Raw Milk: Secret Superfood??
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What claims are being made about the benefits of raw milk?
Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and this is Science Versus. After this episode, we're taking a quick break just to work on some future episodes. So if you have ideas, let us know in the comments, things you'd like us to versus. And we wanted to let you know that we now have a YouTube channel. Yay!
What is pasteurization and why is it important?
It's Science VS Podcast. There's a link in the show notes.
Is raw milk beneficial for gut health and the microbiome?
You can also catch us on Instagram, TikTok. But now it's time for the episode. Let's jump in. I'm on an illegal mission today.
Can raw milk help prevent allergies and asthma in children?
Legal grey area would be more accurate, but for a cold open like this, we're going to say illegal. No, we're going to say grey area. There's no way that would get through fact check. The point is I'm doing something naughty. A couple of weeks ago, I went on a secret mission.
Okay. Okay.
Here I go.
I'm going into the store. There's plants out the front, plants inside, organic bananas to my left.
I'm here to buy something that some say is dangerous and could even kill me.
The chocolate milk drops. I bet there's carob somewhere around here.
What are the potential risks associated with drinking raw milk?
Oh my gosh, there's an empty.
It's a completely empty fridge. There's one left.
One left.
I found it. It's a white substance in a plastic bottle. There's one left. There's one left. One raw milk. Raw milk. Hi. But should I drink it? Thank you. The card? Yes, please. Sure. A lot of people online are saying, yes, that this milk that I've got that hasn't been pasteurized and is straight from the teat has heaps of benefits.
What scientific evidence supports or refutes the claims about raw milk?
They say, just look at the science. Raw milk, raw dairy in your diet is definitely going to improve your health. Raw milk protects kids from asthma, eczema, and allergies. It is packed full of gut-healthy bacteria. You heal your microbiome. God intended milk to be raw. If he didn't, he would have put a pasteurization chamber on the udder of a cow.
Raw milk fandom has even hit the udder echelons of society. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
How do raw milk consumption laws vary by region?
is a huge raw milk fan. And it's not just the RFK juniors of the world. It's pretty common to drink raw milk in some countries. You can even find it in some vending machines around Europe. But of course, there is a flip side to this story. The raw milk naysayers who reckon that raw milk is dangerous. It's actually illegal to sell raw milk for humans to drink in Australia and in some states in the US as well. I had to find it in the pet food section of the store.
So why are people worried here? Some people keep trying to act like drinking raw milk is unlocking some secret level of health.
What conclusions can we draw about raw milk safety and health benefits?
Well, I want to say congratulations. It unlocked diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps, nausea, and vomiting.
The only reason to drink raw milk is if you ever wondered, hey, I wonder what it's like to die from having too much diarrhea.
So who's right here? Could drinking raw milk be the thing you need to help your microbiome, your allergies, your asthma? Or are you going to die from having too much diarrhea? Today on the show, we're going to squeeze the teat of science until we've filled our bucket with facts around raw milk.
Because, you know, there's a lot of God-intended milk to be raw. And then there's science.
Science vs. Raw Milk is coming up just after the break.
Welcome back. Today we are guzzling down the science of raw milk, and I'm here with our editor, Blythe Terrell. Hello, Blythe. Hello, Wendy. So I've got it in my hot little hands. Ooh, I'm so nervous. I should say, so it says pet milk only. And what's funny about the health food store that I bought it at is... So you go to the milk section with the regular pasteurized milk and then they have a sign that says, if you want raw milk, go to the pet food section. But there is no other pet food sold in the quote-unquote pet food section. Across the store, there's just a fridge with raw milk and that's it. Wow, that is... Cheeky. Yeah.
Okay, so let's open this raw milk. Once it's open, it's open, Wendy. Then it really becomes like Chekhov's raw milk.
Yeah, okay, here we go. There it is.
So you're just going to put it there next to you, right? You're not having it now.
Nope. The question is, Blythe, am I going to drink this?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What claims are being made about the benefits of raw milk?
0:00–0:20
2
What is pasteurization and why is it important?
0:20–0:23
3
Is raw milk beneficial for gut health and the microbiome?
0:23–0:41
4
Can raw milk help prevent allergies and asthma in children?
0:41–1:25
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What are the potential risks associated with drinking raw milk?
1:25–2:09
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What scientific evidence supports or refutes the claims about raw milk?
2:09–2:41
7
How do raw milk consumption laws vary by region?
2:41–3:23
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What conclusions can we draw about raw milk safety and health benefits?
3:23–37:57