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Goat's milk is the closest to human breast milk.
Goat milk is naturally homogenized. That means the fats in the milk are very small, and evenly distributed throughout the milk.
Cows milk is artificially homogenized. The milk is forced at high speed through a tiny strainer to break up the fat molecules.
The fats in cows milk that are artificially broken up like that are actually harmful to the human body.
"The natural homogenization of goat milk is, from a human health standpoint, much better than the mechanically homogenized cow milk product. It appears that when fat globules are forcibly broken up by mechanical means, it allows an enzyme associated with milk fat, known as xanthine oxidase to become free and penetrate the intestinal wall. Once xanthine oxidase gets through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream, it is capable of creating scar damage to the heart and arteries, which in turn may stimulate the body to release cholestrol into the blood in an attempt to lay a protective fatty material on the scarred areas. This can lead to arteriosclerosis. It should be noted that this effect is not a problem with natural (unhomogenized) cow milk. In unhomogenized milk this enzyme is normally excreted from the body without much absorption."
Goat milk is higher in most trace minerals, and vitamin that the human body needs. An exception is iron (only slightly less than cow milk), which is interesting, because goat meat has more iron than beef.
~Garnet
Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years
Raising meat goats since 1999
3 dairy does in our herd for our families personal milk supply.
Goat's milk is the closest to human breast milk.
Goat milk is naturally homogenized. That means the fats in the milk are very small, and evenly distributed throughout the milk.
Cows milk is artificially homogenized. The milk is forced at high speed through a tiny strainer to break up the fat molecules.
The fats in cows milk that are artificially broken up like that are actually harmful to the human body.
"The natural homogenization of goat milk is, from a human health standpoint, much better than the mechanically homogenized cow milk product. It appears that when fat globules are forcibly broken up by mechanical means, it allows an enzyme associated with milk fat, known as xanthine oxidase to become free and penetrate the intestinal wall. Once xanthine oxidase gets through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream, it is capable of creating scar damage to the heart and arteries, which in turn may stimulate the body to release cholestrol into the blood in an attempt to lay a protective fatty material on the scarred areas. This can lead to arteriosclerosis. It should be noted that this effect is not a problem with natural (unhomogenized) cow milk. In unhomogenized milk this enzyme is normally excreted from the body without much absorption."
Goat milk is higher in most trace minerals, and vitamin that the human body needs. An exception is iron (only slightly less than cow milk), which is interesting, because goat meat has more iron than beef.
~Garnet
Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years
Raising meat goats since 1999
3 dairy does in our herd for our families personal milk supply.
Some questions about cows?
Mountain L
Yes i know this is the horse section, and horses are very different from cows, but i honestly had no idea where else to ask. So today during dinner my dad said he wanted to buy a cow. I was all for it until he said the only reason he wanted to buy one was so he could keep it for a year and then send it off to slaughter. I was not for that. In my opinion, it was like saying buy a horse only to kill it, or a dog. To me, once we buy a pet it is part of the family.
So how can i convince my dad that buying a cow would be a good idea, but not just for the fun of killing it later!
Also, we have a place to keep it. 160 acres of pasture land at out second house an hour away in the country. How much would we need to be around to own a cow. We could go up maybe once or twice a week to check on it. Would that be ok? Its not like they eat grain or supplements like horses do. Or do they?
Last, this is just something in the back of my head that my friend mentioned long ago. If i did 4h with my cow, do they always kill the cows afterwards, or is that like optional? Sorry, i know i sound like a total baby like "oooooh no don't kill it!", but i am a total tree hugger and i couldnt stand buying an animal only to get it fat and kill it. Dont tell me to get over myself. Id rather not buy a cow, then buy one and kill it.
Only nice, helpful suggestions please!
Answer
Your dad has a wonderful idea.
Do you know where your beef comes from? Beef cows (usually) don't get to walk around on pasture and eat grass.
They get cooped up their entire lives in places like this:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/livestock/beef/images/baa09s00a.jpg
They are stuffed with antibiotics, and when you eat the cows, the antibiotics increase your tolerance to human medicine, which is very bad! They are also stuffed with growth hormones that make them grow bigger, those hormones are then passed on to the people who eat the cow and can cause all sorts of bad things.
Those cattle don't get to eat grass. They are grain fed. Usually that grain is made from beef by-products, which means they are feeding cows to cows. This greatly reduces their nutritional value.
Beef that you buy from almost ANY supermarket is much lower in nutrition and much higher in fat. They are not treated well. It's basically abuse for their entire lives and then they are slaughtered. End of story.
If your dad were to buy a cow, he would be giving it a MUCH better life than most beef farmers ever would. It would be organic meat and would be much healthier for you and your family to eat. It would live a much happier and healthier life.
I know you don't want to see it get slaughtered, but it's much better to eat meat from a cow that you gave a good life than to eat meat from supermarkets and continue support the horrible beef industry. By raising your own cow, even if it's just one cow, it's a step in the right direction. The more people who give beef cattle good lives, mean less cows abused on feed lots.
Your dad has a wonderful idea.
Do you know where your beef comes from? Beef cows (usually) don't get to walk around on pasture and eat grass.
They get cooped up their entire lives in places like this:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/livestock/beef/images/baa09s00a.jpg
They are stuffed with antibiotics, and when you eat the cows, the antibiotics increase your tolerance to human medicine, which is very bad! They are also stuffed with growth hormones that make them grow bigger, those hormones are then passed on to the people who eat the cow and can cause all sorts of bad things.
Those cattle don't get to eat grass. They are grain fed. Usually that grain is made from beef by-products, which means they are feeding cows to cows. This greatly reduces their nutritional value.
Beef that you buy from almost ANY supermarket is much lower in nutrition and much higher in fat. They are not treated well. It's basically abuse for their entire lives and then they are slaughtered. End of story.
If your dad were to buy a cow, he would be giving it a MUCH better life than most beef farmers ever would. It would be organic meat and would be much healthier for you and your family to eat. It would live a much happier and healthier life.
I know you don't want to see it get slaughtered, but it's much better to eat meat from a cow that you gave a good life than to eat meat from supermarkets and continue support the horrible beef industry. By raising your own cow, even if it's just one cow, it's a step in the right direction. The more people who give beef cattle good lives, mean less cows abused on feed lots.
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