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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate  Ya, well, the average life expectancy for those folks living thousands of years ago, was about 35 years.
We've learned a lot about general health issues, and sanitary practices, and pasteurization is one of those wonderful things, in my opinion, that contributes to the long life spans we enjoy today.
I do agree however, that there are points to be made on both sides of the issue. Pasteurization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Pasteurization is good for selling cow milk in massive quantities - when mixing milk from 10,000 different cows, you HAVE to pasturize it to get rid of all the germs etc, especially considering how cows are treated (the conditions most milk cows live in today are positively atrocios). If we simply treatd cows decently you COULD drink their milk raw, without pasturization. But, when you confine them to a shed, don't allow them to eat what they were meant to (grass), move around, and shoot them full of hormones, antiboitics, etc... well, then you HAVE to pasturize their milk because its sick milk from sick cows!