 Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, aegden. Glad to read you’re feeling better. The milk from regular cows tends to come laced with hormones, antibiotics, and traces of GMOs, so we’re not crazy about it. In terms of the fat, conventional full-fat milk is higher in the types of saturated fats found to not be so healthy, and when the fat is removed completely, chemicals are involved can work against your health goals. Organic fortified 2% milk tends to be better in these regards. |
 aegden 12 years ago | What happens to the milk from regular cows? I am curious and want to learn more about this whole thing. I am not a fan of fat milk and have always used skim, even then I don’t really like it all that much and usually whiz an organic berry mixture into it to swallow my vitamins.
It’s not something I drink alone a lot. I do cook millet with it in the morning lately. I see now that changing to healthier ways of eating is going to be quite an adventure. It will take awhile to make the changes too. Already i am feeling a little better. This, in itself, is worth the changes I have made. |
| Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi to all. If you have access to it, a wonderful option is milk from cows that are pasture-raised or grass-fed. It changes the fat composition to something beneficial – so you can use the 2% or even whole without worries. |
 margr 12 years ago | I do the same as fotogal. I’m from London Ont. and use local 1% milk or skim. |
 fotogal 12 years ago | Same here in BC – Food and Drug Regulations require that all milk available for sale in Canada be pasteurized. I just use local pasteurized skim milk and try to keep to the organic in everything else. |
| aegden 12 years ago | I live in an area where raw milk is illegal and have no access to raw milk products at all. I have consumed non organic run of the mill dairy products from the big grocery stores (I live in Ontario) all my life. How big of a difference does it make using the organic (really expensive) dairy as opposed to the ordinary ones? I am so new at this and these ideas are very very new to me Thanks for any insights |
