How to convince teenage son that he shouldn't drink raw milk?
My son (17) desperately wants to drink raw milk. I think it unfortunately stems from looksmaxxing culture in that he has been looking for ways to increase his height, despite him being already taller than the average male height. We are trying to help him through this and he is in therapy but raw milk is his current obsession.
I have said I am not buying it and also won't allow him to buy it and keep it in our fridge. We also have two small children under 5 years old, and I'm terrified they would accidentally ingest it if it was in our house.
But this kid will not let up. He is hounding me about it daily.
I've sent him articles about the risks associated with drinking raw milk, about how there isn't much nutrient loss in our milk (we drink HTST, not UHT), I've offered to buy him lactoferrin supplements but he says they aren't bioavailable. I'm at my wits end.
Please give me the gnarly, disgusting truth about raw milk, bonus points if there is video or backed by scientific sources.
EDIT: Just wanted to add, we are in Australia so technically it is illegal to sell raw milk for human consumption here. However, the loophole is that people buy 'bath milk' from dairies and markets and drink that. To me, that makes it even worse because it doesn't need to meet any food standards whatsoever.