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Goat Milk Questions
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Lower your cholesterol,
watch your fat intake and
pay attention to fewer calories.
It
depends somewhat on who you are, your age and what you may want to avoid:
allergies, stomach issues or fat and calories.
Read more on this Ontario Goat Milk Producers' Association site
Why Switch to Goat Milk
Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis or Lactose Intolerance?
Life Style Health Benefits, Cooking with Goat Milk Products
Why
goat milk is good milk for seniors and weight lifter.
Read the
analysis of both sources of Milk in the Goodness of Goat Milk
Goat milk is a good source
Calcium/a>, Phosphorus, Magnesium,
Potassium, and Vitamins C, B1, (Riboflavin)
B2, and B3, in addition to tasting great and being easier to
digest.
Then try the good,
goat milk yourself and wonder why everyone
hasn't made
the smart switch to Goat Milk.
Your cholesterol levels are determined by your diet and your genes. The easiest way to lower high cholesterol levels is through medication, like Lipitor or Crestor. The problem is most of these can cause serious side effects. Modifying your diet is a slower, more natural approach to prevent problems from high cholesterol. A heart healthy diet includes reducing the amount of bad fats in what your eat. This means looking at food labels for fat content as well as Cholesterol. Some 2% Goat Milk products have zero levels of cholesterol, so yes, drinking goat milk lowers your cholesterol levels. Increasing digestible fibre in the foods also helps in removing plaque from your blood system. Increasing foods containing Omega-3 or taking fish oil supplements is another part of the improvement methods for decreasing cholesterol levels such as LCL and increasing HDL and the cholesterol ratios.
More on Benefits of Goat Milk - On Site Like Goat Milk has 3 times the amount of Niacin, that is a natural way of reducing the need for such meds as Lipitor and Crestor.
An Ontario Farmer selling their milk to anyone other than licensed milk brokers can face fines, jail time and a life long removal of their shipper's license. So the answer - you can not legally buy raw milk on Ontario.
More Information on Raw Milk -On Site
So what's so bad about raw milk, some Canadian families have been drinking milk straight from the cow or the goat for years with no ill effects. Milk from any source naturally contain bacteria and some of these are not beneficial at all. The harmful bacteria as well as the good bacteria and vitamins are killed by the heating process or pasteurization. The decision to take a chance on drinking unpasteurized milk is left to individual and their health care professionals.
Most of the major Ontario Supermarkets carry Goat Milk, that has been pasteurized and processed for your safety. Talk to your local store manager or dairy manager about carrying goat milk and delicious goat milk products that are safe for you and your family.
When Vegetarians first started buying veggie burgers, the meatless soy patties were far higher priced than beef
hamburger meat. In 2009, it is no longer an economic disadvantage to buy meatless products. In some cases these are now cheaper than meat, as they should have been all along.
Take a look at bread. Whole grain breads are better for your health, but until a few months ago these types were much higher than white bread.
Similar examples are found in low fat, low sugar or low salt foods. All are generally priced higher; often they are never on sale. Merchandiser know that demand has a great effect on the prices and reach to set the bar as high as they can to maximize profits.
Make a comparison with all the other types of milk in the dairy case and you
will find that goat milk is not much of difference in terms of price. Look
beyond the 2% and skim at to the 'designer's milks' triple filtered, organic
which are normally sold by the litre. If you are near a dairy, it may be worth
the drive to stock up, checking the Best Before dates
Hewitt's Dairy processes fluid goat milk in whole (minimum 3.25% milk fat and
higher)
and 2% in both 4 litre milk bags and 1 litre cartons. We also manufacture
all-natural
plain and fruit bottom yogourts, in addition to all-natural ice cream. Skim milk
powder
and unsalted butter are produced specially for Hewitt's distribution.
Laurie Llewellyn South of Sunderland, Ont., president of the Ontario Goat Milk
Producers Association, says the average dairy goat produces three litres a day
of milk. “Good goats can produce as much as eight or nine litres per day at
peak. A cow averages 25 litres a day, with exceptional cows producing 50
litres.” So, if CW might crunch those numbers, it takes about eight average
goats to produce as much milk as the average cow.
Ms. Llewellyn South adds: “The feed ratio is about eight to one; that is, a cow
eats eight times as much as a goat.” She says goats generally get slightly
better production in terms of feed in the summer, “but not in cold Canadian
winters, when a large portion of their feed is used to maintain body heat.”
Source:
Globe and Mail June 2009
As mentioned in a previous answer, Goat Milk has more niacin, about 350% more
than cow milk, about 0.42 mg.
Don't stop taking prescribed Cholesterol medications, (Lipitor, Crestor, Plavix,
etc) just because you started drinking goat milk. Blood tests are needed to
determine the several levels of cholesterol
You still may need to take Niacin supplements to have an effect on your
HDL Cholesterol levels. HDL is the 'good' cholesterol number. Niacin supplements
are inexpensive compared to other over the counter remedies. If it's indicated,
ease into 2000 mg daily of a 'no flush' preparation. Some people may experience a
reaction to the cheaper form of niacin, experiencing hot flashes, redness.
As always check with your health care professional and get regular blood tests
to confirm, HDL and LDL totals, the ratio of the two and
triglycerides levels.
Most of the major Ontario Supermarkets carry Goat Milk, that has been pasteurized and processed for your safety. Talk to your local store manager or dairy manager about carrying goat milk and delicious goat milk products that are safe for you and your family. As demand for these products increase, retailers will start to think about putting them on sale or lowering the everyday prices.
Do the research, taste the good milk --Goat milk and reap the health benefits as well.

