Raw Milk Therapy-April 2021

 Greetings and welcome to a rather unique experiment that I have been thinking about and researching for quite some time. Simply put, this experiment will cover 19-days, from 8pm on April 11, 2021, through 8pm on April 30, 2021. Why the weird dates you may ask? Well, we have a wedding today (April 11) and I am determined, not to be "that guy" that is fasting at a wedding. My fifth son, Aaron, is getting married (again) today. He and his wife were officially married last year at the height of the Covid-19 insanity, so it was a very, very small wedding. Today is the re-I-do ceremony, and the weather for Central Virginia looks perfect. During the next 19-days, I only have one potentially awkward issue, that being a luncheon for work that could be rather difficult to avoid. (Perhaps a perfectly-timed phone call that "unfortunately" takes me away from the meeting?) We will see what transpires. This experiment will begin with a 2-day water-only fast that will begin tonight at 8pm. 

So, why a Raw Milk Therapy (hereafter to be known as RMT) experiment? I completed a 10-day water-only Jan.1-10, 2021 and that was a very enlightening experience. I determined that after 3-months, I was going to complete another fast, but was unsure exactly what form this next fast would take. 

Sometime in February, I stumbled across an old book written by Dr. J.R. Crewe in 1929. Dr. Crewe was a leading physician at the Mayo Institute (forerunner of the now-famous, Mayo Clinic) in Rochester, MN. While reading this book, I was amazed at the fantastic results of what became known as "The Milk Cure". If you are interested in looking at a summary of this book, you can find it here: The Milk Cure Summary

Now just a wait a minute! If amazing cures to chronic and life-threatening diseases, such as those listed at the end of the blog, can be achieved simply through a regimen of raw milk from pasture-fed cows, why wouldn't it still be widely used today? The answer is two-fold:

1. Raw milk is not widely (legally) available in the US or Canada, the very countries where these treatments are most needed. 
2. There is absolutely no money to be made with this treatment as all drugs and other therapies are eliminated. With no money to be made, doctors have little interest or incentive to try such a radical treatment experiment. Dr. Crewe states that it is only because of the patients' own desires and in some cases, their dedication to even source and buy their own milk, that the treatment continues to be used. 

Thankfully, here in Central Virginia, I have the ability to support a family farm in Gretna, VA, which provides me with delicious raw A2A2 milk, which I consider to be the ideal elixer for this experiment. For more information on this amazing family farm, check out this link: Our Father's Farm-Gretna, VA

The next question I sought to answer, involved this strange designation of "A2A2" milk. Having grown up on a dairy farm, I would have thought I knew pretty much everything there was to know about raw milk. (I drank raw milk from our own dairy farm in Ontario, from 8-16 years of age). From 17-54, I have pretty much avoided milk, as I have little interest in the commercially pasteurized/homogenized product most call "milk".  The more I have studied the chemical processes inflicted on commercial milk, primarily the process called pasteurization, the more I have come to understand why fluid dairy sales are crashing into oblivion. Commercial dairies, small ones like the ones I grew up on, are now almost extinct in the U.S. Without the protection of marketing boards, the price of fluid milk has plummeted to the point that a farm like ours (milking 50-60 cows), can no longer financially support a family. Commercial dairies now must milk hundreds or even thousands of cows to generate enough milk to be barely profitable. As fluid milk consumption plummets and is replaced by nut milks, oat milk, hemp milk, etc., one can clearly see why small dairy farms are pretty much extinct in the US. These highly processed phony-milks are taking over the market, and never have so many people been classified as "lactose-intolerant". 

For many people, drinking commercially produced fluid milk leads to all kinds of gastrointestinal messiness. This is not "all in their minds", but is a real physiological response that is the result of the body not having the proper biological make-up to handle the protein casein and lactose in the milk.

Over the past several generations, fluid milk has changed in response to genetic modifications that have naturally occurred as a result of the specialized breeding of dairy cows, primarily within the Holstein breed (although some Jerseys and other breeds also are affected). We had Holsteins on our dairy farm and they are prized for one thing, and one thing only: they give TONS of milk per animal. This milk has the genetic properties now classified as A1A1, which means that the milk's beta-casein properties are consistent with the new era of dairy animals, and are not A2A2 which would mean the protein is consistent with the old-world/European/Asian dairy animals that did not give as much milk, but had more easily-digested milk protein. If you want to get into this in greater depth, here's a link to get you started down that rabbit hole: A2A2 milk: What's the Difference .

