Why can not refuse to cow's milk?

In recent years, vegetarians and health food advocates jumped on cow's milk, saying that it should be completely excluded from the diet. Yes, vegetable milk has its advantages, but it does not mean that the usual childhood cow's milk - a real poison.

Cow's milk - continuous harm?

The main proof of the harmful effects of cow's milk is the fact that in an adult do not have the enzyme, which would help to break down casein. Human milk also contains casein, but there it is much smaller. In addition, children develop a special enzyme - renin that causes curdling of milk in the stomach and its assimilation.

It is believed that in 9-12 years, when a child falls all baby teeth and grow permanent, this enzyme is no longer produced. Thus the calcium from milk absorbed until this time. Often write about the fact that if (when) this enzyme is not present, the milk is not absorbed, enters the large intestine and rots there. Enjoy a little, hence milk intolerance, gases and other troubles.

But why such intolerance is not observed at all? Somebody normally carries milk, even live without it can not.

The fact that 70% of adults renin function performs pepsin, but the remaining 30% are out of luck. They milk causes flatulence and other troubles.

By the way, the same symptoms occur when hypolactasia, ie, lactose intolerance. This affects almost all Asians, and as Russian - a total of about 16-18%. Such a reaction to milk due to reduced content of lactase - an enzyme that is necessary for proper digestion of lactose.

Thus, if your body pepsin took over the function of renin and lactase levels are normal - no trouble is not with milk. Another thing is that in cow's milk have cholesterol, and in the milk of vegetable origin - no. But not all vegetable milk may be beneficial.

Vegetable milk - continuous use?

Production of soy milk and nut put to flow, it can hardly be called useful. Such milks are prepared from the products fried in oil, sweetening, flavoring and thickening agents added. For soy, coconut and almond milk often used thickener carrageenan, known as E407.

It is derived from red algae and is often used in the food industry as an alternative to gelatin of animal origin, so that these products can have vegetarians.
However, this additive has one species - degraded carrageenan, which causes a disease of the gastrointestinal tract, and even colon cancer.

According to the results of experiments conducted by researchers from the University of Illinois, during the collapse in the stomach carrageenan allocates a substance which may provoke the occurrence of more than 100 diseases, including atherosclerosis and inflammation bowel.

However, there is no one way to deal with this thickener, namely - prepare almond milk at home. Cook it is not very difficult, and you will know that no carrageenan is not there, but still no cholesterol and have lots of useful elements.

If you get bored or do not like the almond milk can cook different types of vegetable milks: From different nuts or rice, pumpkin seeds, rolled oats or coconut.
Well, if you do not like none of the vegetable milk, and you are sincerely committed cow, have fun fact about him.

Wonderful milk or milk addiction

When casein breaks down in the digestive process, it releases peptides casomorphins that provide opioid effectivenesst. These compounds have the amino acids in the cheese, there are more than likely. Like cheese?

Casomorphin five amino acids has the ability to force the analgesic power of morphine from 1/10. At least so says the medical doctor Bernard Neal, in his book "Overcoming food temptations. Hidden causes of food preferences and 7 Steps to a natural release from them. "

As a child, peptides with opioid effect to help calm the mother of the child, and to fix their relationship, so it does not go very far and gladly ate. The animal milk is the same as, for example, to the calf away from the cow did not go away, and did not eat. Probably, people who are very fond of cheese, very calm and peaceful.

Pro shop milk

On the industrial production of almond milk and other plant it has been said a few words, and not to mention industrial production cow.

One can cite as an example a case where a person tried to do from the store's milk cheese, I bought rennet for making cheese, but the milk does not curdle. Then he tried to do the same with other kind of store milk, but it did not work.

Rennet is obtained from the stomach of mammals, and it is, in fact, the same renin, which was mentioned at the beginning. That is, such milk does not curdle and in the human stomach, and hence will simply rot in the intestines.

So, if you have the opportunity to buy natural milk "with hands" - it will be much more useful. However, it is also possible to argue - in spite of a cow (if the patient and her fed antibiotics, they may be in the milk, or it may be pus from the udder). But it will be absorbed in the body, and the taste is completely different.

In conclusion, I want to say: there is nothing wrong to continue to drink cow's milk, even against the background of a general pen almond and other vegetation.

If you are not a vegetarian and was well tolerated milk and the more you can get a natural, not a store, why not?