Raw Milk

The one food I eat regularly but am still somewhat on the fence about is raw milk.  About 80% of the experts I follow recommend drinking raw, unpasteurized milk but the other 20% are insistent that it should be avoided.  The argument is that no other animal in nature drinks another animals milk!  Almost  all carnivores will eat another animals eggs if they get lucky enough to find them but these same animals only drink their mothers milk, not the milk of another animal.  This is a solid argument against raw milk but I have decided to continue drinking it.    If I had any pro-raw-milk arguments it would lie in the fact that as the worlds top predator we get certain benefits that other animals do not get.   Yes, I am against almost all man-made agricultural products but I consider raw milk to be a product of nature. 

Benefits of raw milk

Digests easily
High amounts of fats and protein
Great source of probiotics.

If you have been following what I write you will know I put much more value into eating probiotic foods than most people.  I consider raw milk and raw eggs to be my main source of probiotics.  I guess I am attracted to foods you can just gulp down easily and get a giant dose of macro and micronutrients. 

If I did decide to transition off of raw milk I would start eating more fermented dairy products, particularly  organic full-fat plain yogurt.  The same experts that are against drinking raw milk tend to be very pro-fermented dairy.  Yogurt is great but it takes some effort to eat what I consider a serving, about 16 ounces. (less than 300 calories) Nothing compares to the ease of drinking a few glasses of raw milk!