1. Milk is the ideal post-workout food. It has literally the
perfect combination of amino acids for rebuilding new muscle
cells and repairing muscle damage after a workout.
2. The average American chugs 400 glasses of milk a year.
That's more than 25 gallons.
3. The average cow produces 90 glasses of milk each day, or
about 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
4. Men need 1,000 mg of calcium a day. That's the equivalent
of three 8-oz glasses of milk.
5. Milk contains a type of naturally occurring fat called
conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which has been shown to help
protect against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
6. Pre-made chocolate milk's got seaweed in it. The stuff's
called carrageenan. It thickens the milk so the cocoa
particles don't sink to the bottom of the pitcher. It's safe
to eat.
7. Stored properly, milk is good for up to a week after the
expiration date listed on the container. (That's actually the
date by which the supermarket has to sell the milk to you,
not the date you should throw the milk away.)
8. The ancient Greeks and Romans referred to barbarians as
"milk drinkers."
9. To keep milk fresh as long as possible, keep it in the
back of the fridge where it's the coldest. The more you
expose milk to room temperature, the faster it spoils.
10. Louis Pasteur invented the pasteurization process in
1864. Heating milk quickly and then cooling it allows
manufacturers to kill harmful bacteria without changing the
white stuff's nutrient content or flavor.
11. Milk is a natural weight loss food. According to
professor Michael B. Zemel, director of the Nutrition
Institute at the University of Tennessee, by keeping calcium
intake high and drinking plenty of milk, you can more than
double the speed at which you lose weight. The place the
weight comes off first? Your middle!
12. Almost every type of livestock, including horses, goats,
sheep, donkeys, camels, reindeer, buffalo, and yaks, can be
milked. The only non-milkable exception: pigs. Of course,
only the milk of kosher animals is kosher.
13. Milk is the official state beverage of 17 states in
America: Arkansas, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
14. The natural sugar in milk, called lactose, may help to
reduce your risk of colon cancer. Studies show that lactose
helps promote the growth of cancer-fighting bacteria.
(c) 2005 Dr. Reuven Bruner. All Rights Reserved.
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