Health and Raw Milk

[Michael]

This article is really upsetting. We used to go to Rawsome every week until the feds closed it down. Imagine Federal agents storming a small raw grocery with M-14 rifles. Now this in my own back yard of Ventura.

http://www.naturalnews.com/035397_Ventura_county_raw_milk_rampage.html

I've been to many farms here and I just can't believe the strong arming of our government.

[makap]

Sad isn't it?

This is a great website

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/08/03/the-9-foods-the-us-government-is-paying-you-to-eat.aspx

[nannyde]

The Milk and corn industry are so powerful. I would serve raw milk if I could but we aren't allowed to. I grew up on raw milk.

I really hate that we HAVE to serve milk when there are so many great options available.

[makap]

The Milk and corn industry are so powerful. I would serve raw milk if I could but we aren't allowed to. I grew up on raw milk.

I really hate that we HAVE to serve milk when there are so many great options available.

So many people are so unaware of what they are feeding to their children!

http://www.naturalnews.com/035029_GM_corn_Walmart_Monsanto.html

[Michael]

Sad isn't it?

This is a great website

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...ou-to-eat.aspx

Yes, that is an interesting headline: The 9 Foods the U.S. Government is Paying You to Eat

The Milk and corn industry are so powerful. I would serve raw milk if I could but we aren't allowed to. I grew up on raw milk.

I really hate that we HAVE to serve milk when there are so many great options available.

Can buy raw chicken, eggs and meat in any grocery store but not milk? I don't want my milk cooked.

[makap]

FDA Action Against Raw Milk

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/08/fda-action-against-raw-milk.aspx

The Devil in the Milk

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/07/09/the-devil-in-the-milk.aspx

Choosing Between Raw Milk and a Dead, White Liquid

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/12/choosing-between-raw-milk-and-a-dead-white-liquid.aspx

[Michael]

FDA Action Against Raw Milk

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/08/fda-action-against-raw-milk.aspx

The Devil in the Milk

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/07/09/the-devil-in-the-milk.aspx

Choosing Between Raw Milk and a Dead, White Liquid
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...te-liquid.aspx

I see we think alike.

[nannyde]

So many people are so unaware of what they are feeding to their children!

http://www.naturalnews.com/035029_GM..._Monsanto.html

Please don't get me started on Monsanto.

I decided this a couple of years ago: One of my goals in life is to go day by day not give a penny to Monsanto. I don't care how much it costs. I don't care how much work it is. It's not always possible but it's on my mind with every food dollar. I go to a LOT of extremes to source food that doesn't pay them a thin dime.

I fail on treats. I know the Schwanns bars I eat can be tracked back to them and the candy I buy from the U.S. But at the end of the year I think it's less than a hundred dollars total.

Not perfect but as close as I can get without having a little treats now and then.

I want the government OUT of my food. I want to feed my kids what I think is right.

[makap]

Please don't get me started on Monsanto.

I decided this a couple of years ago: One of my goals in life is to go day by day not give a penny to Monsanto. I don't care how much it costs. I don't care how much work it is. It's not always possible but it's on my mind with every food dollar. I go to a LOT of extremes to source food that doesn't pay them a thin dime.

I fail on treats. I know the Schwanns bars I eat can be tracked back to them and the candy I buy from the U.S. But at the end of the year I think it's less than a hundred dollars total.

Not perfect but as close as I can get without having a little treats now and then.

I want the government OUT of my food. I want to feed my kids what I think is right.

I have always prepared all of our meals from scratch and thought that I was doing best for my children. I have only recently started researching and trying to change the way I buy foods and prepare them. I am terrified by what I have been reading. This is some scary $^&%^& I am reading.

I began my search trying to find the reason why my son who has basically always been a very good little boy has been having issues with his attention and focusing/staying on task at school. He has also shown changes in his behavior and seems to be tired all of the time and this has been affecting his moods drastically.

There have been no problems at all that I could find at home or at school to determine what the problem was. The only thing I could think of was possibly him not getting enough sleep at night or his diet. I thought perhaps it might be an allergy.

By changing his diet and watching what I feed him he has become a changed little boy over the past month. I no longer allow him to have anything that comes in a package. If it is not home cooked or home baked he does not eat it!

I still have a LOT to learn but I believe that I am off to a good start.

[nannyde]

I have always prepared all of our meals from scratch and thought that I was doing best for my children. I have only recently started researching and trying to change the way I buy foods and prepare them. I am terrified by what I have been reading. This is some scary $^&%^& I am reading.

I began my search trying to find the reason why my son who has basically always been a very good little boy has been having issues with his attention and focusing/staying on task at school. He has also shown changes in his behavior and seems to be tired all of the time and this has been affecting his moods drastically.

There have been no problems at all that I could find at home or at school to determine what the problem was. The only thing I could think of was possibly him not getting enough sleep at night or his diet. I thought perhaps it might be an allergy.

By changing his diet and watching what I feed him he has become a changed little boy over the past month. I no longer allow him to have anything that comes in a package. If it is not home cooked or home baked he does not eat it!

I still have a LOT to learn but I believe that I am off to a good start.

If you ever need any advice on videos and documentaries that are very powerful let me know. Have you seen "Food Inc, King Corn, or the Monsanto documentary? Have you read any Michael Pollan? He currently has a lecture series from UC Berkley where he is a professor on the food system.

