One more small note about milk

For those of you who mentioned you’re lactose intolerant, almond milk does seem to be a decent alternative, although it’s not prepared in a way that reaps the most benefits from the almonds (e.i. soaking the nuts). But if you have time and gumption to make your own check out this site I found thanks to Stephanie over at Keeper of the Home. (and one of the commenter’s mentioned some almond milk contains soy, so check the labels when you buy it!)

But let me also say, my husband who is also lactose intolerant, can stand to have some of the raw cows milk without to much upset. And raw goats milk doesn’t bother him at all. One of the reasons is that raw milk contains enzymes and beneficial bacteria that help to digest the lactose. During pasteurization, these enzymes and bacteria are cooked off and is the very reason many people now a days have a problem with conventional milk.

Another reason, is that we buy milk from cows and goats that are grass fed with no supplemental grain. Sometimes what the animal eats can make their milk hard to digest. And even if you buy organic milk, it just means the cows are fed organic grain and the grain can still give you issues. On the same note, some raw milk farmers also use grain, so just be aware of what the animals are being fed.

And if you’ve never tried goat milk, I recommend giving it a shot. The entire reason I started researching raw milk was for the fact that my son can not tolerate cows milk either. But we did find that goats milk works well for him. Goats milk has proteins that are much easier to digest than cows milk, taking only 30 minutes to break down in your body, whereas cows milk can take 3 hours or more. Milk from a goat does still have lactose in it, so my kiddos problem is digesting the protein and not necessarily the lactose, but like I also said, my hubby who was diagnosed as intolerant handles the goats milk fine as well. So my thinking is, some people might just really have the protein issue.