Raw milk?

[paranoidprego]

Anyone out there have any experience with Raw milk? If it contains all the enzymes needed to break down the milk proteins, could that help with allergies to milk?

[nalo]

Some people can do raw milk and some can't although I would venture to say the large majority of people who are dairy intollerant are NOT okay with raw dairy. However, you can certainly do a trial of it if you want to in order to get your answer!

[mtn.mama]

I'm an avid raw milk drinker... and a goat farmer.

My daughter can't tolerate most cow milk in my breastmilk,
though Nancy's whole milk organic yogurt works-
and so does Organic Valley raw mild cheddar.
Nothing else.

I had Taslyn allergy tested in May...
the skin prick test came back all negative, but
the patch test had 10 positives.
One of these was dairy.

The allergist told me not to drink goat milk.
She said only 6% of people with dairy allergies
can tolerate goat milk.
Well, I'm certain I'm one of those...

DD had never reacted to the goat milk
that comes through my breastmilk
so I kept on drinking it.
Then I started DD on it a couple weeks ago.

And its going splendidly!
HTH!

[kjbrown92]

I tested DS on raw milk. He reacted the same as he had to regular milk. But he sure loved those pancakes!

[4Blessings]

It is dangerous to trial milk on a child with true milk allergy. Milk allergy can be deadly.

[kjbrown92]

I should have clarified. My son's was an intolerance, not an allergy.

[mbravebird]

Some people react to the protein in milk, some people react to the lactose. People who react to the lactose will have an easier time with raw milk, because it contains lactase, which digests the lactose.

With my son, who would get an itchy rash after drinking pasteurized cow's milk, he would not get the rash with raw cow's milk. And if he had enough raw milk in his system, he could tolerate some pasteurized cow's milk products, too. It seemed like whatever the good stuff in the raw milk was was colonizing enough to help him out with all dairy products.

My son always had a lower reaction to goat milk, even when pasteurized. So we decided to try raw goat milk for him. And now that we have raw goat milk , he has absolutely no symptoms again.

I suspect if there is a severe milk-protein allergy, it would be dangerous to experiment. What kind of reaction does your son have?

Also, I know people who have milk-protein allergies to cow's milk but not goat's milk.

[mbravebird]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

I should have clarified. My son's was an intolerance, not an allergy.

Oh, just saw this. That sounds similar to my son's situation. Experimenting with raw was really great for us; I'm so glad we made the switch, because he really loves milk, and now he can drink it. And raw milk is a true superfood, so I feel good about giving it to him too.