Post by Jafar on Feb 16, 2012 15:01:27 GMT -6
Not all bacteria is bad for people; some of it is healthy. Take yogurt for example. Also, the fat in milk is beneficial to a person. Too much of anything can be a hazard, so those who drink tons and tons and tons of fatty milk can run into health problems, but when taken in moderation, I find fatty milk and yogurt to boost my short- and long-term strength and energy, while the more skimmed types, for me personally, make me feel tired.
Boiling milk also removes some nutrients from milk. Yes, the milk can be fortified after, but I believe raw is better than pasteurized. People outside of North America who have grown up on raw milk have grown tall, strong and healthy. I don't have access to raw though, so I'll drink what I can.
I know people naturally imitate the successful, but sometimes their imitation becomes so deep that they begin to imitate in the destructive habits as well. For example, when I was growing up, I was influenced by a family member in positive and negative ways. I imitated his passion for computer science, but stayed away from his drinking alcohol and smoking. Had I imitated him more than followed my own feelings, I could have ended up drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco, putting my body at risk. Or even worse, moved on to marijuana, because while the family member I'm talking about doesn't smoke weed, with the high popularity of marijuana in British Columbia, it doesn't take a lot for someone here to move from tobacco to weed.
Without a lot of the distractions that occupy most people here, I find I can think clearly. Of course, I would like a job and a steady career in addition to learning and teaching. I can take hints from certain major figures in how to be successful in making money, but if a part of their means goes against my values, I'm not going to follow that person. It isn't harmful to a person to follow someone in something that truly benefits a person, but a person needs to realize to think for him or herself so that if he or she does pay close attention to the habits of someone like a modern-day businessman, he can take what suits him and leaves what would harm him.
There's a saying that in the matters of values and ethics, one should look at people who have more than one, but in worldly matters, such as money and food, one should look at people who have less than one. A person who does this often as a result becomes more mindful of one's behaviour, and more appreciative of what one has, because there are many people in the world who have less.
Boiling milk also removes some nutrients from milk. Yes, the milk can be fortified after, but I believe raw is better than pasteurized. People outside of North America who have grown up on raw milk have grown tall, strong and healthy. I don't have access to raw though, so I'll drink what I can.
I know people naturally imitate the successful, but sometimes their imitation becomes so deep that they begin to imitate in the destructive habits as well. For example, when I was growing up, I was influenced by a family member in positive and negative ways. I imitated his passion for computer science, but stayed away from his drinking alcohol and smoking. Had I imitated him more than followed my own feelings, I could have ended up drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco, putting my body at risk. Or even worse, moved on to marijuana, because while the family member I'm talking about doesn't smoke weed, with the high popularity of marijuana in British Columbia, it doesn't take a lot for someone here to move from tobacco to weed.
Without a lot of the distractions that occupy most people here, I find I can think clearly. Of course, I would like a job and a steady career in addition to learning and teaching. I can take hints from certain major figures in how to be successful in making money, but if a part of their means goes against my values, I'm not going to follow that person. It isn't harmful to a person to follow someone in something that truly benefits a person, but a person needs to realize to think for him or herself so that if he or she does pay close attention to the habits of someone like a modern-day businessman, he can take what suits him and leaves what would harm him.
There's a saying that in the matters of values and ethics, one should look at people who have more than one, but in worldly matters, such as money and food, one should look at people who have less than one. A person who does this often as a result becomes more mindful of one's behaviour, and more appreciative of what one has, because there are many people in the world who have less.