Dean:
>>From an evolutionary perspective I think dairy is quite a bit less
>troublesome than grains are.  It may well be that we were herding animals
>before we were farming grains.  Clearly, at least 25% of the world
>population has developed lactose-tolerance, which proves there has been
>some evolutionary adaptation to dairy products--and since I fall into the
>25% that has no trouble with dairy, for me personally I'm a lot less
>worried about it than I am for someone who is lactose intolerant.

I agree very much. Further, it may make a large difference whether the
dairy product is pasteurized and/or "predigested (like kefer, yougurt,
etc.) as to the degree of benefit various people might derive from it.

>I do, however, think that dairy should be looked at with some suspicion.  I
>won't eat it more than occasionally, and usually in only small quantities.
>Modern milk is dangerous for all the chemicals they pump into it and the
>other weird things they do to it to make it pastueurized, homogenized,
>laced with artificial vitamin D, etc.  Not to mention the further chemicals
>they dump into skim-milk.

I, too, am quite concerned about these matters. There is also the problem
of the animal's diet. Cows don't appear to be evolved to eat such high % of
grain as they are often fed. Antibiotics, and other non-foods are routinely
used in feeds in many operations. We need someone to raise and distribute
some "paleo-diet animals" (like pasture-only cattle, lamb), eh?

Blah blah, but, Dean, I'm curious that it seems you only mistrust
post-harvest contamination. Why doesn't your concern extend to the
agricultural practices themselves?

Not trying to enter a big debate or anything--just curious about your view ;)

Cheers,
Kirt

Kirt Nieft / Melisa Secola
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