Natural cheese making
Take home message 5-day training course During the last week of May 2024, he taught a 5-day course at a Bio-Suisse farm in the Jura. In a tight program, one or two types of cheese were made daily. In addition, …
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Dance with the beast
There was another wonderful, informative broadcast on Arte-TV (German/French). This time about the phenomenon of mega-forest fires. They are devastating and ultimately threaten the survival of humans and animals on earth. The reason is, there is a flywheel, the impact …
Yak in Asia
Take home message The habitat of the Yak In northern India, Butan and China (including Himalayas, Ladakh and Highlands of Tibet), nomads live up to high altitudes. They can only survive at this altitude (3000 to 5400 m) because of their Yak (Bos grunniens). Yak are larger ruminants, domesticated by humans like the cow (Auerochs). Yak selection started in India about 7,500 years ago, and there too, like in French Lascaux, one finds petroglyphs depicting …
Raw milk and a healthy gut
Take home message Three recent studies suggest a positive effect on the intestinal flora from raw milk compared to pasteurised milk. This is found, among other things, in the volatile fatty acids that are formed in the intestine and the …
Linear or exponential?
Take home message An explosion of bacteria or viruses is due to their exponential growth. Since the start-up phase is poorly perceived or underestimated by people, actions often lag behind the bacterial growth risks , and may result in consumers …
Heating milk (part 3): Growth of rats
The Swiss director Dr. Bernard Blanc of the Eidgenossische Forschungsanstalt für Milchwirtschaft in Bern-Liebefeld, was interested on the impact of milk heating on health. Elements of his findings were reported earlier. Together with R. Sieber, he published a study in …
Heating milk (part 2): shop milk
Take home message Shop milk is either pasteurized or UHT treated. In a study on the effects of heating, various indicators were assessed, such as functional enzyme concentrations, concentrations of different milk proteins, and various vitamins. Particularly in the whey …
Heating milk (part 1); enzymes become ineffective
Take home message Milk enzymes change differently when heated. Graphically it can be made clear that each enzyme has its own time and temperature relationship. This makes it clear which enzymes are more and less sensitive to heating. Denaturation and …
The cowshed pill is coming
Take home message Chelates of beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) are formed when various substances, such as iron, vitamin A or polyphenols, bind to the BLG. This is called the holo form of the BLG. Holo-BLG has an anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressing effect in …
Raw milk and raw milk products
In July 2020, the Swiss Institute Agroscope published a review study entitled: Raw milk and raw milk products affect human health – a literature study. Below is the translated summary and a link to the report. The three authors, Peter …
