I’m all for whole milk over skim, but it would be much better to bring in A2 whole milk. Yes, the fat is needed that’s iin whole milk but we should be getting back to the fat that was in A2, not what our industrial dairy production created, which I believe is responsible for milk allergies. I’m just a lay person, but it seems obvious to me that the lactose intolerance among Americans is due, in part at least, to the breeding of industrial milk cows. Alexandre and Strauss dairies are two of the ones that produce and sell A2. https://alexandrefamilyfarm.com/
I spent years avoiding milk because I thought I was lactose intolerance. We bought 2% milk for many years because we were told it was healthier. I realized some months ago that is I travel and I have “cafe con leche” or latte, it’s usually regular whole milk and it never causes me any issues… we just switched to whole milk in the house and I have it with coffee with no problems at all! There’s something about altering the milk compounds that makes the difference! Thanks for bringing it back for the kids. They need natural fats for their brains to develop!
I am a US Citizen living in Mexico because I couldn't afford to retire in the US. I believe I have figured out at least a part of why the US decided that only low- or non-fat milk was "healthy." Here in Mexico, whole milk is 3%, not 4% as in the US. (NB Different cows produce milk with different percentages of fats. Both 3% and 4% are contrived figures.). Why would Mexico have chosen a lower percentage for "whole" milk? My observation is that Mexico has very little good pasture land, and that cows have a hard time producing milk with a high percentage of milk fat. Butter and cream support higher prices, hence the limitation on putting more fat into milk. I'm pretty sure there was similar motivation for the rulings re what constituted "healthy" milk for children. Somehow, it always comes down to $$$, not what the citizenry actually needs.
At some future point perhaps HHS will be able to address the damage ultra pasteurization does to milk, to its nutrients and enzymes. Raw milk in schools seems a fantasy now but just imagine what that would do for children's health ... and local food systems. Interesting fact: Germany sells raw milk, at least in natural food ... calls it "preferred milk".
I can get raw milk in my area from a small farmer's market. It tastes so much better and so different. The fervor over raw milk is a distraction, but it would be hard to do that one a mass production/mass transport basis. I'd like to know how Germany does it, but I have an idea.
Regular milk is full of artificial hormones, antibiotics, vaccines, animal medications, herbicides, pesticides, and possibly gmo's from the feed cows eat.
Hey, Huge MAHA supporter! But, this one is pretty hollow...whole pasteurized and homogenized milk from factory farms will be doing nothing good for the nation's children. And everyone knows that. Fat is where many of the toxins in our food hide and milk is no exception. The genetically modified growth hormone, the pesticides and herbicides spread on the grass and grain the cows eat, the inhumane way factory cows are treated, the destruction of all that is actually good in the milk via the pasteurization process, just don't bother, give the kids clean water and call it a day. Now if you want to give them raw whole milk raised on small, environmentally sustainable family farms, that's another story....
AS I recall, whole milk has lactose and fats and so on. 2% and non-fat have to reintroduce sugars to make it drinkable. That means you replaced lactose(milk sugar) with fructose(God knows where that comes from if not cane sugar.) RFK making great inroads with the system and also dealing with "the Jerk" president
I'm a solid vegan, to give you my bias up front. Milk doesn't cut it from the health standpoint (convince me that saturated fats are good for you) nor from ethics: Do you realize the trauma that most cows suffer from calf removal or in the milking process (trauma that no doubt biochemically finds it's way into their milk). Not to mention what happens to all the male calves. Not to look at the death of these noble animals, who, after feeding us for 5 years or so, are unceremoniously dragged off to the hamburger factory.
And what about the large numbers of children who are encouraged to drink milk though they cannot digest lactose? I believe that includes 70% or so of those of African ancestry, and over 90% of Asians.
I have been a strong RFK supporter. The central plank of his campaign was getting Big Business out of government, yet his replacement nutrition panel is almost entirely made up of those with ties to Big Food. That's hard to understand.
Now they need to ban chocolate milk. I worked for a school district in CA that offered elementary school kids a choice of either regular milk or chocolate milk. Guess what? The majority of them chose chocolate milk.
I’m all for whole milk over skim, but it would be much better to bring in A2 whole milk. Yes, the fat is needed that’s iin whole milk but we should be getting back to the fat that was in A2, not what our industrial dairy production created, which I believe is responsible for milk allergies. I’m just a lay person, but it seems obvious to me that the lactose intolerance among Americans is due, in part at least, to the breeding of industrial milk cows. Alexandre and Strauss dairies are two of the ones that produce and sell A2. https://alexandrefamilyfarm.com/
Alexandre and Strauss - yes and yes! Available near my home and that's what I buy! "A2" is not just a freeway in England!
