No matter adults or children, everyone is used to drinking milk for health care. Moreover, in order to meet their different nutritional needs, the varieties of milk have begun to become more and more.

From the perspective of production and processing, milk includes pure milk and yogurt, and from the perspective of nutritional components, milk also includes high-calcium milk and skim milk.

The content and proportion of nutrients contained in milk are close to the nutrients needed by human body, so drinking milk is a good choice for the body to supplement nutrition.

According to modern nutrition research, every 100g milk contains about 87g water, 3.3g protein, 4g fat, 5g carbohydrate, 120mg calcium, and also contains iron, vitamin A, vitamin B, nicotinic acid and vitamin C, which can provide rich nutrition for human body.

Although milk has high nutritional value, it is not necessarily suitable for everyone to drink. According to the old Chinese doctor, it is not recommended to drink milk often. Why?

Why doesn't Chinese medicine advocate drinking milk often? Many people may not understand it, but they may understand it after reading it.

First of all, milk is a cold food, which suffocates the yang. Milk is rich and sweet, and it is easy to get wet. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the milk of all mammals is transformed from blood.

Water is yin, blood is yin in yin, and milk is cold food. The dietary principle of traditional Chinese medicine is that anything cold can't be eaten as a health care product every day. Eating this extremely cold food for a long time will inevitably kill our yang.

Traditional Chinese medicine health preservation is to raise yang. Compared with the so-called all-nutrient milk, our yang is more precious, and no amount of money can be bought back without spending it.

Now we don't just drink milk. Every household has a refrigerator. Milk is usually kept in the refrigerator. We can take it out when we want, especially in summer. This is the problem.

Summer is the time when the spleen and stomach need warmth most, but what we give is cloudy and cold food, and so is milk, which needs to be chilled. Isn't this worse?

Milk belongs to fat, sweet and delicious things. Another principle of TCM health preservation is to eat less fat and sweet and delicious things. Why? Because fat, sweet and thick taste is the most likely to produce wet evil, which can easily lead to many diseases.

In fact, for people who are wet and cold, Chinese medicine does not recommend drinking milk often, but this does not mean that they cannot drink milk. We should also see the benefits of milk. For most people, drinking milk often is healthy.

So milk can be drunk, but proper drinking is good for your health!

What should I pay attention to when drinking milk?

notice the time

Milk should not be drunk on an empty stomach. It is best to drink it with solid food such as bread. It is not advisable to drink milk before and after meals, because it will reduce the nutrient absorption capacity of the digestive system. Drinking milk before going to bed has a calming effect and can protect the stomach.

Moderate drinking

Milk is high in nutrients, so don't drink too much every day. For some people (weak spleen and stomach, overnutrition), milk is not only useless, but also affects their health. Therefore, you must drink milk in moderation, generally controlled at around 250-450 ml.

Not suitable for cold drinks

Because of the hot summer climate, many people like to drink frozen milk, but cold drinks can cause gastrointestinal tract contraction, but they can't achieve the health care purpose of drinking milk, and some people even have nausea, abdominal distension, abdominal sound, diarrhea and other discomfort.

Therefore, it is best to choose normal temperature milk or easily absorbed fermented dairy products, such as yogurt and cheese. Or refrigerate the milk for a while before drinking.

Reading extension: How old did children start drinking milk?

Generally speaking, most people in China suggest drinking milk at the age of 2-3. The digestive function may not be particularly sound at a young age, so it is often unbearable for him to drink milk. Many babies are intolerant of digestive tract function, and may have bloody stool and diarrhea, so it is still not recommended to give him milk within one year.

As he grows up, his digestive function and the development of various organs are gradually improved, and he can start adding milk when he is over one year old. Whether he can accept it depends on the situation. Everyone may be different, and some digestive functions will be stronger. If he drinks milk without any abnormal performance, he can drink it normally.

However, some people may have diarrhea, bloody stool and other related symptoms after drinking milk, or have allergic symptoms, so don't give him milk. You can continue to give him formula milk and try to add it when he is older.