In a message dated 4/26/2007 8:39:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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Anyway, what I'm looking for is further scientific evidence to counter the 
rather feeble arguments that pro-raw-dairy advocates routinely make.

Why would pro-raw dairy arguments be relevant to a paleo diet?  Dairy 
products are part of a neolithic diet.  
 
There is definitely a taste benefit to raw dairy products -- at least to me, 
they frankly taste better.  Also, one other BIG difference I noticed back when 
I did consume dairy  (raw in the form of cheeses -- goat, sheep and some cow) 
was that pasteurized dairy gives me the worst constipation, yet unpasteurized 
does not create this problem.  
 
If one is NOT eating a paleo style diet, I believe that dairy products can be 
part of a healthy diet. I don't believe that paleo eating is the holy grail 
in terms of diet and the only way to health.  For me, it works better than 
anything else -- but I can see that there are plenty of healthy, long-lived 
individuals who enjoy dairy. Some people are simply adapted to it -- I find they 
tend to be the same ones who eat wheat with no weight problems.  Obviously, this 
is just my personal observation -- not scientific.  
 
Here's a link to an interesting web site by a  Dr. who graduated from MIT 
before becoming a naturopathic physician -- he sites some studies for the 
benefits of raw dairy and detriments of pasteurization.  I haven't looked up the 
studies but it may be a starting point for further research if one is interested.  
Note particularly the studies he  references in footnotes XI, XX and XXXIII.  
But again, I don't see why we are discussing dairy on a paleo style eating 
list.  
 
_Dr. Ron's Ultra-Pure and Alternative Medicine Center of Connecticut_ 
(http://www.drrons.com/raw-milk-veritas.htm) 
 



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