On Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at 03:52 AM,
ayurvedaonline (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com wrote:

> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:14:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: durgesh mankikar <d_mankikar@...>
> Subject: Re: milk and milk products
>
>
> By far, in Indian literature, there is lot of respect given to
> Panchgavya and the milk.
> I do not know what those cows ate in the days of old,

well, they probably ate grass!
now of course cows are fed silage as well as grain, which changes the
chemical composition of the milk

one important fact is that toxins accumulate in milk in much greater
concentrations than any other tissue
in fact, the only way for a female to liberate certain toxins from her
body is to excrete them IN the milk

> the fact remains that many Indians drank milk then and do it now too.

true, my comments were an over-generalization, written in some haste
irregardless, ii still see good evidence that milk can cause negative
effects in Indians as well
although whether this relates to the milk itself or the quality I can't
be sure

when i was in India it was possible to get fresh milk, but most now is
sold in plastic bags (which leach xenoestrogens in the milk), and in
pasteurized

>
> Your data as far as milk sugars and milk proteins is valid,
> especially the proteins in people with immune compromise. As far as
> the milk sugars, we tend to " fatten" our cows with all sorts of
> artificial hormones in the West.
> Perhaps Buffalo milk is better, or goat milk is even better, if you
> raise them naturally---a rarity in our Urban or sub-urban life.

i agree that goat milk is often better tolerated, and is many parts of
the world is the milk of choice for weaning
once again, fresh (from the teat) is always best

Todd Caldecott
phyto@...
http://www.wrc.net/phyto