What Is A2 Milk? A1 and A2 are the two types of beta casein in
milk. Date: 9/16/2008 5:18:42 PM ( 5 y ) ... viewed 3079 times
This question was recently asked at the Raw Dairy Yahoo Group:
What is A2 milk? "It's one of the two types of beta casein in
the milk. The other type is A1. Beta caseins make up 28.4% of
the protein in the milk. Just a few years ago, researchers
implicated the A1 beta caseins as having a part in causing type
1 diabetes. Since then, A1 beta caseins have also been cited as
a health risk for heart disease and autism. The milk with A2
beta caseins in it is the type that all cows once gave, a long
time ago. Somehow, the A1 beta caseins crept in, mainly in
commercial dairy cows. Today, up to 70% of our commercial dairy
cattle produce A1 milk. Through DNA testing of the herds, some
herds have eliminated their A1 cattle and now produce pure A2
milk. That's not enough, the A2 milk must be kept separate from
being mixed with other milk. A complete system of collection,
transportation and process