Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!bbncca!sdyer From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.med Subject: Re: Scald milk? Message-ID: <471@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Thu, 12-Jan-84 22:31:38 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.471 Posted: Thu Jan 12 22:31:38 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Jan-84 07:07:39 EST References: <444@bbncca.ARPA> <298@cae780.UUCP> Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 11 I think the issue there was fat globules and homogenization. That is, when drinking homogenized milk, the milk fats are more completely absorbed than with unhomogenized milk. This changes (for the worse) the saturated/unsaturated ratio in a person's daily intake, and thus might cause a predisposition to increased cholesterol levels and heart disease. At least, if you believe the original premise. (Sounds logical to me!) -- /Steve Dyer decvax!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca