Nutritional Value of Milk.

Milk: Sources, Kinds, and Benefits.

Milk is the first food for humans, and it is seen as the
only richest natural food in terms of the nutritional
elements the body needs. Similarly, it provides many
of the nutritional elements necessary for the growth
and maintenance of the human body, in adequate
amounts.
The human body is in need of milk and its properties
throughout their life as it is useful for all ages and
groups.

Milk Sources:

Milk can be obtained from many different sources,
such as goats, cattle, buffalos, and camels; yet, the
cow milk is the most popular.
Whatever the milk source is, it is greatly similar in
terms of properties; however, the proportions of the
nutritional elements slightly vary from one source to
another.

Milk Types:

Dried Milk: 

The
fresh milk is evaporated to dryness by
manufacturing process while maintaining most of the
nutritional elements the fresh milk holds, and with the
same proportions. Still, some vitamins and key
minerals may be added to the dried milk such as
vitamin D.
The dried or powered milk is available as full-fat dry
milk with 6-9 month shelf life, or fat-free with two-
year shelf life. Having opened the pack, you should
store the dried milk in cool, dry place, as well as
protecting it against moisture and sun beams.

Long-Term Milk:

The fresh milk is exposed to a high temperature to
have it pasteurized, and then it is packed in
specially-made packs. The expiry term of that type of
milk reaches as many as six months, before it is used
outside the refrigerator. After it is used, the pack
should be stored in the refrigerator and be used
within a week's time.

Fresh Milk:

After the milk is milked and collected, it is
pasteurized, and then it is stored cool. It should be
stored since the beginning of the production until its
expiration which does not go beyond a week as it is
spoiled fast.

Domestic Condensed Milk:

Great amounts of sugar are added to the pasteurized
fresh milk haveits form condensed. It is rich in fats or
milk cream, and it is not considered one of the useful
milk types, or one of the milk substitutes. It holds a
great deal of sugar and calories. It is used in the
dessert ingredients, and it is stored in a cool, dry
place. It has 12-month shelf life.

Milk, Yoghurt, and Hard White Cheese:

They are products made of fresh milk; hence,
they have the same milk composition. They also
contain the same nutritional elements, but they differ
in terms of the amounts of yeast and water.
If these products contain flavors such as strawberry
or chocolate flavor, the proportion of calories only
increases without any change in the other properties;
providing these additives arewithin the allowed
proportions.

Creamy Cheese, cream, butter, ice cream,
and Labneh:

They are other products derived from milk, and they
are fat substitutes. They are manufactured from the
milk fats with little amount of milk. They are not milk
substitutes, and they cannot replace it.

Milk Health Benefits:

1.Building and Maintaining bone and teeth.
2.Preventing cardiac diseases
Keeping the blood pressure at a normal rate.
3. Protecting against some types of cancer such as
colon cancer.
4.Diminishing the likelihood of developing the
diabetes.
5.Keeping and improving the performance of the
nerve system.
6. Helping in growth
Improving the digestion process.
7.Boosting the immurnity.
8.Protecting the eyesight.
9.Maintaining the skin, hair, and delicate
membranes.
10.Treating the dehydration.
11.Providing the body with energy.