Saturday, December 28, 2013

Why is Non-Fat Milk Blue? WTF?

My mission here is to give you a bit of information, with some humor mixed in, to get you to think about what you're shoveling in your pie hole. Why? Because it's our right to know what we're eating! Because we must preserve our pie holes!!!  In an effort to make our lives easier, we've given up control of our food to factory farms (see previous post) and chemical companies. And you know what??? It's making us sick! Just like when your mom made you chicken soup to make you feel better, the wrong foods can make you ill. This may be immediate, such as a food borne illness or slowly over time, like cancer or MS. Sorry to get all gloom and doom on you, but hey, you're here and this some serious shiznat!
This brings us to today's topic, MILK! More specifically, non-fat milk. First off, milk is made for babies, not for adults! Humans are the only species to willingly and continuously drink milk into adulthood. And with the exception of an occasional dog suckling piglets (google it, you find more pictures than you might think), humans are the only species to consume milk from another species.


...BLECK...Fun facts; the richest milk comes from Weddell seals, with a 60% fat content whereas human milk has a fat content of about 3.8%. Hey, it's hard living out there on the ice and sea. Killer whales and leopard seals tryin' to eat ya! You gotta grow strong and smart fast! Weddell seals are weened in six weeks. Some humans stick around for 30 years or longer....We have no predators anymore, except each other, so we have time to grow. Truth is, the fat found in milk (hopefully when you're a baby and from your own species) is necessary for brain and nerve development as well as the production of hormones. FAT is YOUR FRIEND people! Well, good fats are! That includes saturated fats. Deemed by some as bad but in fact essential to a healthy gut, brain, and heart. Trans-fats or BAD FATS, are any fat that has had hydrogen added to it, hydrogenated!  Why do this to your food?? Because it makes it "pretty"! Because it adds shelf life to your food! Good thing? Think again! We've talked about this, beware of foods that don't spoil... Okay, back to the topic, William! So, the food industry had told you that fat is bad for you and either removed it from your food or added a substitute and told you it was healthy. I mean, what better way to market the waste from cream production than to label it fat free and healthy?
Now aside from being linked to prostate cancer, non fat milk provides very little nutritional value. That's because it's highly processed. Homogenization and pasteurization destroy most of milk's beneficial qualities (this is one reason many people are lactose intolerant, because the enzymes in milk that help you digest it, have been destroyed by pasteurization). And well, it's had it's fat removed. The great stuff that is found in milk like vitamins A, D, E, and K (which is only found in milk with fat) are all fat soluble. That seal didn't grow strong from fat free milk. Oh, and fat helps keep you skinny. YOU HEARD ME! Now I'm not saying go out and get a tub of lard or a bucket of ice cream and eat it (Mmmm). What I'm saying is consuming the right types of fats, such as those found in raw milk  (which is not pasteurized), and avocados  may keep you fuller longer by regulating your blood sugar levels. And if the cows that your milk came from aren't pasture raised, then chances are they came from the Meatrix, factory farms that feed their animals, you guessed it, GMOs.  Cows are meant to eat grass, not genetically modified corn and soy! BTW,  you're not meant to eat genetically modified corn and soy either....
So, if you're going to consume milk, don't buy non-fat milk (we never did find out why it's blue) and please try and avoid conventional milk! Support healthy cows and a healthy you by purchasing from farms you can trust, like Organic Valley and Organic Pastures (for raw milk). There are also dairy alternatives (in case you live on another planet and haven't heard) like almond milk,  and hazelnut milk.

Don't forget to support the Non-GMO project!

2 comments:

  1. I've never had raw milk...how does it taste?

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  2. There is a great documentary about raw milk and how it has been demonized. For anyone interested it is called Farmageddon (http://farmageddonmovie.com/). Enjoy.

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