Because of this important distinction that seems to greatly affect the digestibility of fluid milk for many people, you now starting to see in your dairy aisle, designations of A1A1, or A2A2 for fluid milk. For those who have never been able to drink milk without digestive issues, trying A2A2 milk might just be the answer. However, at least in Virginia, the milk from any store will still be highly processed and definitely not raw. (raw = unpasteurized, and not homogenized)

We are blessed in Central Virginia to have access to a certified A2A2 herd, (Our Father's Farm) that supplies me with my raw milk. So, my supplier gives their customers the very best possible product. Raw milk that is certified A2A2. (I'll try to get some pictures of the herd next time I'm there to pick up my milk so you can see the difference in these cows when compared to the giant Holsteins you may be used to identifying as "dairy cows". 

As we go along this journey, I'll endeavor to track my progress, step-by-step throughout the 19-days. If you think 19-days of just drinking raw milk is going to be difficult, you are probably correct. However, remember, this is meant to be therapeutic and as we go along, I'll update this blog with daily information and (hopefully) some video segments on YouTube to track my results. My experiment will differ slightly from the prescription normally followed by Dr. Crewes. The first difference is that I will not be on bed rest for 19-days. Remember, Dr. Crewes was working with critically ill patients, not guys who are healthy...and have a job to go to every day.) The second difference is that I do not plan to use a daily enema. If constipation becomes an issue (which I don't think it will, since I will have lots of fat in my raw milk), I will address that as needed with a natural remedy, not an enema.

Starting height/weight: 6'2"/259 lbs/ 28.5% body fat according to our scale. 

Seeking improvement in: 

1. reduce body fat
2. improve skin cancer spots (I'll speak more of this later in the blog)
3. improve prostate health (I'll address this in more detail later in the blog as well)
4. maintain healthy blood sugar
5. strengthen immune system/spring allergy symptom control

The metrics I will track each day will be: 

1. Amount of fluid milk consumed each day and timing of drinking as well as caloric value. The calorie count will be based on the average raw milk value of 750 calories per quart. 
2. Amount of raw kefir consumed each day and timing of drinking as well as caloric value. If you are not familiar with this miraculous product, I'll speak more of it and explain its nearly-magical properties as we go through this 19-day experiment. 8 oz of raw kefir = 160 calories. If you want more info on raw milk kefir, go here: Raw Milk Kefir I will be using kefir as both food, and as a topical treatment to the areas of skin cancer I am watching.
3. Blood sugar and ketone readings three times per day: once upon rising (fasted state), once 2hrs after one of the feedings, and once at the end of the day before retiring for bed.
4. Weight and body fat percentage every fourth day. So there will be 6 weights/ body fat measurements taken.  Start (see bottom of this post), Day 4, Day 8, Day 12, Day 16, End.

So, let me wrap up this intro with the quote from the book, The Milk Cure, by J. R. Crewe:

                

  The treatment is used in many chronic conditions but chiefly in tuberculosis, diseases of the nervous system, cardiovascular and renal conditions, hypertension, and in patients who are underweight, run-down, etc. Striking results are seen in diseases of the heart and kidneys and high blood pressure. In cases in which there is marked edema, the results obtained are surprisingly marked. This is especially striking because so-called dropsy has never been treated with large quantities of fluid. With all medication withdrawn, one case lost twenty-six pounds in six days, huge edema disappearing from the abdomen and legs, with great relief to the patient. No cathartics or diuretics were given. This property of milk in edema has been noted in both cardiac and renal cases.

Patients with cardiac disease respond splendidly without medication. In patients who have been taking digitalis and other stimulants, the drugs are withdrawn. High blood pressure patients respond splendidly and the results in most instances are quite lasting. The treatment has been used successfully in obesity without other alimentation. One patient reduced from 325 pounds to 284 in two weeks, on four quarts of milk a day, while her blood pressure was reduced from 220 to 170. Some extremely satisfying results have been obtained in a few cases of diabetics.

When sick people are limited to a diet containing an excess of vitamins and all the elements necessary to growth and maintenance, which are available in milk, they recover rapidly without the use of drugs and without bringing to bear all the complicated weapons of modern medicine.

Under the head of Treatment in Chronic Gastritis, Osler has said, “A rigid milk diet should be tried” (Principles and Practices of Medicine, by William Osler, M.D., eighth edition). And quoting from George Cheyne, he wrote, “Milk and sweet sound blood differ in nothing but color: milk is blood.”

As always, feel free to comment and I'll do my best to keep this blog up-to-date each day. Video segments may not be daily, but I'll insert the videos in the blog whenever they are available. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to ask/comment away. I'll check back in here tomorrow which will be Day 1 of 2 days of water fasting which is recommended by Dr. Crewe to prepare the body and eliminate previous foods. Dr. Crewe says fasting up to 5-days or more may be even more beneficial, but I'm anxious to get to my milk! So, 2-days will be my intro fast.