Don't get too stressed in the begining. The food journey is a long long journey and it takes a lot of time to understand it. Be careful of cheatery in the system. Not everyone who says they are doing the right thing are.

If you check my blogs you can see a number of articles on food.

[SilverSabre25]

If I win the Mega Millions...I will definitely be switching my family to raw milk! Among other things. Heh heh heh.

We already eat better than 75% of America. If we weren't stinking poor right now with debt coming out our ears, we would eat a whole lot better. My in-laws think that the FDA is the be all and end all of nutrition information, and proudly announce how they eat Egg Beaters with [processed] turkey and fat-free mozzarella instead of whole eggs with cheddar!

At least my food remembers dirt and grass and sunshine.

[makap]

If you ever need any advice on videos and documentaries that are very powerful let me know. Have you seen "Food Inc, King Corn, or the Monsanto documentary? Have you read any Michael Pollan? He currently has a lecture series from UC Berkley where he is a professor on the food system.

Don't get too stressed in the begining. The food journey is a long long journey and it takes a lot of time to understand it. Be careful of cheatery in the system. Not everyone who says they are doing the right thing are.

If you check my blogs you can see a number of articles on food.

Thank you.

I am now downloading Food Inc as well as The World According to Monsanto (is that the one you mean?) I would like to watch them tonight. I am unable to find King Corn to download but will continue to look for it.

It is very stressful and confusing to understand this new "food journey". It is also very frustrating as there is not much that is not loaded with all kinds of crap.

I am determined however to slowly learn as I go along and change the way I am eating as well as feeding my family. Educating my 9 year old son along the way is very important to me as well.

[nannyde]

Thank you.

I am now downloading Food Inc as well as The World According to Monsanto (is that the one you mean?) I would like to watch them tonight. I am unable to find King Corn to download but will continue to look for it.

It is very stressful and confusing to understand this new "food journey". It is also very frustrating as there is not much that is not loaded with all kinds of crap.

I am determined however to slowly learn as I go along and change the way I am eating as well as feeding my family. Educating my 9 year old son along the way is very important to me as well.

Yes that's the right documentary. King Corn is on netflix if you have that. First watch Food Inc. That's the best overall information movie I've seen yet AND it'll grab you from the first frame. Very entertaining. I would suggest you not watch it on a full stomach. (not kidding)

After you watch Food Inc you will most likely be more overwhelmed so just expect it and leave it for a few days to stew. It'll take a couple of days to get to the mad stage of loss. That anger will get you to start the journey to learn it food by food. It takes a LONG time and a lot of research to get a grasp on it and work around it for your family and your day care.

When you know better you do better. Just remember that.

Follow the money and learn about corn. Corn will show you the way of nearly every food group. In the grocery store the perimeter of the store will be the stuff least likely to be corn products although meat and milk are corn based.

One other little teeny tidbit of info that might help you right away is go to craigslist at harvest time for each individual food you are sourcing. A lot of foodies and backyard gardners sell their leftovers on craigslist at the end of the season. Buy in season and store. That will save you the most money over the course of a year. Oh and cook. If you don't know how to cook.. get to that first off. If you do... you are WAY ahead in the game.

[Meyou]

Ok, I'm going to watch King Corn although I haven't recovered from Food Inc. yet. I was just saying to a DCD the other day that life was sooo much easier before I knew what I know now but that there is no way I would go back.

[Countrygal]

Well, I'll be watching King Corn as well, and thanks for the suggested articles and links!

I have food allergies, autoimmune problems (just a little, but enough to make life miserable), and lactose intolerance.

My kids were brought up on food we raised ourselves, mostly. We raised our own beef, chicken, milk, eggs - we bought pork from a neighbor. I canned and froze most of what we ate. Now that I don't raise my own any more I am scrounging for good sources of food I can afford. When I do find them they are spoken for a very long time ahead of time!

I hate that I am buying meat in the store. Hate it. There isn't even a local butcher shop.

What is REALLY scary to me is how these big businesses (you mention Monsanto) tie into our pharmaceutical and medical and insurance industries. It all gets downright scary when you start digging. If you want to live comfortably in this country, don't dig, and only watch the major news networks. :P

What really irritates me is that the gov't is backing all of this and even promoting it through these subsidies and they have the majority of American Farmers believing it is good.

One thing I liked about the first article Nanny shared is that they talk about the truth-in-labeling of foods in this country. Truth in labeling ends where the lobby groups begin.....

As for raw milk, there is a real push in this state to get a legal market for it. I do pasteurize the milk. It is the homogenization, in my mind, that really hurts the product. I remember the farmers pasteurizing their milk in a big pan on the stove when I was a kid. I had a home pasteurizer. There ARE some very nasty parasites in cow's milk, just like in any animal product. Just like in raw beef or raw fish or raw pork. I bought fish from the store the other day and found a worm in it. A fish parasitic worm. They ARE there, that's why I always pasteurized my milk.

But why should the government dictate whether or not we can buy a raw product? Whose decision should it be? Mine or theirs?

I have so been fighting myself on the state and federal regulations lately. I know where I stand, I just don't know how much I want to compromise.....