Avoid Drinking Raw Milk Fresh to Stay Healthy

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Fresh raw milk according to some people more healthful because it contains bacteria and enzymes are better than processed milk. The claim was yet to be proven true. Lately it was found that fresh raw milk is one source of food poisoning.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the 86 reporting data related to food poisoning outbreaks caused by raw milk between 1998 and 2008. Outbreak was caused 1676 people suffer from ill, 191 have to be hospitalized and two people died.

"Raw milk to be hospitalized cause food poisoning. The amount is three times more than any other food poisoning." said Hannah Gould, a senior epidemiologist at the CDC Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch.

That's why now sell fresh raw milk is illegal in most American states.

Raw milk can be easily contaminated by bacteria originating from animal manure, soil, leather, fur or any other equipment on the ranch.

One safe way to kill bacteria is heated to high temperatures, either pasteurized or UHT. This method can be deadly literia bacteria, salmonella and E.coli.

In the US there were two patients who suffered from Guillain-Barre syndrome (which can cause paralysis) after bacterial infection caused by consuming raw milk campylobacteriosis.

Source: CNN