Milk for Health

In healthy menu known the term "four of five perfectly healthy". This enhancer is milk. The term is not excessive because the white drink has complete nutrition than any other drink that milk has many properties that are beneficial for the body.



Milk is usually known as a booster drinks bones and teeth because of its calcium content. However, there are actually a lot of nutrients that exist, such as phosphorus, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B12, vitamin B2, amino acid and pantothenic acid. Of course nutrition is beneficial to support your body's health.


Why Drink Milk?
Despite its many benefits, but many people are reluctant to drink milk. This is evident from the lack of milk consumption Indonesia per year. One of the reasons that often dikemukan is the high price of milk. For the price of milk, there are actually a lot of milk that cost has been adjusted. And given the many nutrients it contains, it is necessary is to instill awareness of the benefits of milk for people to consume and do not regard it as expensive goods.

Another reason is not like to drink milk because it makes the nausea or upset stomach after drinking milk. If you feel sick stomach after drinking milk, you suffer from lactose intolerance. The reason for the lack of production of lactase in the body. Lactase is an enzyme produced a functioning small intestine break down lactose found in milk that can be absorbed by the body. But for people with lactose intolerance, lactose-solving process is complete so that lactose tercena not be included in the large intestine and is digested by bacteria in it that cause flatulence, contains a lot of gas, and diarrhea.

As a solution to the feeling of nausea or abdominal pain, you can replace milk with dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, ice cream, evaporated milk or soy milk contains no lactose. Some milk producers have also made milk without lactose that can be consumed by pendeita "lactose intolerance".

If you want to consume dairy, you should not use sweetened condensed milk because milk is kind of a lower nutritional content due to the manufacturing process too much fat and sugar is not good for the body. Consumption of milk is the recommended three servings per day. One serving is 250 ml of milk is equivalent to 35 grams of cheese or 200 grams or 200 grams of yogurt ice cream. So there is no reason for you not to drink milk instead?


Benefits of Milk
Because it has the nutritional content, the milk has the benefit of not a few, including:

• Preventing osteoporosis and keep bones strong. For children, milk bone growth that serves to make children grow taller.
• Lowering blood pressure.
• Preventing tooth decay and oral health. Milk can reduce the acidity of the mouth, stimulates saliva, reduce plaque and prevent cavities.
• Neutralize toxins such as metal or tin that may be contained in the food.
• Prevent colon cancer or bowel cancer.
• Preventing type 2 diabetes.
• The skin, making it more shine.
• Help for faster sleep. This is because the content of the milk will stimulate the hormone melatonin, which will make the body sleepy.

Type of Milk
The types of milk available in the market also vary. There are terms that substance said to be contained in the milk that you may not know. Some terms are:

Full cream
Contains 4% fat and usually contain a lot of vitamin A and vitamin D.
Low fat
Low-fat milk, because the fat content is only half of full cream milk.
Skim
The milk fat content even fewer, less than 1%.
Evaporated milk
That milk has diupkan some water so that it becomes thick. Similar to the sweetened condensed milk, milk tetepi this type tastes fresh.
Milk pasteur
Milk that through the process pasteurisais (heated) 65 ° to 80 ° C for 15 seconds to kill pathogens that can cause disease.
Flavoured
Actually whole milk or low fat is added a particular taste for variety. For example, milk chocolate, strawberry, banana, and other flavors. Generally have more sugar content due to the addition of this flavor.
Calcium enriched
Milk with added calcium and fat content has been reduced.
UHT
Stands for Ultra-High Temperature-Treated. This type of milk is milk that is heated to a high temperature (140 ° C) for 2 seconds then immediately put in airtight cartons. This milk can be stored for a long time.
CLA
Milk is beneficial for people who want to streamline the body. CLA stands for Conjugated Linoleic Acid is to help in the formation of muscle and speed up fat burning.