goat's milk vs. cow's milk

littlelamb · Guest

I've heard that goat's milk is more easily digestible and better for you than cow's milk. Also that raw cow's milk has more nutrients and digestible calcium than if it's pasteurized. So if goat's milk is pasteurized, is it still that much better for you than pasteurized cow's milk?

Guest · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject:

Why drink milk at all? Cow's milk is meant for baby cows. Goat's milk is meant for baby goats. Why has the human race been brainwashed into believing that milk is "nature's perfect food"? I'll tell you why in one word....MONEY! The dairy industry spends millions of dollars every year trying to convince us that we need cows milk for our health. That is some of the most deceitful propoganda ever foisted upon the human race.

Isn't it amusing that the human race is the only species to drink milk after we are weaned from our mother's milk! And even more rediculous is it is milk from another species!! Absolutely hilarious!

And don't give me that "where do I get my calcium from" arguement. The calcium in cows milk isn't absorbable by humans. In fact you are more likely to get osteoporosis if you consume lots of dairy. When we consume dairy, it causes the blood to become acidic. Most cooked and processed foods create an acidic bloodstream. Our blood needs to maintain it's alkaline balance. In order to do that, it must neutralize the acidity from the dairy products. So it pulls alkaline elements (calcium)from other areas of the body, mainly the bones, to neutralize the blood acidity caused by the dairy products. You can get all the calcium you need from fresh fruits and veggies.

I am now 50 years old and haven't drank milk in 25 years. When I first cut it out of my diet, I couldn't believe the positive changes. Within one week my sinuses cleared. I could breath through my nose for the first time in my life! My stomach pains went away and my skin became much clearer. And I lost 10 lbs in the first month.

Milk is one of the most mucous forming foods there is. Stay away from it for the sake of your health. If you need to use milk on cereal, use rice or almond milk (not soy).

If you doubt any of what I have said, just try going without cow's milk for a month and notice the changes. The mirror doesn't lie!

Cheers,

Health to all!

Jeff

littlelamb · Guest

Yes, I've heard all that before too and it makes sense to me.

Why do you say to not drink soy milk? It's also advertised as being such a good alternative to cow's milk.

Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

Littlelamb,
You can read all about the dangers of soy here;
westonaprice.org/soy/index.html

Lots of links to other sites as well.

Jeff

kdub · Guest

what about goats milk? is it any better for you?

Boss · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 96 Location: The end of a wire.

Soy is not as bad as people think.

People should remember that Soy contains Phyto-eostrogens that are genetically similar to Eostrogen, bind to receptors and could prevent issues with things like Gynocomastia, Breast Cancer and Blood Clots.

The only other sources of such things, come from Flax, (possibly Omega 3 Eggs), and Whole-grains. Veggies do contain them, but not to my understanding in any serious amounts.

So Soy should not be dismissed lightly.

Calcium is more absorpable when combined with Vitamin D.

I don't agree with the Cows Milk argument too much. Look at other flipsides. People could say why eat Eggs? The content is there to help gestate young birds prior to birth. If the Egg content becomes part of the faetal Chicks intake, should humans eat it, or even other animals like Foxes and Weasels? After all things like Yolk are part of a Chickens life cycle, not a Humans or animals life cycle.

If certain Fish are used to feed sea Mammals and Birds, should Humans eat them, considering Humans are land dwellers, and Fish fat can be created in vivo from plant matter Omega 3's, (Soy, Avocado, Flax, Nuts etc etc), in the human body?

Eating Plant matter stuff would negate the need for Fish Fats, and also other problems with Fish like Mercury and Cadmium, which aren't good for Humans. Albeit some Plant matter Omega 3, is wasted during conversion.

Especially considering that prehistoric humans who lived many miles from any solid bodies of water, or even sizeable rivers, had at some point, no transportation, pre wheel, so therefore couldn't travel to find Fish or hunt it.

Fish then becomes unnecessary for human existance, but yet like Dairy, there is a huge global Fishing indistry, potentially affecting Fish levels, Sea Mammal levels, an industry arguably worth billions, backed by people banging on about Fish being Brain food, good for Cholesterol etc etc, which is true, but such people are never going to tell you hey, forget Fish, eat more stuff like, Flax, Avocado and Nuts. Basically the same kind of biological end result, but obviously some plant matter has some different levels or types of Micronutrients in them.

The Fishing industry isn't going to heed caution about stuff like Mercury, Cadmium and possible other heavy metals in Fish like Lead. Though with Lead, people could make the same argument regards plant matter, as the atmosphere is Leaded, by things like certain burned petrochemicals and even Tobacco smoke, that could potentially fall back onto the Earths surface via rain, or stay at low levels above the ground, and get trapped on things like ears of Grain, Legume Bushes / Plants, Fruit Trees etc etc, contaminating them with Lead.

So perhaps a slight downside with Plant matter, as well as Phosphates and substances like Fungicide, Herbicide, and Pesticide residue from other sources.

However the Plant matter argument for me, regards Omega 3, is slightly stronger than Fish, and still supports workers in a primary industry. Just different ones.