the milk
Milk is defined as the homogeneous liquid food produced by the female mammary of all types of cells and glands in the breast, whether from cows or sheep, or goats, or buffalo, and other animals. Milk is characterized by dark white color because of the presence of fat and casinine, Because of the presence of lactose sugar, the lactose is distinguished by acid taste, and it is considered food and food for young people from all animals with breast and humans because it has important nutritional elements. Milk is available throughout the year. Milk is made from many products, B such as: butter, cheese and yoghurt, and jameed, buttermilk and enters in the installation of a lot of industries like food confectionery industry.
Types of milk by source
- Goat’s milk.
- cows milk.
- Camel milk.
- Buffalo milk.
Types of milk
- Milk that is described as full fat.
- Milk that is described as low-fat or skimmed.
- Powder milk.
The nutritional value of milk
The milk contains fatty acids, such as folic acid, bantuic acid, and contains a percentage of energy and proteins. It is rich in vitamins such as: vitamin D, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin A, thiamine, Calcium, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, a large proportion of water, sugary substances, and carbohydrate materials, and milk reduces iron to become a full food.
Benefits of preventive and therapeutic goat milk
- Helps in the treatment of infections such as stomach infections.
- Treats indigestion and strengthens the digestive system.
- Protects human bones from their fragility and keeps them safe because they contain calcium and potassium.
- The body protects against allergies because it contains fatty acids.
- Protects the skin from wrinkles.
- Helps skin get rid of dead skin cells
- Protects against early aging and its symptoms.
- Helps moisturize the skin especially dry skin.
- Maintains skin from cracks and eczema.
- Protects skin from sunburn.
- Maintains the heart and integrity of diseases and heart attacks.
- Helps lose weight faster, as it burns fat in the body.
- Protects some sensitivities in children.
- Helps complete nutritional compounds in children and the elderly.
Benefits of goat milk for pregnant women and fetuses
- Drinking a woman pregnant with goat milk benefits the fetus by increasing its length in the future, especially after the birth process, which is reflected in the stage of adolescence.
- Increases the level of insulin in the blood of the fetus as it grows.
- Protects pregnant and fetal women from diabetes.
- Helps to grow and nourish the mind while the baby is in the mother’s womb.
- Provides sufficient amount of protein for the mother and her fetus and helps to increase blood flow in mother and fetus.
- Goat’s milk helps compensate for the protein produced by muscle growth in pregnant women during pregnancy and beyond.
- Helps to compensate for the lack of calcium in the mother because of the growth of the bones of her fetus in the month of pregnancy.
- Goat milk compensates for vitamin D deficiency in the mother and fetus, which protects the fetus after birth from rickets.