Recently taken from my hometown sadly.
Raw milk contains every known fat and water soluble vitamin in a bioavailable form. It contains every known essential mineral with the major players being calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, and sulfur. It also contains 24 vital trace minerals. All 60 known enzymes are found intact and functioning in raw milk. All 22 amino acids including 8 essential amino acids which are the building blocks of protein.
Pasteurization (heating the milk above 160F) is literally what causes changes in the whey proteins in milk and its overall nutritional composition. When you heat milk to this degree, you are inevitably going to kill beneficial enzymes, bacteria, immunoglobulins, proteins and nutrients that are very heat-sensitive.
There’s evidence that pasteurization may reduce folate concentrations and vitamins C,E,B2,B1, and B12 (PMID: 32438623, PMID: 27340300)
Researchers have also found that pasteurization destroys an enzyme called alkaline ...
