Session 18 May 2024

A: Yes. Milk protein aggregates if not properly digested. A cow has several stomachs.
I suppose the closest thing to what might be called conditionally optimal would be the milk of mares and donkeys. They are not ruminants but, like us, have a single-chambered stomach. Their protein is only 40-50% of casein as in humans, unlike cows, goats and sheep which have 80-85% of protein is casein (and in absolute numbers it is 2-3 times less than in ruminants, although still 2 times more than in humans). They also have 5 times higher amount of lactoferrin than ruminants (which is at the level of human milk) and 6 times higher amount of lysozyme.
 
I suppose the closest thing to what might be called conditionally optimal would be the milk of mares and donkeys. They are not ruminants but, like us, have a single-chambered stomach. Their protein is only 40-50% of casein as in humans, unlike cows, goats and sheep which have 80-85% of protein is casein (and in absolute numbers it is 2-3 times less than in ruminants, although still 2 times more than in humans). They also have 5 times higher amount of lactoferrin than ruminants (which is at the level of human milk) and 6 times higher amount of lysozyme.
Galacto-oligosaccharides is a milk fibre that selectively nourishes only positive microorganisms such as bifidobacteria and is unable to nourish endotoxin producing gram-negative pathogens.
Human milk - 1–1.5% by weight
Mare milk 0,03–0,07%
Goat milk 0.02–0.04%
Sheep milk 0.02–0.03%
Cow milk 0.005–0.01%
It's very interesting that human milk contains such a huge amount of fibre.
 
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