Goat's milk, like cow's milk, belongs to a group of casein-containing foods. But unlike cow's milk, it practically does not contain alpha-1s-casein, and this substance very often causes an allergy to dairy products. In addition, goat's milk has a lot of medicinal properties.
Goat Milk Composition
Goat's milk shows its useful properties, thanks to its composition. The latter can change, as many factors influence its formation, such as the conditions of feeding and keeping the animal, its health status and age, breed and lactation period. But even under the simplest conditions, such milk contains much more minerals and nutrients than cow's milk.
In the composition of goat's milk there are 40 biological components that are necessary for the human body for normal life. The most significant of them are:
- phosphorus;
- enzymes;
- potassium;
- copper;
- sodium;
- manganese;
- calcium;
- iron;
- magnesium;
- ascorbic acid;
- retinol (vitamin A);
- riboflavin (vitamin B2);
- thiamine (vitamin B1);
- cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).
Goat's milk contains more chlorine and silicon than the milk of any other livestock.
Useful properties of goat's milk
The taste of goat's milk is milder than that of cow's milk. But, in addition to excellent taste characteristics, it has a lot of medicinal properties. Goat's milk is an excellent prevention of oncological diseases, since it contains a huge amount of beta-carotene (provitamin A). In addition, such milk is a product that normalizes metabolism and prevents colds. Promotes the milk of goats and improves blood circulation, increases male potency and speeds up the process of organ regeneration.
Fresh goat milk has bactericidal properties. Thanks to this, it can be kept fresh for a long time. In the refrigerator it is stored for more than a week, and at room temperature it does not sour for 48 hours. Such a natural medicine is often used in the complex treatment of colds, ear infections and eczema even in children.
The curative properties of goat's milk are also in the fact that it does not create an additional burden on the human liver, because it has less homogenized fats. Also this kind of milk has the ability to normalize the state of the gastrointestinal tract, so it can be drunk with constipation.
Goat's milk shows medicinal properties and diseases of the cardiovascular system . People who have problems in this area need to drink such milk, because it contains a lot of potassium, which is needed for the normal contraction of the heart muscles.
Traditional medicine recommends daily use of goat's milk, because its properties include improving immunity. But besides this, if you regularly include it in your diet, you can forget about the existence of anemia, insomnia, allergies and migraines. Well, it goes without saying that in goat's milk, as in cow's milk, there is a lot of calcium, that is, this product is necessary for strengthening bones.
Contraindications to the use of goat milk
Goat's milk significantly increases hemoglobin , so for those who have too much blood, it is better not to drink it or, if used, dilute it with water 1 to 1.
Also it is not recommended to use goat's milk because of the high fat content of this product to people:
- with diseases of the pancreas;
- sitting on a very strict diet;
- with low cholesterol.