Superfoods are all the buzz lately, from spinach to blueberries, and now camel milk may be the next hot item all health-conscious individuals may be sampling.
Camel's milk is popular because it contains less cholesterol than cow's milk, and it's got more protein, vitamin C, and iron, per scientific studies, the Citizen-Times reports.
"Epigenetics suggest that we can actually change our genes by how we live. Right now in modern society, we are like polar bears released into a Death Valley environment," said Frank King, a North Carolina-based naturopathic doctor and farm owner, in an interview with USA Today. "When people connect with nature, they feel better, and wild is better." Earlier in May, Vice interviewd the owner of California-based Desert Farms, which relies on Amish farmers to supply its milk. Walid Abdul-Wahab extols the drink's health benefits, too, which are said to include an unproven one: that it helps kids with autism. "There is no scientific research behind this yet so we don't make any of those kinds of claims. But I can tell you what I've heard from people who have tried it": that its anti-inflammatory properties have beneficial effects on the brain. However, more research is needed to understand the health benefits of consuming camel's milk. By his count, only about 10 of the 10,000 milk-related studies published annually focus on camel milk, reports allAfrica.
