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I don’t understand rBST milk

So this says the farmers don’t treat their cows with rBST. Cool, I don’t know what that is but cool.
Then it says the FDA thing which to me means two things:
1. rBST doesn’t mean the milk is bad in a statistically significant way so why does it matter that they pledged not to use rBST
2. Even though the farmers SAID they don’t, we can’t prove it if they actually don’t
Basically, wtf?
GoldenWorm · 51-55, M
The r means recombinant, ie made in a lab. BST is bovine (cow) somatotropin, a hormone the keeps the cow lactating longer. Like 120 vs 90 days. The amount the cow gets is tiny, micrograms and it's diluted by the entire mass of the cow. It's not in the milk.


Making more milk does stress the cow more than it would be on a shorter lactation cycle.

The important question is the somatic cell count in the milk but the idiots who are upset never ask that question.


And as milk from many farms is mixed, I doubt they could have parallel milk distribution systems.
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@GoldenWorm ew just water?
GoldenWorm · 51-55, M
@ShaythePanTransMan sometimes. I try to spread it out and at work, fancy isn't feasible
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@GoldenWorm ah....
raysam363 · 31-35, F
Part of it is just marketing, a way to charge a little more. You have to believe what you want though, without an FDA seal, they could say that they only feed their cows rainbows.
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@raysam363 Oh, okay. I guess none of the milk I drink guarantees then :/
raysam363 · 31-35, F
@ShaythePanTransMan Marketing 101 at its finest🙃
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@raysam363 oh well
UserNameSW · 46-50, M
No need for added hormones
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@UserNameSW oh haha. I think they’d ignore me
UserNameSW · 46-50, M
@ShaythePanTransMan if enough people demand it -they will
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@UserNameSW yeah I guess
SW-User
The less weird shit that goes into the stuff I eat the better.
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@SW-User I guess
calicuz · 51-55, M
It's a trust issue.......you either believe the farmers or you don't
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@calicuz haha yeah

 
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