Drinking Milk Apart from Cows, Can Make Short-bodied Children
Drinking Milk Apart from Cows, Can Make Short-bodied Children
Lately, new types of milk have sprung up. Starting from almond milk that is being hits to rice milk. For children who don't like cow's milk, there are other alternatives, namely soy milk.
All types of milk do have good ingredients for the body. But a recent study found that children who drink almond milk, soy milk and rice milk have shorter bodies than those who drink cow's milk.
Study leader, Dr. Jonathon Maguire said that 3-year-olds who drank three cups of non-cow milk a day were 1.5 cm shorter than children who drank cow's milk.
Reporting from Reader's Digest, the study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the study, researchers tested 5,043 children from Canada with a age range of two to six years (51 percent were men). 5 percent of these children only drink non-cow milk, 84 percent only drink cow's milk, 8 percent drink all types of milk and 3 percent don't drink any milk.
The researchers were surprised by the results, that the amount of growth was less affected by how much milk was consumed. "Children who drink non-cow milk, on average, grow smaller and shorter," Dr. Maguire told CNN.
Researchers do not yet know whether the lack of growth in children will last until they are adults. Generally shorter children will match the height of children who drink cow's milk when they grow up. Only time can prove it. But it has been proven that children who have a certain high percentage will remain at the same percentage to adulthood.
There are other ways to maximize children's growth. Recent research suggests serving cow's milk with eggs. Researchers from Washington University found that eggs significantly increased growth rates and reduced stunting to 47 percent in infants.
The study was published in the journal Pediatrics. Lora Iannotti, research leader said that affordable and easily processed eggs have the potential to reduce stunting throughout the world. The study involved children aged six to nine months. Some children are given one egg a day for six months, while other children are not given eggs. The amount of less weight in egg-eating children decreased 74 percent.
Lately, new types of milk have sprung up. Starting from almond milk that is being hits to rice milk. For children who don't like cow's milk, there are other alternatives, namely soy milk.
All types of milk do have good ingredients for the body. But a recent study found that children who drink almond milk, soy milk and rice milk have shorter bodies than those who drink cow's milk.
Study leader, Dr. Jonathon Maguire said that 3-year-olds who drank three cups of non-cow milk a day were 1.5 cm shorter than children who drank cow's milk.
Reporting from Reader's Digest, the study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the study, researchers tested 5,043 children from Canada with a age range of two to six years (51 percent were men). 5 percent of these children only drink non-cow milk, 84 percent only drink cow's milk, 8 percent drink all types of milk and 3 percent don't drink any milk.
The researchers were surprised by the results, that the amount of growth was less affected by how much milk was consumed. "Children who drink non-cow milk, on average, grow smaller and shorter," Dr. Maguire told CNN.
Researchers do not yet know whether the lack of growth in children will last until they are adults. Generally shorter children will match the height of children who drink cow's milk when they grow up. Only time can prove it. But it has been proven that children who have a certain high percentage will remain at the same percentage to adulthood.
There are other ways to maximize children's growth. Recent research suggests serving cow's milk with eggs. Researchers from Washington University found that eggs significantly increased growth rates and reduced stunting to 47 percent in infants.
The study was published in the journal Pediatrics. Lora Iannotti, research leader said that affordable and easily processed eggs have the potential to reduce stunting throughout the world. The study involved children aged six to nine months. Some children are given one egg a day for six months, while other children are not given eggs. The amount of less weight in egg-eating children decreased 74 percent.
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