The Raw Truth About Milk: Formerly The Milk Book-now revised and expanded-

by William Campbell Douglass II

The raw truth about homogenized, pasteurized milk is that it is a perverted form of what would otherwise be a wonderful natural food. Find out why it's linked to heart disease and what you can do to find "raw", unprocessed milk that can stimulate your immune system.

Genres: Health, Nutrition

342 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Andrew Hodgson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Untold Story of Milk is a much better book. This one starts well with cranky, but good science. Then this just gives way to the fuming of a crank with weak references for soy and cholesterol. I don't think his style helps the cause. I did switch off pasteurized milk and onto pastured milk this year. This book was my last research for a Nutrition article, but if it had been my first research, I may not have swapped. You should though. It will help your health and the world needs more happy cows. Drive to a good farm and try fresh milk for yourself.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book mainly covers milk but touches on food in general. Basic premises is food in raw form is better in milk and all food types for health. Processed foods, processed, ultra processed, etc., is bad for your health and in all cases is more disease infecting to the body. The reason there is more processed food and milk in grocery stores is the profit margin, more money to be made even though it is killing people in most cases slowly so they don't even realize it.

[David Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read

Well presented and mind
opening book not only on raw milk. Who can you trust when it comes to nutrition? Follow the money. An insight into the modern world of corruption. Are we just Guinea pigs to be experimented on?

[Jenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Douglass had some good points, such as why is the FDA doing raids on raw dairy farms with the same gusto as the DEA on crack houses? It is bizarre that the government is so anti-raw milk, and yet we're legalizing marijuana and we allow people to smoke cigarettes, which have no benefits at all. And, I felt that his call to be consuming less processed food was well worth noting. However, I felt as though his style was more of a rant than a real educated appeal. He also originally published the book in 1984, and although this was revised and expanded, he had no new research past that date. Most of the studies he cited were from the 1930s, which concerns me about the current validity of his claims. I found this topic interesting, but I don't think he accomplished his goals of educating the consumer. In fact, I think he simply used fear tactics to create an emotional response in the reader without having the research to support his claims.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good information but could have been condensed to about a 1/4 of the size... alot of repeating information...boring!!!!!!!

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information, many references. Simple unprocessed food is always best!