Milk is neither cold nor hot. Milk is neutral.

Milk is one of the oldest natural beverages and is known as "white blood", which is important for the human body. Milk, as the name suggests, is milked from female cows. In different countries, there are different grades of milk.

Milk is rich in minerals, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, copper, manganese and molybdenum. The most rare is that milk is the body's best source of calcium, and calcium and phosphorus ratio is very appropriate for calcium absorption. The variety is complex, at least more than 100 kinds, the main ingredients are water, fat, phospholipids, protein, lactose, inorganic salts and so on.

Milk is known as a nutritious beverage with good health and medical value. Milk is a complete protein food, the formation and development of the brain marrow and nerves have an important role. Milk fat cholesterol content is lower than meat, eggs, with the effect of reducing cholesterol in the body.

Milk can neutralize gastric acid, prevent gastric acid on the ulcer surface of the stimulation, so take milk on the peptic ulcer, especially gastric and duodenal ulcers have a good therapeutic effect. Frozen milk can make blood vessel contraction, peptic ulcer bleeding can also play a hemostatic role. With milk hair alcohol into the "sour milk", can make the human body from and reduce the infringement of toxic substances, stimulate gastric secretion, enhance gastrointestinal digestion, the most suitable for liver disease, gastrointestinal patients and debilitated people and infants to drink.

Also reported, sour milk in the choline content is particularly high, can regulate the concentration of cholesterol in the body, and at the same time and because of sour milk contains whey acid, which can inhibit the liver to manufacture cholesterol, and can reduce cholesterol in the vascular wall of the attachment, so as to make the total cholesterol content of the blood lower. Therefore, people suffering from cardiovascular disease, taking sour milk is very beneficial.

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How to identify whether a food is cold or hot:

Green in color, cold in nature, red in color, warm in nature.

Green plants are close to the ground and absorb moisture from the ground, so they are cold in nature, such as green beans and green vegetables. Reddish-colored plants, such as chili peppers, jujube, pomegranate, etc., although close to the ground to grow, but the fruit can absorb more sunlight, so the nature of the heat.

Foods with bitter and sour taste are cold, while those with sweet and pungent taste are hot in nature.

Foods that taste bitter and sour are cold in nature, such as bitter melon, bitter vegetables, taro, plums and papaya. Those with pungent and sweet flavors are hot in nature because they receive sunlight for a longer period of time, such as garlic, persimmons and pomegranates.

Aquatic plants are cold and land plants are hot.

Lotus root, kelp and seaweed are cold. And foods that grow in the land, such as peanuts, potatoes, yams and ginger, are hot because they are buried in the soil for a long time and have less water.

Dorsal yin foods are cold and sunny plants are hot.

Foods that are shady and face north absorb heavy moisture and rarely see sunlight, so they are cold in nature, such as mushrooms and fungus. And grow in the air or have a positive food, such as sunflowers, chestnuts, etc., due to receive sufficient light, so the nature of the hot.

Reference: People's Daily Online - Cold or Hot? A minute to teach you to identify the properties of food