Milk is known as a "close to perfect food" with high nutritional value. When babies are growing, it provides various nutrients for their growth and development. However, when babies drink milk, they also need to be careful, especially with these ways of drinking milk, which may "harm" the baby.
Milk that is too thick
If infants often consume milk that is too thick, it can cause diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite, and even refusal to eat. It can also cause acute hemorrhagic enteritis because the organs of infants are delicate and cannot withstand excessive burden and pressure.
Feeding yogurt
The antibiotics produced by the lactobacillus in yogurt can inhibit the growth of many pathogens, but at the same time, they also destroy the growth conditions of beneficial normal flora in the human body. It can also affect normal digestion, especially in infants with gastroenteritis and premature infants. If they are fed yogurt, it may cause vomiting and necrotizing enterocolitis.
Boiling milk
If milk is boiled and the temperature reaches 100℃, lactose in the milk will undergo caramelization, and caramel can induce cancer. Furthermore, after boiling, calcium in the milk will undergo phosphate precipitation, thereby reducing the nutritional value of the milk.
Heating sugar and milk together
Heating sugar and milk together will cause the lysine in the milk to react with the sugar at high temperatures (80℃-100℃) and produce harmful substances called sugar-lysine. This substance is not only not absorbed by the human body but also harmful to health. Therefore, the boiled milk should be cooled to a warm temperature (40℃-50℃) before adding sugar to dissolve it.
Mixing milk with chocolate
Adding chocolate to liquid milk will cause a chemical reaction between the calcium in the milk and the oxalic acid in the chocolate, producing "calcium oxalate". As a result, the calcium, which originally had nutritional value, becomes harmful to the human body, leading to calcium deficiency, diarrhea, delayed development in children and adolescents, dry hair, increased risk of fractures, and urinary tract stone formation, among other conditions.
One person eats, two people supplement
Many family members will urge new mothers to eat more during meals, with the reason being "one person eats, two people supplement." However, foods rich in animal fats such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat may not necessarily be beneficial to breastfeeding. If babies consume breast milk in such a state, they are more likely to have poor digestion, as evidenced by oily stools or milk curds.
