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Guys.
Can anyone here, explain whether organic dairy foods are superior to conventional dairy foods? (and worth the price?)
I am trying to determine what the benefits are, and whether they are worth the additional cost.
I don't eat a lot of dairy, other than cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and occasionally cheeses and butters.
1) My thoughts (and perhaps unfounded fears) are that the non-organic dairy foods may contain higher levels of cow estrogens, bovine antibiotics, and perhaps other chemical or estrogenic drugs like that. Is this true, or unfounded? Does it matter?
2) My other fear (perhaps unfounded as well), is that the conventional dairy cows may be fed a diet that is unhealthier than organic dairy cows. If so, is the fat content also unhealthier than organic dairy... the same way that corn-fed cheap beef has a different fat content than grass-fed beef?
3) Does it matter if we are talking about full-fat dairy vs non-fat dairy, in the debate between organic and convention? i.e., since most of these things get stored in the fat?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Can anyone here, explain whether organic dairy foods are superior to conventional dairy foods? (and worth the price?)
I am trying to determine what the benefits are, and whether they are worth the additional cost.
I don't eat a lot of dairy, other than cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and occasionally cheeses and butters.
1) My thoughts (and perhaps unfounded fears) are that the non-organic dairy foods may contain higher levels of cow estrogens, bovine antibiotics, and perhaps other chemical or estrogenic drugs like that. Is this true, or unfounded? Does it matter?
2) My other fear (perhaps unfounded as well), is that the conventional dairy cows may be fed a diet that is unhealthier than organic dairy cows. If so, is the fat content also unhealthier than organic dairy... the same way that corn-fed cheap beef has a different fat content than grass-fed beef?
3) Does it matter if we are talking about full-fat dairy vs non-fat dairy, in the debate between organic and convention? i.e., since most of these things get stored in the fat?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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