People in hot and humid regions should not have milk for breakfast
Many office ladies start their day with vegetable and fruit juice. While this can provide direct nutrients from the produce and help clear internal waste, everyone overlooks the most crucial point: the human body always prefers a warm environment. When the body is warm, microcirculation functions properly, and the transport of oxygen, nutrients, and waste is smooth.
Therefore, for breakfast, never start with vegetable and fruit juice, iced coffee, iced juice, iced black tea, mung bean soup, iced milk, and so on. You might not feel any discomfort in your body in the short term, but in fact, it will gradually weaken your body. Why is that?
Breakfast should consist of hot food to protect the "stomach qi" (wei qi). In Traditional Chinese Medicine, "stomach qi" is a broad concept that doesn't just refer to the stomach organ itself. It includes the digestive and absorption capacity of the spleen and stomach, acquired immunity, and muscle function.
Because in the morning, the yin energy from the night has not yet dissipated, and the earth's temperature has not yet risen. The body's muscles, nerves, and blood vessels are still in a state of contraction. If you consume cold food and drinks at this time, it will inevitably cause all the body's systems to constrict further and blood flow to become more obstructed. Perhaps when you first start consuming cold foods and drinks, you don't feel any discomfort in your stomach and intestines, but over time or as you get older, you will find that you cannot absorb the essence of your food, you always feel like you're not getting enough sustenance, or your stools are always loose, or your skin gets worse and worse, or you always have a faint phlegm in your throat that you can't clear, you catch colds often, and minor ailments are constant. This is what it means to have damaged your "stomach qi" and weakened your body's resistance.
Therefore, the first thing you should have in the morning should be hot congee, hot oatmeal, hot goat's milk, hot tofu pudding, hot soy milk, sesame paste, Chinese yam congee, or Cantonese congee, and then have it with vegetables, bread, sandwiches, fruit, pastries, etc.
Because milk can easily produce phlegm and cause allergies, it is less suitable for people with respiratory, stomach, or skin problems, as well as for people living in humid climates.