How to Enjoy a Raw Milk Diet

Would a raw milk diet improve your health? As raw milk is sought after by more and more health food enthusiasts and natural-living proponents, those enjoying raw milk are growing in number. Raw milk helps people overcome health problems and improve vitality. Here are some basic steps you can implement to enjoy a raw milk diet yourself.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Access to raw milk
• Nourishing Traditions cookbook

1. 
   Grazing cows

   Find a raw milk dairy or a source for clean raw milk. Be sure to properly evaluate the raw milk dairy to ensure you are receiving clean, nutritious raw milk.

2. Research the raw milk diet by reading The Milk Book, Nourishing Traditions, Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine, and Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. These resources will help you understand the benefits of a raw milk diet and what constitutes good nutrition.

3. 

   Plan your raw milk diet as you begin to add raw dairy to your meals. Follow the suggestions in Nourishing Traditions to build a balanced meal plan.

4. 
   Yogurt

   Make cultured raw milk products such as yogurt and kefir. When making yogurt, heat the milk only to 110 degrees F in order to preserve the raw qualities fo the milk. Add the culture and cover, keeping the mixture at about 110 degrees F for 6-10 hours.

5. 

   Drink raw milk with your breakfast to begin your day with a healthy dose of probiotics, calcium and nutrients. Have a glass of raw milk as an afternoon snack to give you a healthy boost when you need it.

Tips & Warnings

• See Resources, below, for more on raw food and a raw milk diet.

Resources

• Real Milk Website
• Weston A .Price Foundation
• Raw Milk Evaluation Standards
• Raw Food Life Force Energy: Weight Loss, Beauty, and Health
• Raw Milk books on Amazon
• Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Improving Health and Longevity
• The Natural Health Information website

[tbrenner323]

on 11/9/2009 When I transitioned my daughter from breastfeeding to regular milk at 1 year. The ONLY milk she would drink was RAW milk. I tried regular cooked milk, whole, 2%, whole watered down, nada, she would shove the cup away with only tasting a few drops. I gave her RAW milk for the first time and she drank it down in about 1 min flat.

[Kimi]

on 2/18/2009 We drank raw milk when I was a kid, now it is hard to find. Thanks for this great article!

[natlog]

on 1/13/2009 I was raised on raw milk, but didn't have any problems with pasteurized milk until the pasteurization requirement was raised from 140 degrees F. to 160 degrees. Then I developed lactose intolerance. I can still drink raw milk from someone's family cow with no problems. And it tastes so much better.