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7 Facts About Goat Milk

1. Many people with cow milk allergies can drink goat milk because it contains a different kind of protein.

2. Goat milk has 13% less lactose than cow milk and 41% less than human milk.

3. The milk-fat particles are small, making goat milk very easy to digest. Babies do extremely well on goat milk formulas, when a mother does not nurse her own baby.

4. Goat milk has superior ease of digestion and buffering properties, making it an ideal convalescent diet for people with digestive upsets or ulcers.

5. Goat milk fatty acids have a unique metabolic ability to limit cholesterol deposits in body tissues.

6. Goat milk and its products, including butter, is pure white because all the yellow beta-carotene is already converted to colorless pure vitamin A.

7. Compared to cow’s milk, goat milk has similar amounts of protein, fat, iron, vitamin C and vitamin D. Goat milk has more natural vitamin A, more vitamin B, and less lactose.

( http://www.ontariogoatmilk.org/Goat_Milk_Facts.htm )

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