This is clearly a commercial venture with research paid for by the organization promoting it. This is a marketing ploy by a large corporation that wanted to create a monopoly through fear. Nothing more. Buy into it if you like. The A2 Corporation went bankrupt in the U.S. a few years ago and currently have skeletal operations in New Zealand. The original founders of A-2 are now dead and no one is verifying their “work”.

The benefits people are receiving through testimonial after tesimonial, as well as, the historical referent spanning thousands of years and the genetic research showing a clear human adaptation for consuming dairy is enough for me. My personal health has been transformed by drinking A1 milk. For many of you perhaps not so much. So be it. More milk for me.

Most of the reported research involves twisted statistical information that has been used to prove the value of A2 milk. The same countries that show a high consumption of milk also have a significantly high intake of meat products. Perhaps, the meat products may also be implicated in heart disease and Type 1 diabetes. OR HOW ABOUT HOW THE MEAT WAS COOKED or PRODUCED ON FACTORY LOTS? And yet more variable missed much like the usual lumping both “Confinement Pasteurized and Fresh Clean Raw Milk together” as the same substance.

New USDA ARS research says that pastured cows raw milk fats have 500% higher levels of CLA and other beneficial fats. CLA is one of many many benefits of drinking raw milk whether A1, A2 or mixed. Google for more info.

Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures in CA recently made some interesting points regarding the current state of A1 vs A2 milk. The historical “theory” that suggests a genetic bovine split 5,000 years ago (made by the authors of “The Devil in the Milk”) hasn’t been proven and can’t be known for sure. Here’s a PDF for those interested:
http://www.organicpastures.com/pdfs/A-2%20OPDC%20position.pdf

According to Jordan Rubin NMD and Joseph Brasco MD, the authors of Restoring Your Digestive Health, goat’s milk is less allergenic than cow’s milk, contains smaller proteins that are easier to digest and assimilate, contains less lactose, has less potential to cause bloating, doesn’t cause the body to increase mucus production like cow’s milk often does, and doesn’t contain the MAP microorganism that is sometimes found in cow’s milk and believed to be a possible cause of Crohn’s disease.

Here’s the full quote:

Raw goat’s milk may be effective in the treatment of parasites because it contains the immune factors called secretory IgA and IgG antibodies.

I think this is a fair statement and have no reason to disagree with it. However, I don’t think it’s exclusive to goat’s milk. If this is indeed a benefit, it can likely be obtained from raw cow’s milk as well.

“Raw goat´s milk contains the immune factors called secretory IgA and IgG antibodies”- Skye Weintraub, N.D. – The Parasite Menace – pag 36

It was fun because it reminded me about biology.

Technically, milk is produced by mammals to provide nutrition to offspring. From this perspective, coconut milk isn’t very similar, but it’s certainly a nutritious replacement. However, it also typically comes in a can which can be a concern.

If you go out of your way to ensure that you get quality milk from a good farmer, you can try drinking it in small amounts to see if it bothers you or not. It could be that your body just needs a chance to acclimate to it. If it does end up causing you problems and you can’t drink cow’s milk either, then you can certainly still follow a very nutritious diet without consuming dairy. After all, we’ve evolved just fine without consuming dairy after infancy, and for this reason, some people even believe that it’s inappropriate to consume dairy as an adult.