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Raw milk, yay or nay?

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Nikko Kennedy
Sep 09, 2024
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I was recently talking with a nutritional counselor about dairy.

When I shared that I milk a cow twice a week to bring milk home for my family, her lip actually curled and she kind of flinched backward a little bit.

Like a pro, she quickly masked the reaction.

“Like, raw?” she managed to ask with some semblance of a straight face.

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Yes, I love my milk raw and credit it with saving my teeth (all in all, I’ve been breastfeeding for close to ten years, so far).

Me & our youngest baby earlier this year (2024) trying on our new onbuhimo backpack (yes, the beloved Ergo finally wore out). Also, have you ever thought about how all breastmilk is raw? I know a friend who was mixing probiotics with her milk to help her baby with thrush and was surprised when it turned to yogurt on t…
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