subject: Scientific Methods of Drinking Milk [print this page] Everyone knows that drinking milk is very beneficial to human health, but there are many notices you should pay attention to when drinking milk. Inappropriate ways of drinking milk may cause some damage to your body.
First, do not drink raw milk. When drinking fresh milk, you should heat the milk in high temperature, so as to prevent the diseases from the mouth.
Second, 80% of the protein in milk is casein. When the pH of the milk is below 4.6, a lot of caseins will agglutinate and precipitate, which is difficult for digestion and absorption. What's worse, it may lead to indigestion or diarrhea. As a result, it is inappropriate to add fruit juice and other acidic drinks in the milk.
Third, some people like to use milk instead of plain boiled water to take medicine. In fact, milk will significantly affect the absorption of the medicine by the body. As milk is easy to from a cover on the surface of the pill, which will make the calcium, magnesium and other minerals in the milk react with the medicine, and form water-insoluble substances, thus affecting the release and absorption of the efficacy of the medicine. What's more, it is also improper to drink milk one hour before and after taking the medicine.
Fourth, do not drink too much cold milk, because cold milk will affect the motor function of the intestines and stomach, which will cause mild diarrhea.
Fifth, do not boil milk in high temperature for a long time. After the effect of high temperature, the protein in the milk will change into the gel state from the sol state, resulting in the occurrence of sediments, and lowering the nutritional value.
Sixth, it is inappropriate to drink milk and eat chocolate at the same time. There are mainly two reasons. Firstly, the ingredients in chocolate will destroy the calcium in milk, which will make the calcium can not be absorbed by the body. Secondly, some compositions in milk will affect the effects of the useful components in chocolate. For example, both antioxidants and anti-thrombotic compositions in chocolate can't play their effects after reacting with milk.
In a word, although milk is very common in our daily life, many people may not know how to drink it properly. As a result, we should pay special attention to the above notices, and try to avoid these incorrect daily habits when drinking milk, so as to fully play the effects of milk.
