With the improvement of living standards, it is not uncommon for ordinary people in our country to drink milk. There are various brands of pure milk and yogurt in the supermarket, which are dazzling. It is also generally believed that milk and yogurt have very high nutritional value. So, for patients with hypertension, is it better to drink pure milk or yogurt?
Maybe everyone thinks this should not be a problem. You can drink whatever you want. Even Dr. Fu didn't think about it carefully. However, I have read several documents recently and found them very interesting. I would like to share them with you, hoping to help you.
Milk is rich in high-quality protein, calcium and some fat. It is a healthy drink to supplement calcium and protein. But milk contains lactose, and people with lactose intolerance can't drink milk. Yogurt is made of pure milk and fermented by lactic acid bacteria. Lactic acid bacteria break down some lactose into lactic acid, so yogurt is sour and easier to digest. Yogurt not only retains the nutritional value of milk, but also contains probiotics, which has more health benefits than milk.
All the above are theoretical analysis. Besides theoretical analysis, serious scholars should also do specific human research. For example, scientists in the United States and Japan have studied the effect of drinking yogurt on patients with hypertension. Let's take a look at the results.
A study by the University of Minnesota shows that people who drink yogurt regularly for a long time have a lower risk of getting high blood pressure. The researchers analyzed the diets of 2 volunteers and followed them for 15 years. It was found that drinking yogurt regularly could reduce the risk of hypertension by 31%. The researchers analyzed that the effect of yogurt on preventing hypertension may be related to its rich calcium, but a Japanese study suggested that the effect of yogurt on hypertension may be much more complicated.
this study from Japan shows that the systolic blood pressure of hypertensive patients who don't drink yogurt starts to drink yogurt every day for 12 weeks, and the average systolic blood pressure drops by 5~7mmHg. At the same time, the blood pressure of hypertensive patients who drink the same amount of L ordinary milk every day has no obvious change. The calcium content of milk and yogurt is similar. If the blood pressure is lowered because of calcium, then drinking milk should also have the effect of lowering blood pressure. However, the research results show that drinking milk is not as effective as drinking yogurt. Obviously, the effect of yogurt on lowering blood pressure is more complicated.
In any case, patients with hypertension can drink yogurt in moderation, which is good for stabilizing blood pressure. What's more, it can also supplement high-quality protein and calcium, and probiotics can also help improve intestinal and immune functions. Of course, yogurt has limited antihypertensive effect and cannot replace antihypertensive drugs.
PS: When drinking yogurt, you must drink sugar-free yogurt. Yogurt with sugar is likely to do harm to your health.