The Pasteurization Of Milk In American Culture

Thesis: Humans are designed to drink human milk, not cow’s milk. Humans should really old drink milk during infancy and that’s because all of the hormones in cow’s milk can cause many health issues.

During the pandemic of bubonic plague sanitation was at an all-time low. Cities suffered the greatest, with the disease spreading quickly. The lack of a safe system for waste disposal in these areas allowed for the disease to spread rapidly. The use of chamber pots was an example of the poor waste disposal. Chamber pots were small to medium sized bowls used for holding excretion. The contents of the chamber pots would then be tossed into the streets. Both sides of the streets were lined with trenches that would hold the human waste and other garbage; this became the perfect opportunity for disease to flourish. “Almost everyone used privies or chamber pots, which were emptied into open sewers that typically fed into streams, creeks, or adjacent rivers” (Streich). Not only was the filth repulsive in smell, but it also carried other airborne diseases which weakened the immune system thus a more catastrophic impact on the peasants.

Unlike what we have been thought, milk is unhealthy and it will cause many different diseases in human’s body. Even though that they try to limit the bacteria in raw milk before and after milking, but they just can lower the level of bacteria, they can’t remove all of it, and by drinking milk we transfer diseases to our body (Garedew et al, 2012, p 950). Before milking they will sterilize cow’s breast and also they will inject antibiotics to lower the level of bacteria in cow’s body. They also use sterilize milking equipment so the bacteria available on the equipment will not reach cow’s breast and directly milk. With all those sterilized processes they still need to do the pasteurization process because of

Parents are concerned about the milk being pasteurized and its harmful effect on their children since most of the nutrient in the milk is destroyed during the process of pasteurization. Soy milk has gained an image as a healthy alternative milk, if now being transformed, parents will consider the soy milk like a high-risk milk. Drinking milk is nature’s most perfect food. Our children need great source of milk in order for them to be strong and healthy women and men tomorrow. In today’s world, there is a major wake-up call for anyone who use pasteurized or processed food. These kind of food weaken our body and our health. Imagine our little ones being fed with them, it

Most apartment houses didn't have much in the way of drainage or toilet facilities but if they did, such facilities tended to be only on the ground floor. So most apartment dwellers used chamberpots in their own rooms.

“Raw milk today is a fringe movement, a crusade of underdogs, a pesky mouse against the entrenched lions of medicine and industry.” The book The Untold Story of Milk begins with the undesirable situation of raw milk in today’s society.

Pasteurization was made a requirement in the 1920s with the hopes that it would combat tuberculosis, infant stomach problems, and other diseases that were a result of poor nutrition for the animal producing it as well as unclean production methods. That may have been a legitimate decision in the 1920s but with modern day farming systems, including stainless steel tanks, milking machines, and refrigeration, the need for a law banning raw milk is no longer necessary. Pasteurization has actually been linked to causing more extreme cases of asthma as well as an increase in heart disease and even cancer. These diseases were almost non-existent in the past but once pasteurization became a requirement the numbers skyrocketed. The pasteurization process

Looking at what the popular information says, it is easy to see why people would want to drink milk. According to the article Is Milk Bad For You by Megan Ware, milk contains calcium which is attributed to building and maintaining strong bones and teeth and choline which helps with sleep, muscle movement, learning, and memory. Milk also contains potassium, high intakes of potassium are associated with a 20% reduced risk of stroke, heart disease, and high blood temperature; milk also contains fortified Vitamin D, important for growth, formation and development of bones (Ware). Milk also contains trace amounts of many important minerals such as magnesium or phosphorus (Ware). All of these minerals, vitamins, and nutrients seem great, right? It is a shame that all of the great qualities about milk get completely damaged during pasteurization.

