Raw Milk: Where Does the Truth Lie? With Raw Milk Expert Mark McAfee

For years, raw milk has been the target of fear-mongering campaigns – often painted as unsafe, unfit for human consumption, and downright dangerous. 

But with sudden explosion of raw milk consumption in the last few years, and many speaking out publicly, the tides are shifting.

On this episode of Grounded Wellness, Bethany sat down with the founder of the world’s largest raw milk farm to set the record straight. Mark McAfee has decades of experience and science-backed knowledge on this highly controversial topic – including important missing context, marketing ploys, and overlooked data. 

Tune in to hear them discuss:

• The ancestral history of raw milk consumption + how civilization and processing methods changed the nutrient content

• How raw milk is a foundational building block for mammals' immune systems after birth (+ the undeniable parallels to breastmilk)

• The incredible bioactive components of raw milk that help regulate your body at a cellular level and build a strong immune system (+ why conventional processing methods destroy this function)

• The reason Mark isn’t always against pasteurization

• The enormous difference between “raw milk for people” vs. “raw milk for pasteurization” that changes everything

• The holistic health movement focused on building an adaptive and resilient immune system instead of treating symptoms as they show up

• The solid scientific evidence + studies on raw milk benefits ignored by regulatory agencies

• The argument that dairy is bad for inflammatory skin conditions + why raw dairy is the exception (and maybe even the solution)

• The reason lactose intolerance isn’t actually what you’ve been taught

• Mark's unconventional take on food-borne illnesses, bacterial outbreaks, and our sanitary-obsessed culture

• The single most important thing you can do as a consumer to have access to safe, nutrient-dense milk 

From corrupt systems that isolate consumers and farmers to valid concerns with raw milk – this conversation will stretch the limits of what you thought possible with something as seemingly innocent as a glass of milk.

*If you enjoyed this post, check out the full episode of Grounded Wellness to hear Mark and Bethany cover other topics like:

→ The history of raw milk in Mayo Clinic treatment plans

→ The argument that it’s unnatural for humans to drink another mammal’s milk 

→ How raw milk can regulate allergies and the histamines that cause them

→ The undeniable link between skin health and whole-body health 

→ How scientists are working to create medical treatments using components of raw milk

→ A story about a man who eliminated his Crohn’s disease with raw milk

→ Mark’s comical analogy of conventional milk 

→ Why raw cheese may not be truly raw

→ Why Mark thinks all prisoners should have access to a raw dairy farm 

→ A child’s eczema healing after only a month of drinking raw milk

→ The "raw milk rule" Bethany implemented in her household with promising results

→ Raw milk’s connection to heart health