August 2012 Moms
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Poll: Milk
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So...are you going with:
- Cow's Milk
- Goat Milk
- Soy Milk
- Almond Milk
- Hemp Milk
- Other
ETA: Breast Milk
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Re: Poll: Milk
Eta: both organic. Which is what we already buy.
Cow, mostly. Occasionally Almond and Goat.
I try to avoid soy, so no Soy milk.
Oh, man! I can't believe I left that off the list. SMH
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I am with you on this. And the more I do research on milk for DD, the more it grosses me out.
goat then cow. we did the same for our first.
I didn't know this about organic cows milk...
Can you explain this? Mammals after weaning age don't actually need milk - from their own or others. The reason milk is maintained in a baby's diet is for fat for brain development, not really for any other nutritional component. As the solids' diet is expanded, that's where the nutrition comes from. Milk is just supposed to be quick, easy calories.
Do you think that the trade off for organic (less nutrition) vs. regular (additives/hormones/etc) WCM is worth it?
I was googling after I started this thread and in VA it's illegal to sell raw milk, too. However, they get around it by selling you a share in a cow. So, the cow is YOURS and they charge you an initial fee and then $35 boarding fee. You come get your milk once/week or something.
I have no plans to get raw milk, I think there's a reason it's illegal and wouldn't give it to DS, but that's just an FYI. Maybe there's something like that around you.
Personally, I don't. Milk is infant food. So, raw cow milk is great for baby cows, but the nutritional content isn't something human adults "need (although I like my dairy products just as much as the next person). Raw milk can carry TB, among other things, which is why it's illegal to sell and why Pasteurization is so highly regarded.
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So are you saying there is no nutritional value in milk beyond the calories? What about vitamins A,D,E,K and B which are all found in milk and also C? I as an adult do not drink milk for calories as I do for the nutrition. Also for calcium, magnesium and zinc.
If you do research the last outbreak of salmonella from milk in Illinois that affected nearly 15,000 people was due to a pasteurized milk brand.
Many "conventional" milk companies are hormone-free. It may or may not say on the carton itself, but check the website too. I was going to start buying a more expensive brand of milk because it was hormone-free; then I researched what I was already buying, on their website they state they don't use the hormones.
Store-brand milk is often from the same dairies that the name-brand milk is. All milk is labeled with a code of what dairy it is from, here's a website that will tell you where it's from: https://www.whereismymilkfrom.com/
Thats why I choose to do extensive research on where my milk is coming from and have visited the dairy. They do not use additives or hormones.
Not at all. Milk has a lot to offer. But, as humans, we're meant to have human milk early on and then move on to other nutritional sources. Our bodies have no actual nutritional NEED for a food designed for another mammal infant. So, I am not getting worked up about what it loses in pasteurization - we can get everything we need from a balanced diet of other things. And, I'll take a pasteurized milk over raw milk. (for the record, I also think raw milk is pretty awesome - I am just not interested in the risks and no way would I give it to a smaller, more vulnerable child).
great information - thanks!!