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To: srmorton

Um, no. Setting it on the counter at room temperature won’t pasteurize milk. You need 160° to 165° for 15 to 30 seconds. It does affect the nutritional value, as it alters the composition and makes it harder to digest. It kills the beneficial bacteria along with the pathogens.

Yes, raw milk has bacteria, good and bad. There are potential health risks, but also benefits. For many people, the benefits outweigh the risks. I cannot drink pasteurized milk without becoming physically ill for a day or two, unless I also drink raw milk around the same time, which counteracts the effects of the dead milk. So my personal experience reinforces what the scientific facts tell us.


28 posted on 03/29/2014 11:04:26 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb
Sorry! Since I am a microbiologist who deals with scientific and hospital environments, I generally use the Celsius or Centigrade scale. 72 degrees Celsius is 161 degrees Fahrenheit. I also used to teach nutrition and the only nutrient affected by the heat is vitamin C and milk is not a good source of vitamin C in the first place. I guess we will have to agree to disagree because I believe that it is more important that the public not be exposed to the dangerous pathogens eliminated by pasteurization.
30 posted on 03/29/2014 7:39:17 PM PDT by srmorton (Deut. 30 19: "..I have set before you life and death,....therefore, choose life..")
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