The Myth of Raw Milk. Raw milk is loaded with abundant nutrients including high quality protein, fats, Go figure. A little known fact is that those people who became sick from drinking this type of milk were actually fed clean raw milk from free range healthy cows to ultimately restore their health! At that time, they also didn't understand that the bacteria found in clean healthy raw milk is beneficial to humans, much like the good bacteria, or 'probiotics' found in yogurt.
One thing lead to another, and the consensus of the day was to heat the milk to boiling to reduce the bacteria load. It caused increased infant mortality and created poor health for all who drank it. The whole process of pasteurizing milk only came about because the milk producing cows in the mid to late 1800's were being housed in extremely unsanitary conditions and fed very poor and almost toxic diets which led to milk that was actually blue in color and not fit for consumption. So I'm going to try and shed a little light on the subject, because it is truly one of the healthiest foods you can consume. People have been drinking raw milk from cows, sheep, and goats safely for literally thousands of years throughout human history, many times without the pristine sanitary conditions you will find at America's raw milk facilities.
But don't believe it, because the facts prove otherwise. Many so-called 'experts' say that raw milk is unsafe and drinking pasteurized milk is better for you. It's gotten a lot of bad press over the years, with many people now believing that it is unsanitary and not fit to drink. There is much controversy over the health benefits of raw milk.
