----- Original Message ----- From: Virginia Salares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: RE: Raw Milk - Submission to Health Canada
> Lloyd, > > This is the first time I heard of A2 milk. It didn't come up when I was > reviewing the literature. > The casein variants merit more research. From what I read, the > correlation between A1 milk and coronary heart disease and Type 1 > diabetes comes from studies in areas where different casein variants > predominate. As with all epidemiological studies, I wonder if > alternative explanations have been eliminated. I also wonder if there > are business interests involved, especially since patents are held on > the A2. Hi Virginia It seems this is a kind of David and Goliath struggle coming out of the new zealand dairy industry , David in this case a pretty powerful businessman with the largest dairy operation in the southern hemisphere - still no match for the vertically integrated dairy conglomerate/co-operatives around the world. There will always be business interests involved in food distribution and production, its a monster business and the markups are astronomical, the food industry turns its stock over more often than any other retail sector, yet manages to screw markup margins that are rivalled only by the high fashion jewellery people. > If the A2 hypothesis is valid, it adds to the argument that individuals > who wish to consume raw milk should have the right to access it from a > producer of their choice. Informed individuals will select milk produced > for human consumption (as opposed to pooled milk from many cows/farms > intended for pasteurization) from pastured cows. They could then select > a source with breeds that produce A2 milk. > > Do you know of anybody who has been testing A1 and A2 milk radionically? Dont know about this - I have (cynically) taken the view that its all crap, but I need something to moisten the cereals for breakfast and water just dont taste right, so we buy cheap, occasionally splurging on unhomogenised BD milk, but I am unconvinced on that too, it comes from hundreds of miles away, and is still pasturised. Cant be bothered with a milking cow for us three adults but if a neighbour milked would try to buy from them. > Interestingly, the raw milk that I get comes from a Guernsey cow raised > biodynamically. From the references, the Guernsey yields A2 milk. > Tested on myself and my son radionically, this milk increases our > vitality, while pasteurized organic milk from the store does the > opposite. I have to find a pastured milking Jersey cow (A1 milk) and do > the same test. >From the info we saw on the TV show about this a quite reasonable percentage of jerseys milk A2, also it appeared that crossbred cattle with beef bloodlines were a good bet. I agree with your sentiments on this - raw milk from grazing cows has got to be the best. There is a farmer on the north coast of nsw selling A2 milk - it will be interesting to see how this progresses - dont agree with the patent thing - how is it possible to get a patent on something natural - these people did not do anything to make the A2 protein they just identified something that was there all along - any patent application for things like this is garbage . Cheers Lloyd Charles
