Posted on 05/31/2014 4:35:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I wonder why some people want to believe in magical qualities of food—in this case, of food that can make one extremely ill. This mystical belief in food magic absolutely dumbfounds me.
“How do you want your coffee?”
“Camels milk and sugar please.”
“One hump or two?”
Those Amish are always behind everything.
Coming soon to reality TV........Arabs Vs. the Amish..........
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I thought MERS is being linked to Camel’s Milk and drinking camel urine..not that the camels in the US came from the Mideast (one would hope, anyway).
Magic no, divine provision possibly. That’s fine — the trouble arises when that particular provision gets touted as a cure-all. That’s when the magic is ascribed (wrongly).
I have NEVER had a negative reaction to raw fresh cow’s milk. I HAVE, however, experienced all kinds of benefits and good things, from improved digestion to improvements in skin and hair. Raw milk is safe to drink.
I am not sure if MERS virus has been found in camel milk or urine, although some research has showed that the virus survives very well in camel milk.
However, there are many pathogens that thrive in milk of any species, and an animal that is sick—even without symptoms—can shed quite a lot of viruses and/or bacteria into the milk. No amount of sanitizing the udder will prevent microorganisms from entering the milk prior to milking.
Is this part of the knockout game? My decoder ring is busted.
I’m not speaking of what Muslims believe about camel milk, although what I said applies to that. I have observed many people ascribing magical properties to various foods—most often, foods that are out of the mainstream and which are sometimes dangerous to consume. For example, there is a belief that raw milk will cure autism or allergies—the list of conditions that raw milk magically cures seems to be endless—which is completely unsupported by any scientific observation.
Interesting headline. Am I hearing “Dog Whistles”?
Has the NAACP heard about this?
Wait...
...never mind...
What isn’t mentioned it that MERS (I think that’s what it’s called) is caused by camel urine which is another big seller in the middle east. So are the Amish also selling camel piss? Having said that, my sons only had breast milk or raw goats milk their first two years. I have no idea whether it made any difference. Neither in their 30s have any cavities. Both have allergies but pretty good immune systems.
“Raw milk is safe to drink—except when it’s not.”—Captain Obvious.
“I wonder why some people want to believe in magical qualities of food—in this case, of food that can make one extremely ill. This mystical belief in food magic absolutely dumbfounds me.”
Mom, contrary to your ‘credentials’ you know nothing about raw milk. I know raw bovine milk, and it does not cause disease. There is a lot more disease caused by pasturized milk than by raw milk. And a lot of what is ‘credited’ to raw milk, maybe all of it, is from other food sources.
As for camel milk, I personally do not want it pasturized or ray. Dairy, as in bovine...Raw (Real) milk is good. And it is also healthy.
“Does your cottage cheese taste different lately?”
In another thread just above this one is an article about Saudi’s kissing their camels and possible getting/spreading the dread disease, MERs. What is this, the bacterial form of jihad?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3162252/posts
I'm sorry, but the fact that you personally have not become ill from drinking raw milk only means that you have been lucky, not that raw milk is safe.
The only reason that pasteurized milk causes more disease is because 99% of people drink it pasteurized. When corrected for consumption numbers, then raw milk causes about 150 times more illnesses than pasteurized, on a per capita basis.
I really don't care if you want to drink raw milk, as long as you are fully aware of the risk. My objection to the practice only arises when people base their decision to drink it on lies, especially lies compounded with beliefs in non-existent magical properties.
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