The results suggest that pasteurization kills most pathogens in milk by brief exposure to relatively high temperature. This was demonstrated most beneficially with the 10-6 and 10-7 dilutions wherein the raw milk exhibited 284,000,000 cells/mL and 440,000,000 cells/mL respectively and the pasteurized milk had too few cell colony forming units to even count. Unpasteurized milk is not healthy for people to drink. For example, in a study performed in December of 2001, the bacteria Campylobacter jejuni, a microaerophilic bacteria commonly found in animal feces, was found in unpasteurized milk at an organic dairy farm in Wisconsin and caused 75 people, ages 2 to 63, to become ill.

allowing it to be contaminated, stopped the souring. This is where the term, “Pasteurized milk”

2.2: There are all varieties of formula milk, so they should be used in accordance to the needs of each child, as certain children may need a different formula to another child. Using the wrong formula, adding to much/little or not having the feed, at the right temp can affect the health of babies. If the feed has been left or stored to long it can cause the growth of bacteria. If the person or surrounding areas have not been washed/cleaned thoroughly that can also cause bacteria growth, and bacteria transfer onto sterilised equipment. If equipment has not been cleaned or sterilised properly then that can also cause bacteria to grow and not be eliminated.

The USDA has roles not only to promote and regulate the food industry, but to encourage American’s health thorough dietary policy. At times, these multiple roles of the USDA can conflict, which is seen by the its support of the milk and dairy industry for consumption by all Americans, in spite of its ill health effects on many Americans who cannot digest milk properly (Bock, 2015, lecture 6). In the US, milk and dairy products are generally seen as a food staple, and those who have “lactase persistent”, or produce the enzyme to digest milk sugar, can use it for a good source of nutrients such as calcium and Vitamin D. According to the USDA and the US Department of Health and Human Services “Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 2010” regarding dairy consumption, the “recommended amounts are 3 cups per day of fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products for adults.” (USDA & USDHHS, 2010). The consumption of milk is portrayed as a norm for a healthy American diet and the many Americans that lack the enzyme to digest milk properly, or “lactase impersistent”, are seemly regarded as abnormal. To which can be asked, “But what about the 30 to 50 million Americans who are lactase impersistent?” (Wiley & Allen, 2013, pg. 109) Those Americans will suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms, possibly causing negative health effects if they drink milk, which is championed by the USDA. There seems to be an apparent disconnect between the policy of the USDA to encourage a healthy diet for all Americans, and it’s downplay of the negative health effects of dairy consumption to those millions of Americans that are lactase impersistent. (Bock, 2015, lecture 6) The government has a major influence on Americans diet, as the consumption of milk and dairy continues to be ubiquitous and widely consumed, possibly even by those who may suffer ill health

The increased significance of cow’s milk throughout history in correlation to the shift of women’s breasts as maternal to the erotic is complex and fascinating. In this paper, I am going to discuss some of my opinions on the ProCon web article, “Historical Timeline: History of Cow’s Milk from the Ancient World to the Present”. I will focus on the social implications of the rise of cow's milk in society and the corresponding eroticization and sexualization of the breast. I will also touch on the loss of power women have faced as a result of increased cow’s milk consumption. I have selected two events that I think are relevant to my analysis and I will provide a brief critique of each of them.

Milk has been around for centuries and people have drank it for centuries too. Throughout our lives we have been told that milk is good for our body and helps toughen our bones. The milk we drink comes from cows and that started when people domesticated animals for food. The rate of milk user's continued rapidly growing, along with the rate of meat users when they decided that it helped us more with foods and liquids. As a result of, in the developments we see that with all of the different flavors of milk and percentages we can see how many people consume the products on a daily. The people of “Got Milk” were there to show you that a normal life without this drink was impossible. They weren't just there to tell you life was impossible without

As shown in a study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in “Milk Makes a Comeback,” the majority of people in some ethnic groups cannot even digest lactose, an important sugar that is found in milk and other dairy products. For instance, up to 75% of African Americans and American Indians in addition to 90% of Asian Americans are unable to process lactose in their bodies (Harper). Even though certain populations have difficulty digesting lactose found in milk, hot or warm milk may be more easily digested than normal, cold milk. Furthermore, people that tend to be lactose-intolerant may still be able to drink small amounts of milk to get the benefits without suffering the consequences of