With the rise of the health trend, there are more and more substitutes for milk, such as the previous peanut milk, walnut milk, and now the internet red drink oat milk, which is deeply fascinating. For "heavy coffee users", the quality of a coffee shop is often not too much attention to how coffee is made, but to see whether oat milk is placed on the counter.
For example, many well-known coffee shops have begun to supply oat milk with the trend, which has been greatly upgraded in essence. But can such milk really become a healthy reliance? Compared to peanut milk and walnut milk, which is the healthiest?
From a nutritional point of view, peanut milk, walnut milk, and oat milk are all plant milk. In recent years, the demand for plant-based milk has increased considerably, and it has even formed a competitive relationship with milk. From the US market survey, it is found that the share of almond milk in plant milk is higher at 64%, and the share of other plant milk can be more than 10%, while the sales volume of traditional milk has fallen to 17%.
However, compared with milk, the nutritional value of plant milk is very different, and milk has higher calcium, protein, dietary fiber, amino acids needed by the human body and other components. Plant milk is mainly a plant component, which contains almost no milk and does not strengthen a certain nutrient, such as calcium. The only benefit is that people may not be allergic to protein or lactose intolerance.
In terms of calories, the intake of the same amount of plant milk is about twice the total calories of milk. Therefore, the health needs are not recommended for everyone to drink plant milk, even if you like to drink, you must strengthen the nutrients that are not in plant milk.
In the comparison of various plant milks, oat milk, peanut milk, walnut milk, the main difference is only the difference in raw materials. Most merchants will also add flavor, sugar, additives and other ingredients for the sake of taste. Therefore, these three kinds of plant milk are not good choices, but it is recommended that everyone drink milk, which is clearly stipulated in the "2016 Edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" that each person eats 300g of dairy products per day.
That is, each person drinks a bag of milk and a small box of yogurt every day to meet health needs. Friends who like to drink coffee, oat milk tastes good, and some oat milk also advocates rich in dietary fiber and zero trans fatty acids. Under the premise of sugar control, a certain proportion of the fusion with coffee can also be selected.
For peanut milk, walnut milk, but also depends on personal taste, recognize that drinking plant milk can not supplement calcium, drinking in moderation is appropriate. Babies under 1 year old, because most of the plant milk on the market contain sugar, although they will not be allergic to milk protein, but it is easy to affect their taste development, increase the risk of childhood obesity, but also need to stay away from the best not to drink.
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