Got Bacteria?

Milk seems to be in the news lately.  Breast milk has finally been deemed a medical necessity by the TSA, which is a big sigh of relief for those moms of infants that travel and had to "dump" their milk.  The nutritional and health benefits of breast milk are undeniable... For the infants of moms who breastfeed them that is.

Then I read in yesterday's New York Times that drinking raw milk is a new fad, claiming that raw milk tastes better and has more nutritional value then pasteurized milk.  Not for baby cows but for human consumption?  Hmmm, lets see - should I (and my kids) risk potentially being exposed to disease-causing bacteria, to get what the raw milk fans say are beneficial bacteria, proteins and enzymes?  Some include raw milk as "real food".

Hello, did ya hear about the pasteurization, "the most successful public health endeavors of the 20th century"??? And what about Vitamin D, very little is found in raw milk. And good bacteria, well have ya heard of yogurt?   I may be a healthy food mama, but my unscientific opinion leads me to skip this raw milk trend. We will stick with the raw fruit and vegetables for now.

Ooops, I guess raw vegetables can also have bacteria........ I wish there was a way to pasteurize raw spinach.  All of this talk of bacteria is making frozen foods look really good to me.