Myth No. 12

"Pasteurization makes insoluble the major part of the calcium contained in raw milk. This frequently leads to rickets, bad teeth or nervous troubles."

• FDA was unable to locate literature associating pasteurization of milk with either rickets, bad teeth or nervous troubles.
• When human milk was pasteurized, there were no obvious differences in the absorption of nitrogen or the absorption and retention of calcium, phosphorous and sodium when compared to either raw milk or even a boiled milk and all three types were fed to very low birth weight preterm infants.
• Williamson et al. Arch. Dis. Child 1978 Jul (53) 7:555-563