Drink Your Milk, It’s Good For You

A record shows that milk consumption is low among the world population.

Although getting milk is as easy as walking into a supermarket and picking up a carton.

Why are you not drinking enough amount of milk as you need to?

By not doing so, you are depriving yourselves of calcium, the food for your bone.

Why calcium is important?

The main function of calcium is to build bones.

Your bones contain about 99 per cent of your body’s calcium, only 1 percent is found in your body fluids and cells.

Calcium helps your bones remain strong by reducing the rate of age-related bone loss.

Calcium also, aids in muscle contraction and heart beats.

Low of calcium ions in the blood know as Hypocalcaemia can lead to muscle pain and spasms as well as numbness in the hands and feet.

Calcium helps in the blood-clotting process and ensures normal nerve function.

How to get milk into your diet?

Other than drinking milk directly, here are some of the ways how you can get milk into your diet.

• Use yoghurt as a dressing for salads.

• Add milk to your coffee, tea or malted drinks during our coffee break.

• Use cheese to your morning breakfast sandwich fillings.

• Use flavoured milk or blended milk with fruit juices when preparing your nutritious milk shakes.

• You can also add milk to your dishes (curries), soups and cereals.

Misconception about milk

If you consumed milk, you may get kidney stones.

Research does not support this misconception.

However, it is advised that you take the recommended amount of milk needed as excessive calcium can impaired iron absorption.

High consumption of milk may leads to prostate cancer in men.

A recent analysis of a Harvard University study conducted on male health professionals shows that it does indicate an increased risk of prostate cancer among those who consumed very high amounts of calcium compared with those who consumed less.

However, the results point to a link between prostate cancer and calcium but not with dairy products.

Why are you not drinking enough milk?

There could be a number of reasons for these phenomena.

Such as;

• Dislike for dairy products.

• Poor consumption of milk and milk-based drinks.

• Lactose intolerance to milk and other dairy products.

• Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is necessary for the absorption of calcium by the intestines.

Eat well

There is no such thing as good or bad foods.

But, there is such a thing as good or bad eating habits.

So enjoy your foods in varieties, balance and moderation.


Posted by: Mo Salle

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