Nutrient milk powder

Nutrient milk powder is neither a "universal supplement" that can cure all diseases, nor is it a marketing scam with a full IQ tax. It is essentially a formula product that is fortified with specific vitamins, minerals, and active nutrients based on ordinary milk powder. It is only useful for people with clear nutritional intake gaps and special dietary restrictions. Healthy people with a balanced diet do not need to purchase additional products.

A while ago, my sister followed the trend of live streaming and bought three cans of children's nutrient milk powder focusing on "replenishing DHA + calcium + lutein" for her nephew who has just entered the second grade. She said that drinking it will help her grow taller and prevent myopia, but it took her three months to do it. Child care, the doctor said that the baby can usually eat two bowls of rice every day, and the milk and eggs are not cut off, and the nutrition is enough. The extra sugar in this milk powder has made the baby weigh 3 pounds more than half a year ago. The remaining two cans are still collecting dust in my locker at home.

Don’t tell me, I used to think that this stuff was all marketed. Until last year, my grandma had a gastrectomy and she could only eat liquids for a week after the surgery. The doctor specially prescribed a complete nutritional milk powder for special medical purposes, which not only added small protein molecules that are easy to absorb, but also formulated with After comparing the iron, zinc, vitamin K and other ingredients suitable for post-operative patients, even the carbohydrates were of low-glycemic type. After half a month of drinking and rechecking, the originally low albumin returned to the normal range. That’s when I realized that this thing is really useful in the right scenario.

There are currently two factions arguing fiercely on the Internet. One side claims that nutrient milk powder charges an IQ tax, while the other side claims that drinking it can improve the immunity of the whole family. In fact, there is nothing wrong with both sides. The core thing is whether it is used for the right person. To put it bluntly, this is like an antipyretic. Taking it when you have a fever is to treat the disease, but taking it when your body temperature is normal is just looking for trouble. Clinically, three types of people are generally recommended to drink it: one is people like my grandma who have difficulty eating after surgery or during illness, or who have digestive and absorption disorders. ； One category is people who are lactose intolerant and cannot drink ordinary milk, or are vegetarians or picky eaters who have clear nutritional gaps. ； There are also pregnant women who are unable to eat due to severe pregnancy problems and children who are picky eaters during their growth period. These people do not consume enough nutrients in their diet. Drinking milk powder with corresponding fortified nutrients can indeed make up for the gap.

But if you usually eat three regular meals, including meat, eggs, milk, vegetables and fruits, and you still insist on buying milk powder that claims to "supplement 28 kinds of nutrients for anti-aging", then it is really a waste of money. When we were doing nutritional consultation, we saw many young girls who drank two cups of nutrient milk powder with collagen and nicotinamide every day for "beauty" and ate normally. As a result, they gained five pounds in a month. They didn't replenish much collagen, and the extra calories they consumed were piled up as fat. There are even more extreme cases. Some people think that the more supplements, the better. They drink high-dose vitamin D formula for a long time, and eventually they are diagnosed with vitamin D poisoning, which in turn damages the kidneys. After all, fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, E, and K cannot be excreted in the urine, so excessive supplementation can easily accumulate in the body and cause problems.

Many people ask me how to choose one if you really need it. In fact, there are not so many bells and whistles. First figure out what you are lacking: for example, you rarely get sunlight when you sit in an office, and you tend to have diarrhea when drinking ordinary milk, so you choose one with added VD and lactase. ； I often stay up late looking at my mobile phone and eat less vegetables. It’s okay to choose those with added lutein and B complex. The most important thing is to turn to the ingredient list and look at the first three ingredients. It must be a serious milk base such as raw milk or skimmed milk powder. If the first three ingredients are all white sugar, maltodextrin, and non-dairy creamer, then just pass it. It is better to buy a cup of milk tea and choose one with less sugar.

When I was preparing for the civil service exam last year, I went to the library every day and ate takeout. I couldn't even see a few vegetable leaves, so I bought a can of milk powder with added dietary fiber and B-complex nutrients. I made a cup of it in the morning as part of my breakfast. During that time, I didn't have many oral ulcers, and my constipation was much better. Later, I resumed cooking by myself after the exam, and I could eat enough vegetables, eggs, and milk every day, so I switched back to ordinary pure milk. After all, nutrient milk powder is almost twice as expensive as ordinary milk. There is really no need to spend this money when there is no gap.

To be honest, many of the controversies about products nowadays are not that the products themselves are bad, but that businesses always like to tout their usefulness in specific scenarios as a "miracle medicine" suitable for everyone. The same goes for nutritious milk powder. If you give it to people who need it, it is a very cost-effective nutritional supplement tool. If you sell it to people who don't need anything, isn't that an IQ tax?