Common Sense about Raw Milk

A recent article published in one of my favorite magazines “Pathways to Family Wellness,” laid out the truth about raw milk!  It was a very interesting article and one that I think many should read regarding bacteria in our food.  The article is written by Edwin Shank, a grass-based, organic, dairy and chicken farmer.  He and his family go beyond simply organic to farm with a deliberate attempt to recreate and imitate the ecosystem as God designed it!  See below for main points of article:

• Of the 40 years Edwin Shank (a dairy farmer) has been farming, he has never heard of even one problem with a pregnancy, or any other illness or death among those drinking raw milk.
• The benefits of increased immunity and vibrancy of health from drinking raw milk are so profound, he believes drinking raw milk is a no-brainer.
• Edwin believes a bulletproof immunity is the only answer to optimal health.  He states that a bulletproof immunity is our only protection against pathogens in our environment.  He also states that it is impossible to build a bulletproof immunity through sterile foods.  We need prebiotics and probiotics of raw milk and kefir (a fermented milk drink) to protect us!
• The more sterile we live the weaker our immune systems become!
• Edwin believes that we as individuals should have a “build our immunity” approach rather than a “kill all bacteria” approach.
• Edwin states that if we continue on the “kill all bacteria” approach, in spite of our best attempts, in spite of living in constant fear of the microbe, and in spite of government efforts to pass food safety regulation, something will get through.  ”If we choose to live this way,” he states, “we and our children will someday find that a stray bacterium has penetrated our sterile bubble, and our artificially protected, flabby immune systems will have no defense against it!”
• Edwin believes the alternative defense against food-borne illness is to embrace bacteria as a part of a larger ecosystem.  He states we should focus on life instead of killing.  Pro-biotic instead of Anti-biotic! Edwin then goes on to state that is what drinking raw milk and eating raw cheese is all about… building immunity and health!
• Shank states, “Only living foods give life!  Only living foods, full of a diversity of natural microflora from our local, natural environment, can provide the education and information that our immune systems desperately need to actually protect us as God designed it!”

Check out Edwin Shank’s website for more information at: www.yourfamilycow.com

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