It is believed that fresh milk is a very healthy thing. In it, everything is natural, alive and such a product will certainly not harm health. It turns out that fresh milk is better than store milk. Are you sure about that?
The benefits of milk
Let's start with the fact that milk is a very healthy product in itself. It contains a lot of calcium, protein and vitamins valuable for humans. These are vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin PP and valuable minerals. Milk is rich in amino acids and contains lactose - a protein that takes an active part in the digestive and metabolic processes of the human body.
It should be noted that the lion's share of all the useful components of milk is preserved even after heat treatment, if it is done correctly. Milk boiled on the stove really loses vitamins, but during pasteurization, which takes place under industrial conditions, the milk heats up and cools very quickly. The technology is designed to destroy the pathogenic microflora, but keep everything useful.
Danger of fresh milk
Is fresh milk "straight from the cow" really much more useful than regular store milk? You will be surprised, but the answer is no. The fact is that a cow in a village, no matter how clean and beloved she is, can be a hidden carrier of various diseases, the causative agents of which penetrate into milk. The most common is mastitis (inflammation of the breast). Often mastitis can pass in a latent form and do not affect the condition of the cow in any way. Without tests and examination by a veterinarian, the owners may not even be aware of him. A cow with mastitis produces milk that is high in somatic cells and white blood cells. They are already present in milk at the time of milking, and 2-3 hours after it, their number increases several times. Add to this the unknown milking conditions. Whether the dear grandmother who sits in the market washed her hands and a bucket before milking, no one knows. Would you give this kind of milk to your child?
Doctors and veterinarians agree on one thing - clinically proven, store-bought milk is always better and safer than what you can drink directly from under the cow. An exception is the case when the cow and its owners are personally familiar to you and you know for sure that the animal was examined by a veterinarian and it is great.
The benefits of fresh milk
In fairness, it is worth noting that high-quality fresh milk, milked under normal sanitary conditions and from a healthy cow, is really very healthy to drink. The first 30 minutes after milking, such milk contains a huge amount of immunostimulating substances. And there are really more vitamins and taste in it.
