Hi, Milkfans

Now there is a hot topic!

I have very funny (I have been told) views on this, for one thing, I do not consider being pricked with some substance, being an accurate test for food allergies, because everything we eat are digested and not deposited directly into the bloodstream!

Another thing – I come from a wheat farming area and my wife not – every time we go to visit my parents, her allergies fire up 😉
I know what you’re thinking!

Well I am not a doctor, and I won’t give too much advise, but I think if you suffer from any allergies it would be worth your while to check out Vitamin B5, C , A and E supplementation. Well of course all vitamins and minerals are important, but I have found these four to be especially helpful with allergies.

For some more objective advise you can check out the allergies sites linked to my other website: www.dairy-info.org

Kind Regards,
Leon the Milkman

 

Hi, Milkfans

Some people have been asking what the above topic is. Well after fishing around or should I say milking my resources 😉 it seems that it has something to do with teaching students to think and to construct their own experiments around that.
Is thinking a new concept? Just joking!
I think dairy people will be more interested in something like investigative microbiology which is also out there.
The purpose of these courses are to give students experience in completing an independent science research project. Students will learn basic concepts before venturing into investigative work. Students will also practice basic lab techniques used to culture and view bacteria. They will research a project in which they design and conduct their own experiment and present their findings.This is an excellent way to pull theory together in an interesting way and helps a lot to solve problems when the students step into a real job someday. It greatly improves the thinking process in solving problems and helps to give the student a more finished and rounded education.

Now do not start mailing me and asking me who presents these courses, you are on the internet – you found me – get the idea!

Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman

Hi, Milkpeople

Someone asked me what the milk preservative bronopol (we use in lab to preserve samples) was and I could not believe the hard time I had finding that out.
Well here’s the real name – get ready for it: 2-bromo-2-nitropropan-1,3-diol
So now you know!

Till next time,
Leon the Milkman

Hi,

I had an Ekomilk Milk Analyser in the lab today to calibrate. It was one of the older models and had 2 testing channels; for cow and sheep milk .
I think for most dairies in South Africa it would be more practical to have a processed cow’s milk channel and a raw cow’s milk channel, except if you have sheep, haha.
If you are not familiar with this little piece of equipment, it tests milk with ultrasound technology instead of the Infra-Red technology I am used to. I think it does a pretty stand-up job for the price and it very robust, so that anybody can work with it in most conditions.. Thumbs up!

Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman