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Agilis, Luis Pasteur many years ago determined that heating milk to a certain temperature for a certain amount of time will kill pathogenic bacterium in the milk and the infectious agent for TB--that's why we "pasteurize" milk today. There is more than fat potentially in raw milk that can cause worries.
Desert_Pirate, SAD is either "Seasonal Affective Disorder" or "Singles Awareness Day" (Valentine's Day); I think you meant simply "sad..." I seem to be suffering from the former definition of SAD when Dr. Bill talks about diving in 61 degree F water with 50-60 feet of visibility. Our Clackamas River right now has about 6 inches visibility, and that's on the surface and is about 40 degrees F.
Dr. Bill, you forgot one benifit of drinking milk--vitamin D. One cup of milk (my 2%) has 25% of the daily requirements for vitamin D. Oregon used to be a rickets area in the 1940s until vitamin D was added to milk. We cannot get vitamin D from the sun from about October through April, and it especially hurts darker-skinned individuals who have somewhat more problems getting vitamin D from sunlight (but not getting sunburned compensates); this hypothesis has now been overturned by research though. As you know, vitamin D is required to regulate the absorption of minerals (Ca and phosphorus) for bone structure, and in that way your mother was correct--milk does build strong bones, if vitamin D is added in a rickets zone.
Vitamin D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John