Milk contains a lot of calcium, protein and amino acids. Drinking a glass of milk every day can supplement a variety of nutrients to the body and help to maintain good health. Many people keep the habit of drinking milk every day.
Recently, however, everyone has a new view on milk. Although milk has extremely high nutritional value, Chinese medicine does not recommend that you drink it often. What's going on here? Next, let me introduce you.
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What are the benefits of drinking milk to the human body?
Prevention of osteoporosis
The main cause of osteoporosis is calcium deficiency, and milk is rich in calcium, and the absorption rate of calcium and phosphorus is relatively high. Drinking milk regularly to supplement calcium has a very obvious effect on preventing osteoporosis.
Prevention of communicable diseases
Milk is rich in high-quality protein, and high-quality protein constitutes the raw material of many immune substances. Drinking milk regularly to supplement high-quality protein provides rich raw materials for immune substances, which is very beneficial to improving immunity.
Protect bones and supplement calcium.
Milk contains a lot of calcium, which is the key to bone growth. Sticking to drinking milk can protect bones and contribute to bone health.
skin care
Drinking a glass of milk every day also has skin care effect, making our skin look more moist and elastic. Everyone loves beauty. Sticking to drinking milk will make our skin ruddy and shiny.
Help sleep
Milk contains many nutrients, such as protein. Calcium can improve the quality of sleep, relax our nerves and let us fall asleep quickly in bed.
Enhance immunity
Milk is not only rich in calcium, but also rich in protein. The body needs protein, and protein is helpful to cell therapy and enhance immunity. Regular drinking can supplement protein, improve immunity and better resist bacteria.
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Why doesn't Chinese medicine advocate drinking milk often? Many people may not understand it, but they may understand it after reading it.
1. Milk is a cold food, which suffocates the yang.
2. Milk is fat and sweet and easy to get wet.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the milk of all mammals is transformed from blood. Water is yin, and blood is yin in yin. 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 suffocate 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 it can't be bought back without spending more money.
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 cold food. Milk is like this, and it 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.
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How to drink milk is healthier?
1, it is best to choose the best milk and keep it well to prevent bacteria from entering the milk, so that the milk will go bad and vitamins will be lost. Drink as little cold milk as possible.
It is best not to drink milk on an empty stomach every day. You can have some breakfast before drinking milk, such as nutritious bread and biscuits.
3. It is not advisable to eat acidic fruits about 1 hour before and after drinking milk, because protein in milk will solidify once it meets fruit acid, thus affecting the digestion and absorption of milk.
4. It is suggested to reduce the amount of food by one third at dinner and take milk as a midnight snack. It is best to drink it 2-3 hours before going to bed, which is helpful to sleep quality.
5, milk has a good sense of fullness, can replace biscuits, candy, snacks and so on. As a snack between meals, it can also be eaten before meals, which can adapt to reducing food intake.