The Sunday Read: ‘Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk’

周日读物:《关于生奶的一些真实真相》

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2025-02-09

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Thousands of years ago, after domesticating cows and other ruminants, humans did something remarkable: They began to consume the milk from these animals. But living closely with animals and drinking their milk also presents risks, chief among them the increased likelihood that infections will jump from animals to people. Some of humanity’s nastiest scourges, including smallpox and measles, probably originated in domesticated animals. In the 19th century, health authorities began pushing for milk to be treated by heating it; this simple practice of pasteurizing milk would come to be considered one of the great public-health triumphs of the modern era. Today, however, a small but growing number of Americans prefer to drink their milk raw. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, now stands at the vanguard of this movement.
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  • My name is Thomas Gibbonsnev.

  • I'm a journalist at the New York Times.

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  • Hi, my name is Moises Velasquez Manoff, and I'm a contributor to the New York Times Magazine.

  • I'm a science writer, and I mostly cover health, medicine, and the environment.

  • This week's Sunday read is based on a recent magazine article of mine about raw milk.

  • The first and most important takeaway of my piece is

  • that raw milk can literally kill you and that people should make sure they understand the risks before drinking it.

  • And even if it doesn't kill you, it can make you extremely sick.

  • We're talking about ending up in the icu, potentially with kidney failure because of a terrible E.

  • Coli strain.

  • Just as one example.

  • I grew up in New Mexico,