerator. Please explain to me. The only idea that comes to my mind is making yogurt with raw milk. Thank a lot for your blog.

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  4. Sarah

    Jan 19, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    I had many failed attempts at getting low temp. pasteurized and/or non-homogenized milk from health food stores. It came down to me only being able to get Organic Valley milk for 10.00 a gallon. I am happy to say that I finally found a local source for raw milk for 8.75 a gallon and have been drinking it for 2 weeks now. I feel so much better knowing where my milk comes from. The first time my 2 year old tasted it, she chugged it. She obviously tastes a difference and so do the rest of us!

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    • Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist

      Jan 19, 2011 at 12:49 pm

      Your child will thank you one day for your persistence at sourcing a quality raw milk for her to drink, Sarah. Bravo to you! 🙂

  5. sunandmoonandstars

    Aug 13, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Great blog, I couldn't agree more! Thanks for posting.

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  6. Casey

    Jul 17, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    The Forbes article is super exciting! Slowly, but surely people are catching on!

    Reply

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