Organic Milk Can Greatly Help Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer, And Chronic Diseases

Besides the highest level of safety compared to that of other types of milk available on market, organic milk is also claimed to better preserve the nutrition in milk (calcium, protein, minerals, fibers, DHA, vitamin D, B2, and B12, glutathione, etc) and also provide essentially high amount of antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acid – greatly help to reduce risks of dangerous diseases related to cardiovascular, cancer, and chronic diseases.

 

1. Understanding organic milk:

Just like the rising popularity for organic consumption, organic milk is now a popular choice for its richness in nutrition, deliciousness and most importantly, the highest safety that milk conventionally produced is inferior to.

Amongst many marvelous benefits organic milk offers, there are the 3 most essential benefits accounting for the rising popularity of organic milk:

✔ High safety thanks to organic origin: the complete farming process from raising livestock to milk processing resort to only organic ingredients from nature

✔ Highly rich in beneficial nutritions: besides the  better preserved the nutrition of calcium, protein, minerals, fibers, DHA, vitamin D, B2, and B12, glutathione, etc, the high amount of antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acid claimed to be essential to prevent dangerous diseases

✔ Original, organic flavor from nature: organic milk life-long enjoyers worldwide all claim organic milk’s delicious full-creamy flavor and especially the thick, rich texture. 

As well as other organic agriculture products, organic milk must technically meet these 3 essential requirements to be claimed organically sourced:

• No use of artificial chemical substances (pesticides, chemical fertilizers, preservatives, colorants, artificial sweeteners, MSG, etc.)
• No use of growth hormones
• No use of antibiotics and GMO

 

2. Organic milk and its essential health benefits:

2.1 High amount of antioxidants to prevent dangerous diseases:

Simply explained, antioxidants are substances fighting back the free radicals causing stressed oxidization when largely accumulated – the process that destroys DNA and other important structures in our body, resulting to dangerous disease such as cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, etc.

The study “Milk and Dairy Foods: Their Functionality in Human Health and Disease” published on ScienceDirect in 2020 claims that, organic milk essentially bring one fundamental benefits that conventionally produced milk lacks – the high amount of antioxidants which greatly help to resolve the stressed/imbalanced oxidization – caused by free radicals being produced much faster than the antioxidants within our body as a result of unhealthy lifestyle and living environment in this day and age, particularly:

• Prolonged stress
• Air pollution
• Smoking inhalation
• Over-consumption of alcoholics
• Hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar/glucose level)

Some important antioxidants derived from the consumption of organic milk and their related health benefits are:

• Carotenoids (converted to vitamin A in body): prevent skin cancer, lungs cancer, and, osteoporosis;
• Selenium: prevent popular cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis, and plaque in arteries; and cancer of breast, lungs, colon, and prostate;
• Vitamin E: protect skin health generally and enhance mind’s functionality.

 

Especially, organic whole milk with higher level of healthy fat (3.25-3.5%) compared to other kinds of milk (conventional UHT milk of 2%, semi-skimmed milk of 1%, and skimmed milk of below 0.5%), is scientifically claimed to greatly help our brain to produce more glutathione – substance that prevent aging process as a whole and related diseases due to body’s degradation such as cancer, arthritis, decreased sanity, forgetfulness, Parkinson’s, impaired visual, decreased immunity, etc.

2.2. High amount omega-3 fatty acid to prevent chronic diseases:

The US’s National Center for Health Statistics defines chronic diseases as diseases that last for long time, from 3 months to more than 1 year, and cannot be prevented by vaccination, cannot be self-healed, and cannot be cured by medical treatment. Chronic diseases develop according to patients’ health condition and the patients have to cope with the diseases with proper measures daily.

Most common chronic diseases to mention are cancer, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, impaired oral health, asthma, and depression.

The cause of chronic diseases is largely due to the unhealthy habits and behaviours in our lifestyles, especially smoking, lack of physical workout, and unhealthy daily diets with poor nutrition.

The study “Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study”, published on US’s National Library of Medicine on 2013 has claimed that organic milk results in the significantly higher level of omega-3 fatty acid of 62% and lower level of omega-6 of 25% – which substantially reduces the counterbalance of fatty acid omega-6 to omega-3 ratio to 2.28 (the ordinary ratio is 5.77). Even though both types of fatty acids are necessary for health, the reduction in the counterbalance of fatty acid omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is fundamentally needed to generally lower the risk of chronic diseases.

 

Reference:

• National Library of Medicine (US) – “Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study”: https://bit.ly/3yxPLsk
• ScienceDirect – Organic milk – “Does it confer health benefits?”: https://bit.ly/3yuRdf0
• VinMec – “Chất chống oxy hóa được giải thích trong các thuật ngữ đơn giản”: https://bit.ly/3xySxfH
• VinMec – “Thế nào là bệnh mãn tính?”: https://bit.ly/3xyduY5
• NBC News – “Yep, organic milk really is better for you than regular milk”: https://nbcnews.to/3cKu66Q
• NaSol – “Lợi ích sức khỏe của Selenium“: https://bit.ly/3gwfiLu
• NaSol – “Lợi ích của Carotenoids“: https://bit.ly/3gADiNE