Showing posts with label milk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milk. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2016

Probiotic yoghurt vs. Common yoghurt


These days I read some articles that talk about the benefits of yoghurt. The probiotic yoghurt is any yoghurt with live active bacteria (they're of various types like Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium, which are considered beneficial to the body), which means that the more natural yoghurt is a probiotic food. All yoghurts contain a certain amount of bacteria, yoghurts sold as "probiotic yogurt" contain higher amounts of beneficial bacteria (It's because some companies select some bacteria that are more likely to survive digestion).



These bacteria have been shown to reduce the effects of some gastrointestinal problems, prevent colon cancer and can reduce lactose intolerance. In addition,  it's a natural immune system booster, so it's very common drink them to improve overall health and prevent certain diseases.

However, the yoghurt in some people can cause side effects such as gas, bloating and over-stimulation of the immune system.

The medical and scientific community mentions that products labeled as probiotic yogurt aren't necessarily better. So, you can select the yoghurt that you have on hand, but taking care that it doesn't have high levels of sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup or sugar.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Milk consumption and cancer


During this week I searched articles related to milk consumption in patients with cancer. I think that "milk" is a very controversial topic because there are articles that mention that milk is a food that prevents cancer and a rich source of energy, protein, calcium and vitamin D, which are essential nutrients for patients who already have cancer, other articles say that milk shouldn't be consumed because it generates metastasis, increases symptoms and can cause disease recurrence.

The main problem is that we now live in a highly industrialized world where cows are injected with hormones to increase milk production. Companies are using recombinant growth hormones in cows. This hormone can increase milk production by 20%. According to WHO, the injection of this hormone increases the concentration of IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor-1) in milk.

IGF-1 causes the cells divide and reproduce, but doesn't distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells. 


According to information, I would recommend consumption of organic milk to get all the nutrients that milk provides, but this type of milk isn't processed hygienically and the body of the patient with cancer is susceptible to disease, so it's better to wait during the treatment (surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy) of the disease without milk and choose coconut, soy, almond or rice milk and long after you can consume organic milk.

Several options to replace cow's milk.