Milk, why?

Milk Benefits,

because these contain nutrients, the milk has benefits that not a few, including:

• Prevent osteoporosis and keep bones strong. For children, milk for bone growth function that makes the child becomes high.

• Milk is also useful to decrease the blood pressure in our body.

• Preventing tooth decay and maintaining oral health. Milk can reduce the acidity of the mouth, stimulates saliva, reduce plaque and prevent cavities.

• Neutralize toxins such as metal or tin may be contained in food.

• Prevent the occurrence of colon cancer or colon cancer.

• Preventing your body from diabetes type 2 possibility.

• Beautify the skin, making it more shine.

• Help to sleep faster. This is because the content of the milk will stimulate the hormone melatonin which would make drowsy body.

 

Milk Types

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

• Full cream

Containing 4% fat and typically contain lots of vitamin A and vitamin D.

• Low fat

Low-fat milk, because the fat content is only half of full cream milk.

• Scheme

Milk fat content even less, less than 1%.

• Evaporated Milk,

 milk has some water evaporated to make the milk become thicker. Similar to sweetened condensed milk, but this type of milk has a fresh taste.

• Pasteur Milk

Milk pasteurizing process (heating) 65 ° to 80 ° C for 15 seconds to kill pathogenic bacteria that can cause illness.

• Flavored milk,

Actually, full cream milk or low fat you add a certain taste for variety. For example milk chocolate, strawberry, banana, and other sense. Generally contain more sugar because of the addition of this feeling.

• Calcium enriched

Milk is supplemented with calcium and fat content has been reduced.

UHT

Stands for Ultra-High Temperature-Treated. This type of milk is milk that is heated in a high temperature (140 ° C) for 2 seconds then immediately placed in airtight cartons. This milk can be stored for a long time.

• CLA

Milk is useful for people who want to streamline the body. CLA stands for Conjugated Linoleum Acid which will assist the formation of muscle and speed up the fat burning.

 

Why Drink Milk?

Despite its many benefits, but many people are reluctant to drink milk. This is evident from the lack of milk consumption per year of Indonesian society. One reason is that often excused is  price of milk. For the price of milk, there is actually a lot of milk that cost has been adjusted. And given the many nutrients it contains, it is necessary to instill awareness of the benefits of milk so that people can consume and do not regard it as expensive goods.

The other reason is not like drinking milk because it makes nausea or abdominal pain after drinking milk. If you feel sick after drinking milk, then you suffer from lactose intolerance, caused by the lack of production of lactase in the body. Lactase is the enzyme that produced a functioning to disintegrate the lactose in milk so it possible to be absorbed by the body. But for people with lactose intolerance, lactose-disintegrating process is not perfect. This imperfect lactose goes to the colon and is digested by bacteria in it that cause flatulence, contains a lot of gas, and diarrhea.

As a solution of nausea or abdominal pain, you can replace the milk with dairy products like cheese, yogurt, ice cream, milk or soy milk evaporation which does not contain lactose. Some milk producers have also made milk without the lactose that can be consumed by "lactose intolerance" sufferer.

If you want to consume dairy, you should not use sweetened condensed milk, because this kind of milk has lower nutritional content due to the manufacturing process, too much fat and sugar are not good for the body. Consumption of milk is recommended 3 servings each day. A portion is 250 ml of milk is equivalent to 35 grams of cheese or 200 grams or 200 grams of yogurt ice cream. Thus, there is no reason for you not to drink milk, right?