Drinking fresh milk is best in autumn
Everyone knows that milk is nutritious and is hailed as the most perfect food. How can you drink it in autumn to quench your thirst while ensuring you get your nutrients? Experts point out that drinking fresh milk is best.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that milk is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, with the effects of moistening the lungs and stomach, lubricating the intestines to promote bowel movements, and nourishing deficiency and damage. In autumn, the weather is cool and dry, with relatively low air humidity, making the body's skin prone to dehydration. As moisture is lost, many nutrients in the body are also depleted. It is precisely the time when the body needs to replenish various nutrients, high-quality protein, and multiple vitamins. Milk is not only rich in all the nutrients the body needs, but the human body's digestion and absorption rate for milk's nutrients is as high as 92%. Experts point out that drinking milk in autumn is extremely beneficial to health.
Many people, for convenience, buy pure milk and store it in the refrigerator to drink anytime. In fact, this drinking habit loses many nutrients. This includes countries in Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea, where 95% of people drink fresh milk.
So, what are the advantages of fresh milk compared to pure milk? Pure milk (also called UHT milk) is usually sterilized at high temperatures of 140°C. While this destroys spoilage microorganisms, it also kills most of the natural active substances in milk. Beneficial microorganisms for the human body are destroyed during the high-temperature pasteurization process, as are vitamins C, E, and carotene. B vitamins are also lost by about 50%, and easily absorbable calcium ions bind to milk's casein, forming substances that are not easily absorbed, resulting in the loss of most of the nutrients in milk. People drink milk for their health, so it is still necessary to drink fresh milk in autumn.
Currently, many cities in China do not have a supply of fresh milk, which is a great regret for milk-loving citizens. In the market, only a few companies like Huishan in Shenyang, Sanyuan in Beijing, and Guangming in Shanghai supply fresh milk locally.
Due to the rich nutrients and short shelf life of fresh milk, it cannot be transported over long distances. This means fresh milk must be processed using pasteurization with raw milk milked on the same day, and the entire process from milking to production and sales must be completed within 24 hours. This is also why some domestic dairy "giants" cannot produce fresh milk and can only produce "Tetra Pak" pure milk.
The most cost-effective way to drink fresh milk is through home delivery. When a reporter from the Consumer Channel of Northeast News Network interviewed a person from Shenyang's dairy industry, they learned that "Xianboshi" is the only fresh milk variety in the Shenyang market. Citizens who subscribe to home delivery service can drink high-quality milk at their doorstep before 7 AM every morning. The milk delivered on the same day should be finished on the same day, which avoids the trouble of buying a lot of fresh milk and worrying about it expiring, while also being economical and affordable. The home delivery service also relies on a powerful cold chain distribution system, which is the direct reason why local small businesses dare not enter this field. It is best to drink fresh milk cold in autumn, as it both quenches thirst and ensures nutrition.