Drinking milk before going to bed will not make you fat. But you must master the amount and method of drinking milk.
Benefits of drinking milk at night:
1. Conducive to rest and sleep.
Because milk contains L-tryptophan, a biochemical that can make people feel tired and drowsy, these substances have a certain sedative and hypnotic effect, especially L-tryptophan, which is the brain's synthesis of hydroxyl tryptophan. The main raw material of milk, serotonin plays a key role in brain sleep. It can temporarily inhibit brain thinking activities, making people want to sleep without any side effects. Moreover, whether milk sticks to the stomach wall and is absorbed, the calcium in milk also It can clear away tension, so it is more beneficial to the sleep of the elderly, so drinking milk at night is good for people's rest and sleep.
2. Conducive to the absorption and utilization of calcium.
Most of the calcium taken in at dinner is absorbed and utilized by the body before going to bed. The level of calcium in the blood will gradually decrease after sleeping, especially after midnight at night. The decrease in blood calcium promotes hypersecretion of the parathyroid glands. The hormone acts on the bone tissue, causing part of the calcium salt in the bone tissue to dissolve into the blood. Maintain a stable balance of blood calcium. This dissolution is the body's self-regulatory function. Over time, it will become one of the causes of osteoporosis. Drink milk before going to bed at night. The calcium in the milk can be slowly absorbed by the blood. The blood calcium is replenished and balanced throughout the night. There is no need to dissolve the calcium in the bones, preventing bone loss and osteoporosis, so before going to bed Drinking milk is good.