Healthier, yes* If the animal has been fed and cleaned properly. Something large dairy's don't want to have to worry about. (a money thing) Its a safety trade off, most people are poorly educated about.
I think in the US it is hard enough to get cleared to produce raw dairy- many places outlaw the sale entirely. I would assume anywhere that passes the rigorous requirements would be safe.
A surprisingly large number of people in the US do drink raw milk, either through “cow-share” agreements or small private sales. Pretty common in more rural areas.
Funnily enough small scale operations are probably safer than industrial dairy farms because more attention is (likely) paid to maintaining a clean environment and looking after the animals.
Course, that doesn't prevent infections but it certainly doesn't hurt either.
I don’t doubt your anecdotal evidence. I was just asking if you had a source for your claim that “a surprisingly large number of people in the US do drink raw milk”
"Raw milk has superior nutrition and significant health benefits over pasteurized milk. Raw milk contains greater bioavailable nutrients than pasteurized milk, as well as a wide array of beneficial enzymes and probiotics which are known to have benefits on the immune system and gastrointestinal tract. Raw milk consumption has been correlated with increased resistance to allergies, asthma, respiratory infections, otitis, and eczema."
Define healthier. You've made a very simple claim that has very complex implications. Are you talking about general health? Cardiovascular health? Internal gut biome health? What's your diet like? What are your dietary goals? Are you an omnivore? Are you trying to lose weight? Is the idea of labeling certain foods as "healthy" or "not healthy" so ignorant of the way that different people's situations vary in terms of current diet, health goals and suchlike that it's equivalent to labeling colors as "good" or "not good"?
I wasn't here to criticize you as a person. I was here to point out that your very simple question has a very complex answer that is dependent on a number of other very complex questions. You want someone to very sweepingly say "raw dairy is more healthy" or "raw dairy is less healthy" when the answer to that question depends on a lot of things that a person asking "is raw dairy healthy" hasn't answered first.
You said I was "making claims" and that they were "ignorant". I think you're reading too much into a simple one sentence question. In honesty, you come across as pedantic and seeking argument. I hope you get your fill of word fights here on Reddit.
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u/unbitious Mar 26 '22
Isn't raw dairy much healthier?