Thanks for sharing the link above. Good info, and store locator in your area.
Here’s more information about A2 milk https://www.a2milk.com/
It’s a welcome recommendation.
But you should also recommend that the whole milk should be organic, as the fats in milk carry with it, pesticide and toxins.
Mitchel Cohen
Author, “the fight against Monsanto’s round up: the politics of pesticides”
I spent years avoiding milk because I thought I was lactose intolerance. We bought 2% milk for many years because we were told it was healthier. I realized some months ago that is I travel and I have “cafe con leche” or latte, it’s usually regular whole milk and it never causes me any issues… we just switched to whole milk in the house and I have it with coffee with no problems at all! There’s something about altering the milk compounds that makes the difference! Thanks for bringing it back for the kids. They need natural fats for their brains to develop!
Very interesting, and I think, true observation about whole milk. I have had the same experience! It seems to be better for us.
Loving you, Bobby Kennedy!
I am a US Citizen living in Mexico because I couldn't afford to retire in the US. I believe I have figured out at least a part of why the US decided that only low- or non-fat milk was "healthy." Here in Mexico, whole milk is 3%, not 4% as in the US. (NB Different cows produce milk with different percentages of fats. Both 3% and 4% are contrived figures.). Why would Mexico have chosen a lower percentage for "whole" milk? My observation is that Mexico has very little good pasture land, and that cows have a hard time producing milk with a high percentage of milk fat. Butter and cream support higher prices, hence the limitation on putting more fat into milk. I'm pretty sure there was similar motivation for the rulings re what constituted "healthy" milk for children. Somehow, it always comes down to $$$, not what the citizenry actually needs.
When I was in school we had real milk in glass bottles. Loved it…also chocolate milk.
At some future point perhaps HHS will be able to address the damage ultra pasteurization does to milk, to its nutrients and enzymes. Raw milk in schools seems a fantasy now but just imagine what that would do for children's health ... and local food systems. Interesting fact: Germany sells raw milk, at least in natural food ... calls it "preferred milk".
I can get raw milk in my area from a small farmer's market. It tastes so much better and so different. The fervor over raw milk is a distraction, but it would be hard to do that one a mass production/mass transport basis. I'd like to know how Germany does it, but I have an idea.
It would be much better to get unpasteurised and unhomogenised milk!!!
Regular milk is full of artificial hormones, antibiotics, vaccines, animal medications, herbicides, pesticides, and possibly gmo's from the feed cows eat.
That's one reason why buying only organic is so important.
Hey, Huge MAHA supporter! But, this one is pretty hollow...whole pasteurized and homogenized milk from factory farms will be doing nothing good for the nation's children. And everyone knows that. Fat is where many of the toxins in our food hide and milk is no exception. The genetically modified growth hormone, the pesticides and herbicides spread on the grass and grain the cows eat, the inhumane way factory cows are treated, the destruction of all that is actually good in the milk via the pasteurization process, just don't bother, give the kids clean water and call it a day. Now if you want to give them raw whole milk raised on small, environmentally sustainable family farms, that's another story....
What is truly amazing is fundamental knowledge about health is lacking from the top down.
Fully admit that some change is incremental.
Costco has humongous shopping carts usually filled with junk "foods"
They also have a nice selection of organic- nuts, berries, assorted veggies and fruits
That is what sustains health...
Will the children select it? Or are they programmed to avoid? Benefits of whole milk campaign may be needed.
AS I recall, whole milk has lactose and fats and so on. 2% and non-fat have to reintroduce sugars to make it drinkable. That means you replaced lactose(milk sugar) with fructose(God knows where that comes from if not cane sugar.) RFK making great inroads with the system and also dealing with "the Jerk" president
Raw milk back yet? Very few select milk for me. Scan your choice Yuka bar code reader tells you what you're buying😳
I'm a solid vegan, to give you my bias up front. Milk doesn't cut it from the health standpoint (convince me that saturated fats are good for you) nor from ethics: Do you realize the trauma that most cows suffer from calf removal or in the milking process (trauma that no doubt biochemically finds it's way into their milk). Not to mention what happens to all the male calves. Not to look at the death of these noble animals, who, after feeding us for 5 years or so, are unceremoniously dragged off to the hamburger factory.
And what about the large numbers of children who are encouraged to drink milk though they cannot digest lactose? I believe that includes 70% or so of those of African ancestry, and over 90% of Asians.
I have been a strong RFK supporter. The central plank of his campaign was getting Big Business out of government, yet his replacement nutrition panel is almost entirely made up of those with ties to Big Food. That's hard to understand.
Now they need to ban chocolate milk. I worked for a school district in CA that offered elementary school kids a choice of either regular milk or chocolate milk. Guess what? The majority of them chose chocolate milk.