Milk and its benefits

Benefits of Milk
Because it has a nutrient content, then the milk has the advantage of not a few, including:

• Prevent osteoporosis and keep bones strong. For children, milk bone growth that serves to make children become taller.
• Lowering blood pressure.
• Preventing tooth decay and maintain oral health. Milk can reduce the acidity of the mouth, stimulate saliva, reducing plaque and prevent cavities.
• Neutralize toxins such as metal or tin that may be contained in food.
• Prevent the occurrence of colon cancer or colon cancer.
• Preventing type 2 diabetes.
• Beautify the skin, making it more shine.
• Helping to sleep faster. 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 said to be a substance contained in milk that may not know. Some terms are:

• Full cream. Containing 4% fat and usually contain lots 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 less, less than 1%.
• Evaporated milk. That is milk that has been diupkan some water so that it becomes thick. Similar to the sweetened condensed milk, milk tetepi fresh taste of this type.
• Pasteur Milk. Of milk through a process pasteurisais (heated) 65 ° to 80 ° C for 15 seconds to kill pathogenic bacteria that can cause disease.
• Flavoured. Actually, full cream milk or low fat is added to a particular taste for variety. For example milk chocolate, strawberry, banana, and other flavors. Generally have more sugar content because of 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 in 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 useful for people who want to streamline the body. Extension of the CLA is conjugated linoleic acid which helps in the formation of muscle and accelerate fat burning.

Why Drink Milk?
Although it has many benefits, but many people are reluctant to drink milk. This is evident from the lack of milk consumption in Indonesia people per year. One of the reasons that often dikemukan is the expensive price of milk. For the price of milk, there are actually a lot of milk that cost has been adjusted. And considering the many nutrients they contain, then it takes is to instill awareness of the benefits of milk so that people can consume and not regard it as expensive goods.

The other reason is not like drinking milk because it makes the nausea or abdominal pain after drinking milk. When you feel abdominal pain after drinking milk, it means you suffer from lactose intolerance. The reason for the lack of production of lactase in the body. Lactase is an enzyme produced by the small intestine that functions contained break down lactose in milk to be absorbed by the body. But for people with lactose intolerance, lactose-solving process is complete so that no lactose is not tercena will enter the large intestine and is digested by bacteria in it that causes abdominal bloating, contains a lot of gas, and diarrhea.

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

If you want to consume dairy, you should not use sweetened condensed milk from the milk of this type of lower nutritional content due to the manufacturing process are loaded with fat and sugar are not good for the body. Consumption of milk is the recommended 3 servings per day. One serving is 250 ml of milk is equivalent to 35 grams of cheese or yogurt 200 grams or 200 grams of ice cream. Thus, there is no reason for you not to drink milk instead?