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Organic Milk. Health Articles. Health benefits of organic milk.

July 4th, 2009 Health Nutrition 3 comments

Organic milk producers are quick to tell you that their milk is delicious and that it is made from cows untreated with antibiotics or growth hormones and cows not exposed to dangerous pesticides.

Organic milk-producing cows are fed organic feed and are free ranging; the milk is pasteurized and homogenized like regular milk and it even contains vitamin D. Such claims have brought up the demand for organic milk, sometimes at double the cost of regular milk. Some consumers wonder, is it worth the added cost?
Some turn to organic milk in the belief that this milk is healthier, while others have strong environmental or animal
rights’ beliefs. Research, however, is limited when it comes to comparing the health benefits of organic milk over
conventional milk. This can be confusing to some milk drinkers.
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