The benefits of drinking milk for children and the precautions for drinking milk for children

Milk is a very common drink in our daily life. Many people have the habit of drinking milk. Milk is rich in nutrients and has many benefits for our body, but not everyone is good at drinking milk.

The benefits of drinking milk for children

The iodine, zinc and lecithin contained in milk can greatly improve the working efficiency of the brain, and the magnesium contained in milk can make the heart and nervous system resistant to fatigue. All of these undoubtedly have a positive significance for the intellectual development of children. According to the research and demonstration of the international nutrition and medical circles, giving children a glass of milk every day plays a very important role in their growth.

Today, the living standards of children in our country have greatly improved compared to the past, and the nutritional diet of children has been improved a lot. Many children have a stronger awareness and habit of drinking milk than in the past. However, in general, parents' awareness of the balanced intake of nutrients for children needs to be further improved.

Taking the issue of drinking milk as an example, some children are very thin, and they should pay attention to drinking milk and develop good milk drinking habits from an early age to ensure more nutrition intake; while some children are relatively obese since childhood, which may manifest as overnutrition. Obese children need to reduce the intake of sweet drinks and fat to limit calories. Therefore, when parents buy dairy products for their children, they should also fully realize the issue of balanced nutritional supplements.

In fact, some ways of fortifying nutrition through drinking milk are similar to formula milk powder, and can also be achieved through professional formula children's liquid milk. By adding different ingredients and scientific formulas, it can supplement the insufficient nutrients in the diet, which is especially suitable for children with partial eclipse, picky eaters and weak bodies.

With the development of the food industry, more and more formula milks simulate the composition of breast milk, which is more suitable for the growth, development and digestive function of infants and young children. Therefore, parents should try to choose formula milk before their children are 2 years old, and children's milk can be used after 2 years old.

The so-called children's milk is made by adding some essential nutrients for young children that are usually insufficient in their daily diet, such as vitamins A, D, zinc, iron, etc. to ordinary pure fresh milk through a professional formula. This will be superior to ordinary pure milk to a certain extent, and can play a complementary and auxiliary role in children's nutrient imbalance and deficiency problems, and it has positive significance for children's growth and development.

Some parents love their children so much that they come up with a way to supplement one or several elements for a period of time, that is, drink yogurt with high lactic acid bacteria content this month, drink milk with high other nutrients next month, and drink fruit milk with dietary fiber the next month, hoping that this will provide all-round nutrition for their children's growth. This approach will not only bring many inconveniences to family life, but also in the absence of professional guidance, it is difficult for children to effectively absorb these nutrients in a balanced manner. In the face of this situation, we can only remind parents to pay more attention to accumulating relevant knowledge on nutrition and health, and to look at the nutritional components and content of various products when selecting them, and to look at the nutritional supplement of children scientifically and objectively. Only by choosing children's milk suitable for children and insisting on long-term drinking can we achieve the effect of strengthening the physique.

Precautions for children drinking milk

1. Children should not drink milk that is too concentrated

Children's stomachs are relatively fragile, so it is better not to drink milk that is too concentrated. If they often drink milk that is too concentrated, they are prone to constipation and diarrhea. Many babies will also have loss of appetite or even refuse to eat, and it can also cause acute hemorrhagic enteritis.

2. Children should avoid light when drinking milk

The sun will mercilessly destroy the nutrients in milk and even cause it to spoil. After two hours of sunlight exposure, half of the riboflavin in milk will be lost, and the fluorescent riboflavin converted by sunlight can further destroy vitamin C, so milk should be kept away from light and not exposed to the sun for a long time.

3. Don’t add sugar to milk for children

Milk contains lysine and sugar contains fructose. These two substances will form a combination under high temperature - fructose lysine. This substance cannot be digested and absorbed by the human body, which destroys the nutritional value of protein. What's worse is that it may also be toxic to the human body. Therefore, never add sugar when heating milk.

4. Children should not eat oranges with milk.

Do not eat oranges immediately after drinking milk, because milk is rich in high-quality protein, and the fruit acid content in oranges is very high, which will cause the protein to coagulate into lumps, which is not conducive to intestinal absorption and digestion, and may also cause adverse reactions such as abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

Four major misunderstandings in choosing milk

Misconception 1: Milk powder is more professional and better for children.

Experts believe that the nutritional needs of children over 3 years old cannot be fully met in milk powder and it is no longer suitable for growing children. Instead, children should choose milk suitable for them based on their growth and development needs.

Misconception 2: Children drink the same milk as we do every day.

Authoritative experts believe that the milk that children drink should be more suitable for their physical characteristics, especially focusing on the nutrients that are urgently needed during the growth period; pure milk mainly considers the needs of the general public, and the age segmentation is insufficient, and the effect on promoting growth is limited. Therefore, children should choose professional children's milk.

Misconception 3: We buy fresh pure milk for our children.

Experts believe that even though all fresh pure milk is produced, there are certain differences between different milk sources, products and brands. In particular, the milk source plays a key role in the quality of milk, so you should be cautious when choosing milk for your children and look for green and healthy products.

Myth 4: Children like milk drinks, so we always buy them all kinds of flavors!

Dairy drinks are different from milk. They are made by adding a small amount of milk to water, sweeteners, and fruit flavors. They can only be used as leisure drinks, cannot replace milk, and are not suitable for long-term drinking.

When choosing milk for children, four elements must be considered: "professional", "suitable", "natural and healthy", and "nutritional completeness".

How to distinguish between the dazzling array of children's milk products on the market

Milk beverages: The milk content does not exceed 70%, and they are made by adding water, sweeteners and flavors. They are not suitable for long-term drinking and can be used as leisure drinks.

Flavored milk: The milk content is about 80%, and it mainly adds flavors, supplemented with fruit flavors to create a variety of flavors. It has limited effect on promoting children's growth.

Reconstituted milk: liquid milk reconstituted with milk powder. In layman's terms, it is milk reconstituted by mixing milk powder with water. The milk content is about 80%. After multiple processing, the nutritional loss is large. Moreover, the quality of milk powder varies, and the quality of reconstituted milk cannot be guaranteed.

Children's milk: A nutritional formula designed specifically for children's growth, made from 100% fresh milk, without any preservatives added. Long-term drinking is beneficial to the overall development of children.