Terry P., Emeryville, CA

I'm a chef, mother and also a Graves Disease sufferer. Commonly, bone loss is associated with GD as fluctuating thyroid hormone levels cause calcium to leach from bones.

Because of this, I’ve had bone scans done several times since my diagnosis. Although I have minor age-related bone loss (I am shortly turning 60), I have nowhere near the expected problems. I attribute this to careful diet, including both lots of calcium-containing fresh farmers market greens and routinely drinking raw milk. Raw milk, as you know, is more thoroughly digested and has far more accessible calcium than regular Pasteurized milk.

I have been drinking raw milk whenever I could get it since I was young. Raw cow’s milk, and even raw sheep’s milk in Spain, when I was pregnant with my first (of 3) children. I have NEVER had a problem caused by drinking it, and can’t imagine why anyone would want to curtail it’s production. With careful monitoring already in place, the industry is clean, safe and serving a true need. If I had small children, I would want to provide raw milk to them. God willing, I will have grandchildren one of these days and will make sure they get the “good stuff” in their diets.

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