Milk alone has one food that has all the nutrients to nourish your body irrespective of what your age is.

It is said that milk provides unique nutrition which cannot be derived from any of the food on this planet.

However, most people drink milk in the wrong way, which is why instead of getting the maximum benefit from this superfood they face digestion issues, skin allergy, bloating, weight gain, kidney disorders, and other stomach related issues.

In this article, I want to share with you 5 reasons you are drinking milk the wrong way and the ways to fix it so that you can get the maximum benefit from this miraculous drink.

And if you are lactose intolerant or you think your body does not digest milk? Then you will be surprised to know that there is a way to fix that too.

Reading this blog till the end, you might change the way you might have been drinking the milk.

Stay tuned.

Since milk is a product that we get from a living animal it is high in hormones, enzymes, and amino acids. 

Such foods tend to chemically react with bodies, hence utmost care should be taken as to when and how to drink milk?

Let’s find out the most common mistakes that we do while consuming the milk that sabotages the fitness goals and puts our health at risk.

With Meals

Milk is a complete meal in itself but still many times we drink milk just after the meal. Drinking milk just before or after a meal is considered as consuming 2 meals at a time.

This puts undue pressure on our digestive system and as a result, our body not just absorbs the nutrients from the milk but also from the meal that we had taken.

So make sure to keep a gap of at least 2 hours between the meal and the milk.

This also answers one of the most frequently asked questions that,

With Salty Foods

Do you eat parathas with milk? Or you like to enjoy Namkeen with Chai or Milk? Or you add milk while cooking certain Curries?

If yes then you are unknowing damaging your system from within.

According to Ayurveda, Milk and Salt are incompatible foods, and combining them in any way will cause irregular reactions in the body whose ill effects can be seen on the skin.

No matter how much you can take care of your skin, but doing just this one mistake can mess it up all.

So make sure you can keep a gap of at least one hour between a salty meal and milk.

Cold/Chilled Milk

Sometimes especially in summers, we tend to drink chilled milk in the form of shakes or cold coffees.

However, this does not go well with your system. Milk is heavy in nature, drinking it chilled makes it even more difficult to digest can lead to gas, bloating, or constipation.

It is always recommended to drink warm milk or at least milk at room temperature.

Heating milk changes the molecular structure in such a way that it becomes easy for digestion.

Adding Sugar

Milk is naturally sweet in nature because it contains lactose which is a type of sugar. The table sugar that we use in our homes is prepared after a lot of chemical processing.

Adding this chemically refined sugar in milk hinders the absorption of all the nutrients from the milk.

It also makes the milk indigestible, on top of it adding sugar in milk makes it higher in calories which may lead to weight gain.

So if all you want to sweeten the milk, you can use honey, Mishri, or jaggery powder.

With Fruits

The number one reason that you’re drinking milk the wrong way is that you’re combining it with fruits.

Yes it is shocking but milk is incompatible with most fruits, especially with fruits which are sour in nature like oranges and lemons, milk should strictly be avoided.

The only sour fruit which can be combined with milk is Gooseberry or Amla.

Dates, Bananas, and Mangoes if they’re purely sweet and ripe may be combined with milk.

But this combination is quite heavy on the system. So it is best to see how you feel after drinking milk & banana, And you should act accordingly.

So these are the top 5 reasons why most people drink milk in a wrong way. 

Now let us see How, When and What milk should we drink to get the maximum benefit?

However, it can be combined with rice, oats, almonds, etc. 

Loaded with nutrients like Protein, Vitamin A, B1, B2, B12 and B, Potassium, and Magnesium. Milk is said to be one of the most nutritious beverages one can have.

All you will need to drink it the right way.

So, friends, that’s all, I hope you found this article to be helpful. Would you like me to see more like such videos the right way of drinking beverages, eating fruits, etc? 

If yes then please let me know by commenting below.