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Major Nikon

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25. This happens with many sorts of foods consumed raw

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #23)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 04:59 PM

Jun 2015

Raw oysters, sushi, raw spinach and other raw leafy vegetables are just a few examples. Is there an increased risk of consuming all of these things compared to other foods? Perhaps, but one needs to consider how much to make an informed decision. Lots of people consume raw food products. Very few get sick. Cooked foods and pasteurized products aren't without risks either. The biggest risks of pathogenic contamination exists right in people's own kitchens.

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Anti-vaxxer kids getting sick with unpasteurized goat milk... [View all] Archae Jun 2015 OP

I feel really sorry for those children. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #1

$32 a gallon? Is this one of those things where if you get charged outrageously you think you are uppityperson Jun 2015 #2

The Philz Coffee of goat milk arcane1 Jun 2015 #3

The militant organics crowd wonders wht people think they are nuts MattBaggins Jun 2015 #9

That's probably a little on the high side, but not that far off Major Nikon Jun 2015 #13

Goat milk is not mass produced by agribiz MH1 Jun 2015 #19

Many people don't understand the differences between raw milk and pasteurized milk Major Nikon Jun 2015 #20

Indeed, and if more than a few days old, goat milk gets pungent and is good to heat and make into uppityperson Jun 2015 #21

If I am not mistaken - we started pasteurizing milk because of TB. jwirr Jun 2015 #4

We started pasteurizing milk because their was little to no other regulation on milk production Major Nikon Jun 2015 #12

I think both of us are correct. Wikipedia says that pasteurization kills harmful bacteria and jwirr Jun 2015 #14

Yes, I'm not contradicting you Major Nikon Jun 2015 #16

I have seen the weight gain issue in practice. My dad was visiting a hog farm and he told me to look jwirr Jun 2015 #17

The OC Birchers are realky into alt med. LeftyMom Jun 2015 #5

Then there's the coffee enemas... longship Jun 2015 #7

PSA on this one nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #6

But MONSANTO..... FUKUSHIMA MattBaggins Jun 2015 #8

What the hell is Monsanto? NuclearDem Jun 2015 #18

The article does not support your subject line. aikoaiko Jun 2015 #10

As if the title of the rawstory article wasn't misleading enough... Major Nikon Jun 2015 #11

Free range vomiters? randome Jun 2015 #15

So, were those particular children vaccinated? MineralMan Jun 2015 #22

I know a child who almost died, had organ failure, and is permanently disabled due to Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #23

This happens with many sorts of foods consumed raw Major Nikon Jun 2015 #25

people did in fact get sick and they died drinking raw milk.... mike_c Jun 2015 #30

Franz Kafka was an extreme, obsessive health food nut. He develoed TB from drinking tblue37 Jun 2015 #24

Oh, those poor children! DawgHouse Jun 2015 #26

My daughter was allergic to cows milk HockeyMom Jun 2015 #27

Lactaid is for people with the inability to breakdown lactose, which is... 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #28

a friend of mine posted the best response to this story.... mike_c Jun 2015 #29

There is no indication in the story, about if the parents are anti-vaxx or not. Archae Jun 2015 #31