A Catholic mom “converts� to raw milk. So does her priest!

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Unfortunately my chronic pain has taken a nice spike upwards the last two

weeks so blogging hasn't been forefront on my mind, although reading blogs has

been.

 

William and I have pretty much finished setting up our kitchen for Raw and

it's been going very well. Our goal is to eat a cooked meal only two to three

times a week. I must say this is probably one of the more serious stretches

on raw we've had (about 5 months and running) and we've both felt a

difference. It only takes two weeks of being back on a mostly SAD diet for us

to

feel like we just can't do it anymore, then we jump back onto the raw boat.

 

We've been having a lot of fun with our food (see my thread _here_

(http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/traditionalcatholics/vpost?id=3050538)

) and

we've really been feeling better. We're needing less sleep and not feeling so

tired and, well...old. lol This has to be the best benefit so far. But

our main reason for going raw was that this lifestyle was reported to help

those who suffer from chronic pain because one cuts out inflammatory foods.

While I've had a lot of good results (weight loss and an over all better

outlook) my chronic pain continues unabated. The recent spike in pain has me

fumbling around with a few assumptions on what may have caused it, but only

tomorrow's appointment will tell me if I'm correct.

 

On a more chipper note, we found a supplier of raw milk! William and I've

been discussing this for a while now and he was scheduled to visit a dairy

provider last Tuesday so that we could scout out purchasing said raw milk.

Sunday came before Tuesday and after Mass we bumped into a lady we know, Mrs.

L.

It turns out that she had purchased a cow this summer and started selling

raw milk, eggs and butter! They now have three cows and it appears they are

slated to get more land and open a small dairy business. How very exciting!

 

We decided to start purchasing raw milk for several reasons, one of which is

that I hesitate to exclude all dairy products from my diet. Call me a dairy

snob if you will but I vow to never give up good cheeses or milk for my tea.

I just can't do it. Dh has decided he will abstain, for the most part, in

any dairy we purchase because he's about sure he's ready to give up most

forms of animal protein. He's not becoming vegan mind you, but cutting out

unnecessary consumption because it's made a huge difference in how he feels.

The

raw diet, being the anti-inflammatory diet it is, typically excludes milk

because diary is a big offender. However, raw milk is another issue unto

itself. Unpasteurized milk is still a living food, teeming with enzymes as are

raw

eggs.

 

From what I've been reading consumption of raw dairy doesn't have the same

effects that your typical drug-filled, hormone filled, ultra-pasteurized,

vitamins-added-back-in-because-they-were-ddrug-filled, hormone filled,

ultra-pastedr that grocery store milk has. I suppose time will tell if raw

milk

aggravates my pain or not. I will say that while discussing a purchase with

Mrs.

L. our priest, Fr. F., walked in and told us he suffered discomfort when

drinking milk (a form of mild lactose intolerance, same form as my husband

suffers) and since he switched to raw milk the intolerance disappeared.

Walking

endorsement indeed.

 

With my new bounty of raw milk and eggs I've been making and oldie but a

goodie, The Orange Julius.

 

Juice of two oranges

1 c. raw milk

1 raw egg

honey to taste

 

Put in blender, add ice and blend. Oh the frothy, foamy, orangey goodness.