Kroeran
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reading about niacin and people struggling with cholestoral reminded me of a news item I read many years ago about the benefits of goat milk.
did some poking around and found this
"In summary, the results reported in this study show
did some poking around and found this
"In summary, the results reported in this study show
that supplying goat’s milk in the diet rather than cow’s
milk leads to an increase in the biliary secretion of
cholesterol and a decrease in plasma cholesterol concentration.
The outputs of phospholipids and bile acids, and
the lithogenic index remained within normal values.
Moreover, consumption of this type of milk lowers
plasma concentration of triglycerides and therefore has
a positive effect similar to that of virgin olive oil (standard
diet) on the lipid metabolism."
http://jds.fass.org/cgi/reprint/88/3/1024.pdf
of course, it may be biased, being published by the Irish Goat Herder's Guild (not!)
I seem to recall reading an earlier article that blames homogenization for raising cholestoral levels - here is something I just dug up
Homogenization
anyway, the idea is that unhomogenized cow milk, or goat milk, which never requires homogenization, does not contain the bad chemicals that trigger inflammation and other nasty things associated with heart disease.
Personally, I prefer fresh goat milk to cow milk, reminds me of a milkshake, especally 3%. Don't buy goat milk close to its best before date...too gamey
milk leads to an increase in the biliary secretion of
cholesterol and a decrease in plasma cholesterol concentration.
The outputs of phospholipids and bile acids, and
the lithogenic index remained within normal values.
Moreover, consumption of this type of milk lowers
plasma concentration of triglycerides and therefore has
a positive effect similar to that of virgin olive oil (standard
diet) on the lipid metabolism."
http://jds.fass.org/cgi/reprint/88/3/1024.pdf
of course, it may be biased, being published by the Irish Goat Herder's Guild (not!)
I seem to recall reading an earlier article that blames homogenization for raising cholestoral levels - here is something I just dug up
Homogenization
anyway, the idea is that unhomogenized cow milk, or goat milk, which never requires homogenization, does not contain the bad chemicals that trigger inflammation and other nasty things associated with heart disease.
Personally, I prefer fresh goat milk to cow milk, reminds me of a milkshake, especally 3%. Don't buy goat milk close to its best before date...too gamey