Amongst the movement of health-minded individuals trying to derive the perfect algorithm for optimal health, there has been a resurgence of consuming raw, or unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk. For more on their perspective, you can peruse http://www.realmilk.com/ - in summary, they push that it's 'natural' dairy and that is therefore better, making a number of claims that I'll address below. Besides the obvious naturalistic fallacy and lack of scientific backing, I always find it interesting how humans in modern society love to reinstate previously removed selective pressures. This whole camp of raw milkers also seems, to me, to be of the same mindset as the anti-vacciners. I guess everyone's a bit concerned their immune systems were getting off easy? #YODO. Anyway, do any of these claims stand up to the science? Claim 1 : Pasteurization denatures proteins - sure, pasteurization denatures proteins, so that they are no longer biologically active. This begs t...
Nutritional Sciences: Basic Science and Clinical Perspectives