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Where we're living currently there are no raw dairy products at all. At the local store they may be some organic stuff. So here are my questions:

- Can goat's milk be used in place of raw milk? Or is it the same as regular milk?
- What's the deal with yogurt? Good? Bad? I used to make a shake with flavored yogurt, ice and fruit and really loved it.
- What are general substitutes that can be used in place of raw dairy?

Thanks so much!

I was going to post about goats milk. There is an excellent book called Goat Milk Magic by Bernard Jensen. It speaks of the healing properties of raw goat milk. I was getting it when I lived in MA and it was wonderful and tasted so good! Now I get pasturized goat milk from Alberts and it's not bad at all. It's not as great as the raw, but I can buy it right at the health food store. I've tasted some pasturized goat milk that tasted like a goat smells - but Alberts is good, as is Hails. I also use goat yogurt - I think the name of the compay is Redwood Farm. It's expensive and so is the milk - but I was so sick of the oils in rice milk etc.. I've been making the fertlity smoothie w/goat milk and/or goat yogurt or goat keifer.

Thanks so much Irie! That was helpful. What are some of the healing properties in goats milk? Does he mention any healing properties concerning fertility?

If I remember correctly, he was using it for serveral kinds of chronic illnesses. Mostly GI stuff. He suggests fresh goat milk - as in straight out of the goat at "goat temperature" lol.. I don't know if I could do that! I like it straight from the fridge.

I found this from Nourishing Traditions.

Goat's milk is less allergic - It does not contain the complex protein that stimulate allergic reactions to cow's milk.)

Goat's milk does not supress the immune system.

Goat's milk is easier to digest than cow's milk (An old statistic showed that goat's milk will digest in a baby's stomach in twenty minutes, whereas pasturized cow's milk takes eight hours. The difference is in the structure of the milk.)

Goat's milk has more buffering capacity than over the counter antacids. (The USDA and Prairie View A&M University in Texas have confirmed that goat's milk has more acid-buffering capacity than cow's milk, soy infant formula, and nonprescription antacid drugs.)

Goat's milk alkalinizes the digestive system. It actually contains an alkaline ash, and it does not produce acid in the intestinal system. Goat's milk helps to increase the pH of the blood stream because it is the dairy product highest in the amino acid L-glutamine. L-glutamine is an alkalinizing amino acid, often recommended by nutritionists.


Goat's milk contains twice the healthful medium-chain fatty acids, such as capric and caprylic acids, which are highly antimicrobial. (They actually killed the bacteria used to test for the presence of antibiotics in cow's milk!)

Goat's milk does not product mucus; it does not stimulate a defense response from the human immune system.

Goat's milk is a rich source of the trace mineral selenium, a necessary nutrient, however, for its immune modulation and antioxidant properties.
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wow! incredibly helpful! thank you so much Irie!

I second raw goats milk. I don't get mucus like I do when I drink cow's milk. I think it taste better also.

You're welcome

I wish I could get it raw here - but the Alberts brand pasturized is not bad at all. Expensive though!