My Buddy Brent Hauver on Raw Milk

I just realised that with all the raw raw raw of the last 11 years, all the hype and propoganda- As we look at all the leaders we have some descrepency regarding raw vegan food and longevity and health.. The longest lived was Tilden, Bragg, and Walker - all who did animal products (walker did raw goats milk and cheese)...

Of the three areas in the world noted for the longevity of the local population -the Caucasus Mountains in Russia (kefir), the village of Vilcabamba in Ecuador and the land of the Hunza in northern India- all three use whole milk products. The people of Hunza and Kashmir consume whole fermented goat milk products (kefir); inhabitants of Vilcabamba consume raw cows milk which they usually separate into cream cheese and whey; and the centenarians of the Caucasus Mountains eat whole milk yogurt (like kefir) and other dairy products. Milk products form the backbone of the Hindu diet, with clarified butter (ghee) and fermented curds eaten with every meal. "The cows are our friends, they give food, they give strength, they likewise give a good complexion and happiness,"
said Gautama Buddha.

While the Japanese have the longest life span of the "civilized" world on a diet containing few milk products, the Swiss are a close second in the longevity stakes with a diet just loaded with rich raw milk products like butter, cream and cheese. Tied for third and fourth are the Austrians and the Greeks. Both these populations consume raw whole milk products, especially cheese. Milk products are even found in some parts of the Orient, from water buffalo milk in Southeast Asia to cows milk in northern China. The longest living man in the West was Old Par, an English peasant who labored in the fields until his death at 152 years.
His diet consisted almost entirely of raw goat milk products-milk, cheese and whey.

This is powerful information... Why are we so down on Milk?

Sheldon, Fry, and Even Ehret all died fairly young...

FWIW.. Brent

posted by Sacred Steve at 7/12/2006 02:13:00 AM