Pasteurized Milk

Anyone loves drinking milk? What's your favourite milk? Is pasteurized milk good for our body? Today, I'm gonna share with you my 2 cents about pasteurized milk. 

There are few types of milk which can be consumed in liquid form. The most common ones are pasteurized and homogenized milk. Those are the types of milk sources which are sold in supermarkets, grocery outlets and convenient stores. Next, we have raw milk. That is what I call 'real milk'. It is the only milk which contains the actual nutrients that will benefit the body. Raw milk is actually breast milk. 

Unfortunately, it is difficult to find raw milk in Malaysia. We have cows producing so called 'raw milk' and sold amongst some of the farmers in certain villages and along the roadside stalls, but are those cows naturally free range and grazing on healthy fertilized grass without pesticides contamination? 

What is pasteurized milk? It basically means the milk has to go through high temperature heating for a period of time, then cooling off after that. This process actually kills off everything in the milk, including nutrients, bacteria and enzymes. Another reason is to increase the shell life of the milk product.

Most milk products stated "Enriched with calcium, protein, vitamins and etc". What does "Enriched" means? When you see any food product says "Enriched", it means the food manufacturer added synthetic nutrient into whatever you are buying and eating. Yes, synthetic made from the chemical lab and NOT real nutrients. So, for those people drinking pasteurized milk everyday, do you think you are digesting whatever nutrients which are stated on the product? Think again.

Why does some people have lactose intolerance? When milk goes through pasteurization process, it kills off the 'good bacteria' and enzyme (lactase). Without lactase, it will cause the GI to have problems breaking down the lactose in the milk. Make sense? Apart from that, many people do not know often ones have lactose intolerance, have gluten intolerance as well. 

How about homogenized milk?  It involved process of blasting the milk with high pressure of 4000 psi to a screen. Reason? This process separates the fat and prevents the layer of cream from the milk. Why is is not good? Try being blasted by liquid of some form of high pressure 4000 psi. You will literally get a hole in your body! Due to high temperature which occur during this process, it resulted in release of bovine from milk which may cause cardiovascular diseases or atherosclerosis.

Now, is milk good or bad? It actually depends on the quality of the milk produced. If it's raw milk or organic non-pasteurized/homogenized milk, then I would say it is beneficial to the body. Remember, yogurt, butter and cheese derived from milk. So, if you are eating commercial dairy products, you should know what will happen to the health of your body. Happy milking folks!