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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] The Facts about milk, was sheep was Another wood-fired oven p...
  • Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:14:37 EST



> >The main difference in goat and cow's milk is the fat molecules. Goat
> molecules are, on average, 2 micrometers and bovine are 3-1/2 micrometers.
> Smaller fat molecules are easier to digest.

Correcto. Goats are made to absorb and digest all the fat in the milk. Cows
milk is broken down by bacteria and enzymes in the calf's gut but some of it
is intentionally left intact to be a lubricant.

When people ingest unpasturized and unhomogenized milk, we are only capable
of absorbing a portion of the fat and we pass the rest through. The natural
fat in cow's milk is ... well ... natural. But homogenized fat is not
natural
and we have no physiological mechanism for handling it.




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