Today milk has become an integral product in the diet of every person. And this is not strange, because it contains a large amount of nutrients, especially 5 vitamins: B9, B6, B2, B7, C and 15 minerals.
For many, it is a well-known fact that Cleopatra washed herself with milk every day. After such cosmetic procedures, her skin became silky and soft. The wayward Poppaea, who was Nero's second wife, also used milk every day. She took baths with the milk of 500 donkeys. As you know, Poppea's skin was smooth and soft. Julius Caesar was also convinced that the Germans and Celts became great just because they ate meat and drank milk.
According to sociologists, in the countries where milk is most consumed, people win more Nobel Prizes. In addition, according to research by the American BBC, kids who drink a lot of milk in childhood grow taller.
1. Ancient fossil remains of a domesticated cow date back to the 8th millennium BC. Thus, humans have been drinking cow's milk for over 10,000 years.
2. Many ancient cultures, such as the Celts, Romans, Egyptians, Indians and Mongols, included milk in their own meals. They even sang him in myths and legends. Historical data have reached the present moment that these peoples considered milk a useful product and called it "food of the gods."
3. Due to the fact that the shares of the udder of a cow do not converge with each other, the composition of milk that is obtained from different teats of the same cow does not match.
4. Milk contains almost 90% water. At the same time, it contains about 80 useful substances. With the process of ultra-pasteurization of milk, potassium, calcium, magnesium and vitamins are saved without changing.
5. The cow gives milk to feed the newborn calf. After the cow has calved, she gives milk for the next 10 months, and then inseminates again. This process is constantly repeated.
6. Every year the population on Earth drinks 580 million liters of milk, which is 1.5 million liters per day. To achieve this amount, approximately 105,000 cows need to be milked every day.
7. Camel milk does not have the ability to curdle and is more easily absorbed in the human body with lactose intolerance. This type of milk is popular among desert dwellers.
8. Cow's milk contains 300 times more casein than human milk.
9. To prevent milk from sour, in ancient times a frog was placed in it. The skin secretions of this creature have antimicrobial properties and inhibit the spread of bacteria.
10. Useful properties of milk discovered by scientists from the University of Adelaide. As it turned out, milk protein affects fungal diseases of vegetation no less than a chemical fungicide. This concerns the disease of grapes with mildew.
11. According to the Greeks, the Milky Way originated from the drops of breast milk of the goddess Hera, which came to heaven at the time of feeding the infant Hercules.
12. Milk is considered a self-sufficient food product. Contrary to many opinions, milk is food, not drink. The people say: "eat milk."
13. According to statistics, the most milk is drunk in Finland.
14. The protein in cow's milk binds toxins in the body. That is why, until now, people whose work is associated with hazardous production receive milk free of charge.
15. Milk is a product for long-livers. When long-liver Mejid Agayev from Azerbaijan lived for more than 100 years, he was asked what he eats and he listed feta cheese, milk, yogurt and vegetables.
16. The world produces over 400 million tons of milk annually. Each cow produces between 11 and 23 liters, averaging about 90 cups per day. As a result, it turns out that on average a cow produces 200,000 glasses of milk throughout its entire life.
17. In Brussels, in honor of the International Day of Milk, milk comes out of the Manneken Pis fountain instead of ordinary water.
18. In Spain, chocolate milk has become a popular breakfast drink.
19. In the 1960s, it was possible to develop a continuous ultra-pasteurization process for milk, as well as Tetra Pak (aseptic packaging systems), which made it possible to extend the shelf life of milk.
20. To obtain 1 kilogram of natural butter, 21 liters of milk are required. A kilogram of cheese is made from 10 liters of milk.
21. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, milk was considered a source of TB infection in humans. It was pasteurization of this product that allowed to stop the spread of tuberculosis through milk.
22. Lenin wrote letters from prison with milk. The milk became invisible at the moment of drying. The text could only be read by heating a sheet of paper over a candle flame.
23. Milk turns sour during a thunderstorm. This is due to the long-wave electromagnetic pulses that can get into any substance.
24. Today, less than 50% of adults drink milk. The rest of the people are lactose intolerant. In the Neolithic era, adults were also basically unable to drink milk. Nor did they have the gene that was responsible for the assimilation of lactose. It arose only over time due to a genetic mutation.
25. Goat's milk can be destroyed at the time of digestion in an average of 20 minutes, and cow's milk only after an hour.
26. Ayurvedic medicine has classified milk as a "moon food". This suggests that milk is allowed to drink only in the evening, after the moon has risen and 30 minutes before bedtime.
27. The digestibility of milk in the human body is 98%.
28. International Milk Day is officially celebrated on June 1st.
29. Some countries are famous for the fact that the price of milk there is more expensive than gasoline.
30. Milk of walruses and seals is considered the most nutritious among all other species, because it contains more than 50% fats. Whale milk is also considered quite nutritious, as it contains slightly less than 50% fat.
