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Article: More dairies go raw; Drinkers say unpasteurized milk contains good bacteria
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2008
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Jill Ebbott, a holistic health counselor in Brookline, buys 8
gallons of unpasteurized milk a week for her household of three
people, and she pours a splash in the bowls that her three dogs eat
from. She says a year of drinking raw milk has cleared up her
husband's allergies.
"He suffered tree pollen allergies for 21 years," Ebbott said.
"In the spring, he was swollen and oozing and had to wear mittens to
bed so he didn't scratch himself too much. After 13 months on raw
milk, his gut was rebalanced to such a degree that he was healed."
The US Food and Drug Administration warns on its website that
drinking unpasteurized milk is "like playing Russian roulette with
your health," but Ebbott is ...