organic milk..remind me why please !

[lulumama]

Been supermarket shopping this morning , with DH..I buy organic milk, and was trying to remember why ...i know i have read on here it is a good thing..but cannot remember..something to do with mucous?!?!

can anyone tell me, or do i need to search the archives...

off to do school run in a bit, so i will check when i get back for replies....x

as far as I know, organic milk is one of the few food items that has been proven to contain more nutrients and less shite than normal non organic milk.

less shite ! excellent !

more omega 3 too

more omega 3, more nutrients,less chemicals, less mucous

apparently normal milk contains a grwoth hormone, rBGH (recombinant bovinegrowth hormone) which is not generally looked upon as a Good Thing.

here

Marks and spencers do a whole milk with added omega 3, but it's not organic, if you do find out why it is better, if it is? I ahve heard it doesn't make any difference then do post the info please.

It's less cruel to the cows

up to 5 times more mucous found in non-organic so I heard...

forgot that MT - that's why I started buyinhg it - after I saw a documentary on the dairy industry

Another good reason for buying organic dairy stuff is that it doesn't cost much more - in fact you probably get more vitamins etc per ml for your dosh.

Organic farming in general is better for the environment - less pesticides, synthetic hormones getting into our water supplies and food chain

Oh my god I had never heard any of that! Do they do organic milk with addded omega 3, as I'm a bit obbsessed with omega 3 at the moment

Organic milk contains less of the crap I don't really want to be drinking, like growth hormones, antibiotics and mucus.

Re the milk with added omega 3, it's usually added in the form of fish oils and you can taste it - plus it's not suitable for veggies. With organic milk the omega 3 occurs naturally.

Does it hurt the cows then to milk for non organic what did the programme say?

Burningthecandle, be aware that "organic" doesn't necessarily mean that the milk is not intensively farmed, but you stand a better chance of it being farmed humanely than you do with normal milk

So how would I buy organic milk that has been farmed humanely?

BTW, it is the same with eggs. There was a recent thing about a labelling misunderstanding in that people assumed that by buying organic eggs they were also buying eggs from hens that had been non-intensively reared. This is not the case. You need to check that they are labelled as both 'organic' and 'free-range'

burningthecandle - I'm not entirely sure. I suppose some brands of milk will have it written on the packaging.

Oh I know about the eggs thing and always get the free range eggs not necessarily organic though

I think some research next time I go shopping for milk is called for....but I am definately swopping to the organic milk as ahdn't realised there was such a difference.

If they are not organic then you are probably eating eggs from chickens that had a relatively nice outdoorsy life but they were still given anti-biotics, growth hormones and various other unsavoury items to improve laying rates and 'quality' of eggs

Sorry, I realise that I sound like a bit of a food nazi, I'm really not .

Blimey I feel really ignorant I try really hard to provide healthy and wholesome food for dd and me but I din't know anything about this, am definately going to have to do some research into this.

thanks all !!! will show this to DH !! xxxx