Milk is a nutritious food that should be consumed regularly by children, young adults or the elderly if conditions permit. However, milk does not produce nutritional value simply by drinking it. Drinking milk is very particular. If you drink it improperly, it will not only affect the absorption of nutrients, but may also affect your health. The following points are hereby put forward for reference:

1. Food labeling is very important. Before consuming milk, check that the package is complete and read the instructions on the package carefully. First, you must look at the ingredients, otherwise you will not know its milk content and it will be difficult to judge it. Second, it depends on the production date, shelf life and storage conditions. If it is not stored according to the conditions, it may deteriorate even within the shelf life. Third, check the manufacturer's name, address and product approval number to prevent counterfeit and shoddy products from getting mixed up. Fourth, look inside. If fresh milk has sedimentation, agglomeration or a strange smell, it means it has gone bad and should not be eaten.

2. Drink it in the morning and avoid on an empty stomach. Generally, you will feel dry mouth after getting up in the morning. Some people will quench their thirst with milk and drink it all in one gulp, feeling very satisfied. In this way, the stomach has no time to digest, the small intestine has no time to absorb, and the nutritional value of milk cannot be reflected. Moreover, if you simply have a glass of milk for breakfast, the calories are not enough. For this reason, when drinking milk in the morning, be sure to eat it with carbohydrates. The specific way to eat it is to add milk to bread, snacks, biscuits, etc., and mix it dry and thin. You can eat some bread and biscuits first, and then drink some milk; you can also add rice, oatmeal or corn to the milk to make milk porridge. Eating milk and carbohydrates together, on the one hand, the rich lysine contained in milk can improve the nutritional value of cereal protein, which in turn can also enable the high-quality protein in milk to play its due nutritional role.

3. Drink in small sips, which is good for digestion. When eating milk, it is best to drink it slowly in small sips, avoid drinking it quickly, chew the carbohydrates fully, and do not wolf it down. In this way, the time that milk stays in the stomach can be extended, allowing digestive enzymes to fully mix with milk and other foods, which is beneficial to digestion and absorption.

4. Drink it at night to calm the nerves and help you sleep. Many people ask when is the best time to drink milk? Nutritionally speaking, there's not much difference between the two. According to general habits, most people drink it in the morning or evening. Generally speaking, if you drink 2 cups of milk every day, you can drink 1 cup in the morning and evening. If you drink 1 cup of milk every day, you can drink it in the morning and evening. Drinking milk at night can be done two hours after meals or one hour before going to bed, which may be helpful for people with poor sleep. Because milk is rich in tryptophan, it has a certain sleep-promoting effect.

5. Drink hot or cold, it’s up to you. After milk is boiled and mixed, its nutritional content will be affected. For example, the content of B vitamins will be reduced, and the protein content will be reduced, but the overall loss will not be great. The way of drinking depends on each person's habits and the ability of the gastrointestinal tract to adapt to cold milk. Generally speaking, qualified sterilized fresh milk can be drunk directly as long as the storage and transportation conditions meet the requirements. If sterilized fresh milk that needs to be stored at low temperature is left at room temperature for more than 4 hours, it should be boiled before drinking. This is safer.

6. Special groups, choose varieties wisely. Some people will experience abdominal distension, abdominal pain, borborygmire, and diarrhea after drinking milk, which is medically called "adult primary lactose malabsorption." People suffering from this disease can choose to eat lactose-free fresh milk and its products, or drink yogurt directly. For patients with hyperlipidemia and fatty diarrhea, whole milk is not very suitable and they can switch to low-fat or skimmed milk. The elderly are prone to osteoporosis and can drink high-calcium milk with added calcium.