Silky taste, sweet taste, as the "happy water" of contemporary young people, a cup of milk tea can soothe people's hearts and bring instant satisfaction.
Unfortunately, a cup of milk tea brings happiness and also drinks the risk of bowel cancer. A Harvard university study showed that young women who regularly drink milk tea can more than double their risk of colorectal cancer.
Life Times (search for "LT0385" within WeChat to follow) combined with this research interview experts to tell you how milk tea affects the intestines, and give you a wake-up call for milk tea lovers around you.
Experts interviewed
Zhu Yi, Associate Professor of Food Science and Nutrition Engineering, China Agricultural University
Ruan Guangfeng, Director of Science and Technology Department of Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center
Milk tea may nourish intestinal cancer cells
A team of researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Washington Cancer Center analyzed data from Harvard's Nurse Health Study II, which tracked the health of 95,464 female nurses from 1991 to 2015.
Participants conducted dietary surveys every four years, with questions including the type of drinks they drank and the estimated amount. Of all the participants, more than 41,000 recalled eating habits during adolescence.
The researchers identified 109 cases of early-onset colorectal cancer among participants. Further analysis revealed:
Adult group: Women who drank 2 or more sugary drinks per day more than doubled their risk of developing colorectal cancer before age 50 compared with women who drank less than 1 (240 ml) of sugary drinks such as milk tea per week, and those who drank 1 cup per day had a 16% increased risk.
Puberty group: Drinking 1 sugary drink a day between the ages of 13 and 18, a critical stage of physical development and growth, increased the risk of colorectal cancer by 32% before the age of 50.
In view of the results of this study, it is recommended that everyone drink less sugary drinks such as milk tea. Many people say that "the milk tea I ordered is not sugared", but without additional sugar≠ sugar-free, otherwise the milk tea you drink may not have any taste at all.
A cup of milk tea contains 3 kinds of injury ingredients
Tea is healthy, milk is calcium supplementation, why is it harmful to health when made into milk tea?
Zhu Yi, associate professor of food science and nutrition engineering at China Agricultural University, introduced that traditional milk tea is made by mixing fresh milk with tea leaves and boiling with salt. It contains high-quality protein, B vitamins and tea polyphenols, etc., the overall nutritional value is high, as well as the effect of driving away cold and keeping warm, promoting digestion and so on.
But most of the milk teas that are popular now are made from milk powder, creamer, tea bags, sugar, syrup, etc., and there may be many health risks behind such milk teas.
1 sugar exceeded the standard
The Shanghai Municipal Consumer Protection Commission has conducted a comparative experiment on milk tea on the market, and found that 27 pieces of milk tea with normal sweetness have an average sugar content of 34 grams per cup, and the maximum is as high as 62 grams per cup.
2 trans fatty acids
Commonly known as "creamer", it is the protagonist of the silky taste of milk tea, which not only has problems such as high sugar and high calories, but also may contain trans fats.
Now the more popular milk cap, generally by the cream powder, water, light cream in proportion to mix and then sent or directly with the milk cap powder mixed, the composition of the fat content are ranked first.
Trans fats are easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as hyperlipidemia, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease and so on.
3 excess caffeine
The caffeine content depends on the tea concentration, in addition to brewing with tea bags, there are also tea extracts or tea powder brewing. In the past two years, the Shanghai Municipal and Ningbo Municipal Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Committees have tested dozens of local milk teas and found that the caffeine content in milk teas has reached an average of 270 mg and 334 mg respectively.
The daily intake of caffeine should be controlled within 400 mg, and excessive intake may cause sleep disturbances, beating hearts, etc.
Drink healthy milk tea in two ways
Some people may say: I know that drinking milk tea is unhealthy, but I can't help but want to drink it.
Why is milk tea addictive?
Fats and sugars bring good flavor and texture.
Sweetness stimulates the brain's "reward mechanism" and secretes more dopamine, making you feel excited and happy.
Caffeine is also addictive, making you want to drink more and more.
If you can't resist the temptation of milk tea, Ruan Guangfeng, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Science and Technology Exchange Center of Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center, will teach you two tricks to relieve your hunger.
1
Will match
Even healthy adults should control the frequency of drinking milk tea, and people who love to drink can use these 5 points to reduce the harm of milk tea.
First, try not to add milk caps; second, choose high-quality tea bases; third, choose three sugars or no sugar; fourth, choose milk or evaporated milk; fifth, add less or no pearls, taro puree and other accessories, if you eat auxiliary materials, eat less staple foods on the same day.
2
Homemade milk tea
Choose a better black tea, boil in boiling water for 3 minutes, filter out the tea leaves, put the tea into the cup; after the pure milk is heated and boiled, mixed with the previous tea, the proportion can be determined by personal taste; after the milk tea is slightly cooler, you can add an appropriate amount of honey to taste. You can also add a variety of diced fruits, lemon slices, or hazelnuts, walnuts and other nut crushed, drink a different flavor.
Finally, a piece of advice to milk tea lovers: when buying milk tea, you should pay attention to the food ingredient list, if the "vegetable fat + sugar" ranks high in the ingredient list, and ranks in front of the milk, tea and these ingredients, it is best to drink less or not. ▲
Editor: Jie Zhang
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