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Organic milk has other ancillary benefits you won't find in "plain" milk: The land and animals are treated much better. If you have ever seen a "normal" dairy
by jamroom 17y ago
Organic milk has other ancillary benefits you won't find in "plain" milk: The land and animals are treated much better. If you have ever seen a "normal" dairy farm, and watch the amount of antibiotics used to prevent the cow's udders from become infected, it becomes clear that life (for a cow at least) on a organic dairy farm is much a much nicer existence (and thus one I personally want to encourage). Also - the grains that are fed to organic dairy cows must be organic, which means more acres of organic grain production. Many organic dairy farms also do not milk cows that are in the later stages of pregnancy, which reduces the amount of estrogen in the milk fat (high levels of estrogen in the diet are linked to cancer).
- rjurney 17y agoAnd all of that is less important from a health perspective than a reduction in Vitamin D. Its a net loss.
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- ikkiv 17y agoSo why not use other foods to compensate for the Vitamin D loss? A single serving of tuna naturally contains double(5 microgram) the amount of vitamin D present in a glass of fortified milk(2.5 microgram for fortified, 1microgram for non-fortified).
- rjurney 17y agoWhy would I want to lower the quality of one food and replace it with another? I was on the organic milk bandwagon, but its simply inferior.
- jamroom 17y agoThe Organic milk I buy is both Vitamin A and D fortified, so that's real not an issue.
- rjurney 17y agoThey add chemicals, and you think thats an improvement?