There is a belief that coffee with milk is not good for health. Moreover, it is believed that latte or cappuccino is even more harmful than black coffee.
Let's try to figure out what is true and what is not.
What is the reason?
It is believed that coffee blocks the absorption of calcium, which is contained in cow's milk.
But this is nothing more than another misconception, said Natalia Denisova, a candidate of medical sciences, nutritionist, and senior researcher at the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Biotechnology.
In an interview with Aif.ru, she said that drinking coffee with milk cannot cause harm to health.
Indeed, the availability of calcium decreases. But the body will not be left without this element, but will only receive a certain part, in comparison with drinking milk without coffee.
Just the facts
1. Coffee does not block the absorption of calcium, which comes from milk, as society likes to say.
2. Calcium will enter the body one way or another, since milk is a reliable, but not the only source of it.
If you are so concerned about this issue, you can include hard cheeses, canned fish, beans and peas, lentils, spinach and cabbage in your diet.
3. If you stick to a balanced and varied diet, then the problem of calcium deficiency does not threaten, even when drinking coffee with milk.
Warning
It is necessary to control the amount of coffee you drink. The norm is considered to be 3-4 cups a day.
You also need to reduce added sugar.
In this case, you don’t have to worry that latte or cappuccino will harm your health.
