"It is a perfect food that contains the perfect ratio of carbohydrates and protein, useful for stimulating muscle recovery"nutrition expert Renee McGregor told the BBC.
The nutrients and components of milk can reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease by up to 18-20 per cent.
The increase in the consumption of vegetable drinks, "wrongly called vegetable milks because the international food codes only admit as milk the product obtained from milking", exceeds the consumption of animal milk. Proof of our ignorance and our fragility in the face of marketing and hoaxes.
In the face of popular belief that milk is only intended for growing mammals. Milk has micro RNAwhich modifies gene activity, as well as lipid-associated hormones. Milk activates hormones that promote growth. We never stop creating tissues, which have finished their cycle and we replace them with new ones. The scientific evidence is strong: milk not only nourishes, but also has functional, endocrine and genetic capacities that promote development. Two to three glasses a day are recommended for all ages. Especially recommended after the gym, among other things as a moisturiser.
Milk regulates physiological processes to maintain health because its peptides penetrate the epithelial barrier of the gut and function with immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, antihypertensive, and antithrombotic properties. Consider the foolishness of plant milks, whose solid components I recommend consuming, straight up.
Milk contains carbohydrates, and vitamins D, A, E, E, C, E and folic acid from the whole B group, and minerals, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, iodine, and fatty acidsof which around 60-70 percent are short-chain and do not affect cholesterol levels. Two glasses of milk provide 60% of calcium, a mineral essential for life. Casein, phosphopeptides, lactose and vitamin D combine to ensure that the calcium is assimilated by active transport in the intestine. Saturated fats are found in a proportion of 2.5 grams per 100 millilitres of milk. the amounts of cholesterol are not significant enough to cause an increase in blood cholesterol levels.
Furthermore, the trans-fatty acids in milk are characterised by an increase in HDL (good) and APo A1 cholesterol levels and do not change the total cholesterol ratio. Goat's milk has no agglutinins, which means that the volume of fat globules is small, making it the most digestible. And it has a higher amount of linoleic acid and short-chain fatty acids.
Nutrition experts support the recovery of dairy in all types of people and their healthy diets because it does not increase cardiovascular risk, has little effect on cholesterol levels and instead helps to lower blood pressure.
The same is true for high-fat fermented dairy products, such as cheese or yoghurt, where there is evidence that the saturated fat they contain is neutral or even slightly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. For some people, however, cheese can increase cholesterol levels.
This is the main novelty of the report Consensus on Fats and Oils in the Dietary Diets of AdultsThe text was prepared by the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics (FESNAD) and coordinated by Dr. Emilio Ros, a member of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service of the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona and head of the CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition group of the Carlos III Health Institute. The text was presented at the 3rd Congress of the FESNAD, which brings together, among others, the Spanish Society of Nutrition (SEN), the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (SEEN) and the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO). In it, Dr Ros explains that: "This new recommendation is based on the consideration that dairy products, in addition to fatty acids, contain a multitude of other nutrients capable of interacting with these on metabolic pathways relevant to health".
Against cardiovascular ailments
According to the study, the recommended consumption of dairy products for people at cardiovascular risk would be the same as for the population without such risks. Moreover, Dr Ros reminds us that: "A diet low in fat and therefore high in slowly absorbed carbohydrates is useless for preventing cardiovascular disease or diabetes". And on this point, he reminds us that the Mediterranean diet is the most suitable. Dr Ros concludes that "something similar happens with unprocessed meats, which do not affect cholesterol or cardiovascular risk".
Any possibility of self-deception is ruled out, taking milk substitutes does not replace anything, it is a scam we are playing on ourselves.
With three tablespoons of oatmeal I make oat "milk" at home. I have spent three cents and half a litre of water, and no consumer would drink it so cheaply, and it lacks flavour enhancers, sugar, preservatives and others. There is nothing better for health than milk, which is convenient and necessary at any age. The content of these "milk" of oats, nuts or whatever, is half a handful in half a litre of water, so we should not seriously consider its nutritional value.
José Antonio Rodríguez Piedrabuena
Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. Specialist in management training, group and couple therapies.