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Is the freshly milked milk really as good as you imagined?
An 8-year-old boy in Fujian Province went to the hospital because he had a fever for up to two months.
As a result, the doctor's examination found that the boy was infected with brucella, and the testicles had been damaged to a certain extent, which may even affect future fertility!
How can a child who is already in good health be infected with this bacteria?
It turned out that the boy's family lived in the countryside of Putian, Fujian Province, and a few months ago heard that a neighbor's family had bought a new sheep, and the parents thought that this freshly milked milk was more nutritious and had no additives.
So I placed an order with my neighbor, and every day as soon as the milk was squeezed out, the neighbor delivered it directly to the house, and the boy was warm, and he drank it for a week.
However, it is difficult to say whether nutrition is supplemented, anyway, "brucellosis" is suffered.
Now many parents feel that the milk that is now milked is fresher and more raw, so the nutrition will be higher and the drink will be more assured.
But in fact?
This "fresh milk" without any processing, which contains a large number of microorganisms, is precisely the culprit of "brucellosis" in children.
Is "fresh milk" that good?
In fact, to be precise, this kind of milk that has just been squeezed out without any processing treatment should be called "raw milk".
Research data show that the number of various pathogenic bacteria in unprocessed raw milk is as high as more than 100, such as Escherichia coli, Vibriobacter, tuberculosis, Listeria, Brucella and so on.
The 8-year-old boy above was infected with brucella and suffered from "brucellosis".
After Brucella enters the human body, it will multiply rapidly in large numbers, and children often show chronic fever after brucellosis, and the fever time is usually long, showing the characteristics of wave fever.
In addition, common manifestations of brucellosis include sweating, arthralgia, orchitis, headache, etc., and may even cause bone, nerve and cardiovascular diseases, which are life-threatening.
A misunderstanding that many people have is:
Pure natural and additive-free means "high quality", so buying milk also pursues a freshness.
But fresh does not mean healthy, compared with pure milk sold on the market, this freshly milked milk has not undergone a series of processes such as inspection, impurity removal, sterilization, etc., not only the nutritional content is unknown and not safe enough.
What's more, whether the milker holds a health certificate and whether the cows and sheep are healthy are all difficult information for us to obtain.
Therefore, this kind of "raw milk" is really not as good as imagined.
How many types of "milk" are on the market?
Another important reason why some people will be superstitious about fresh milk is that many additives in milk are "technology and ruthlessness".
In fact, this is also a common cognitive misunderstanding.
At present, the "milk" on the market can be roughly divided into 3 types, some of which seem to be "milk", but they do not really belong to the category of milk.
1. Pure milk
That is, only raw milk is used as raw material, and the milk obtained after sterilization treatment mainly includes pasteurized milk and ultra-high temperature sterilized milk.
The difference between these two types of milk is mainly different sterilization methods, only raw milk on the ingredient list, nutrition is basically the same, protein content and calcium content are relatively rich, is the most recommended to buy two pure milk.
2. Modulate milk
Simply put, modulated milk is pure milk after "feeding", which is a product made by adding various food additives or nutritional fortifiers to no less than 80% of raw milk (modulated milk produced by adding milk powder will be marked as "reconstituted milk" on the outer packaging).
There are many types of modulated milk on the market, such as common children's milk, high-calcium milk, etc., which are modulated milk after adding nutritional fortifiers, and a certain nutritional index will indeed be higher than ordinary pure milk.
However, it should be noted that more prepared milk is actually to cater to children's tastes, added sugar and flavor, and is not suitable for long-term drinking.
3. Milk-containing beverages
This is the most pitted one, although the milk-containing drink has the word "milk", but the nutrition of pure milk is very different.
We can understand it this way that it is a beverage product containing a small amount of milk, which is not milk at all, so it is not suitable to buy it for children.
How do I choose a good milk?
1. Look at the ingredient list
As mentioned earlier, the ingredient list of pure milk should only be raw milk.
Therefore, when we buy milk for the baby, we can first look at the ingredient list and select pure milk with only raw milk, which can ensure that it will not step on the pit.
2. Look at the protein content
To measure the quality of a milk, the protein content is a world-recognized standard.
Generally speaking, the protein content of most pure milk on the market is more than 3.0g/100ml, and the relatively high-end products can reach 3.8 and 4.0.
When we buy, we choose according to personal consumption capacity, within the scope of ability, the higher the protein content, the better the milk quality.
3. Choose a brand
Although many "net red milk" are now more popular, in fact, the quality of milk of big brands is more guaranteed.
On the one hand, most of the domestic relatively high-quality milk sources are in the hands of the head dairy enterprises, and the quality of milk is innately dominant.
On the other hand, big brands will also be stricter in quality inspection and production standards, and the "illegal cost" will be higher, and it is easy not to joke with their own brand, which is more trustworthy.
Epilogue:
Known as "white blood", milk is an excellent food to supplement the nutrition of the baby.
However, the quality of milk on the market is uneven, and there are many modulated milk and milk drinks carrying the banner of "milk", and we must polish our eyes when buying.
Today's topic: What kind of milk do you usually buy for your baby?