sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) (01/06/84)
I find it hard to believe that our digestive systems can discriminate between pasteurized and unpasteurized milk. What does it mean to "have a handle" on the milk proteins? Are there studies which suggest that gastric and intestinal juices do not break down pasteurized milk as well? And, in any case, is this a significant event in human nutrition? What are the "digestive problems" which this might cause? Lactose intolerance is a well characterized syndrome for selected people--should we re-introduce the spread of tuberculosis and other unsavory diseases because of this suspected intolerance (which mustn't affect TOO many people, if it exists at all, or we'd see many more cases of these "digestive problems.") Arguments like these give me indigestion, because THEY'RE so hard to swallow! -- /Steve Dyer decvax!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca
jhh@ihldt.UUCP (John Haller) (01/06/84)
What I heard is that homogenized milk is less healthy that unhomogenized. Some studies (reported on TV news, memory is dim) indicated higher cholesterol levels in people that drink homogenized milk.
chuqui@cae780.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (01/10/84)
My memory is a touch spotty on this, but I seem to remember that they have found preliminary evidence of an enzyme that is not absorbed into the body from normal milk (because of its size), but when the milk is pasteurized this enzyme is broken down into smaller pieces that are absorbed without modification by the digestive tract. There seems to be new evidence pointing at this thing as a factor in heart disease -- From the dungeons of the warlock: Chuqui the Plaid Note the new address: fortune!nsc!chuqui
sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) (01/13/84)
I think the issue there was fat globules and homogenization. That is, when drinking homogenized milk, the milk fats are more completely absorbed than with unhomogenized milk. This changes (for the worse) the saturated/unsaturated ratio in a person's daily intake, and thus might cause a predisposition to increased cholesterol levels and heart disease. At least, if you believe the original premise. (Sounds logical to me!) -- /Steve Dyer decvax!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca