Milk helps to build a healthy body and strong teeth, more so because it has plenty of calcium.
Sources of milk:
The most popularly used milk is cow's milk and buffalo's milk. In fact, most of us enjoy drinking milk in its natural form.
Composition of milk:
Milk contains 80-90% of water. The rest 10% are major nutrients required by the body like carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals and vitamins. Cow milk contains 3.5 to 5% fat and buffalo's milk contains 9-10% fat. Milk also contains minerals like calcium, phosphorous which are plenty and potassium, sodium, iodine in traces. It is an excellent source of vitamins A, B, E, and K. Carbohydrates acts as a sweetener and is a major source of energy.
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A cup of milk provides 300 mg of calcium while a cup of yogurt gives 300-400 mg of calcium and cottage cheese (paneer) 75-150 mg. A liter of milk supplies as much calcium as 21 eggs.
Milk products:
- Ice cream, a popular frozen desert is made of milk, cream and flavouring agents.
- When chilled cream is churned gently we get butter leaving buttermilk, which is a nutritious drink.
- Yoghurt (Dahi) and cheese are fermented milk products.
- Dried non-fat milk, condensed milk and evaporated milk.
Despite all these advantages of milk, we know your kid makes a big fuss over the morning glass of milk. Well, you like to convince him of the gains of milk by making some likable deserts out of milk:
Milk is a complete food as it gives energy, helps growth and prevents many diseases. So next time
your child says 'no' to milk, just say one glass of milk a day, keeps illness away.