It is not necessary to follow the old grandma’s advice and drink milk with a cold. Scientists have shown that it worsens the symptoms of the disease.
If Russia is traditionally the time to drink hot milk while cold, and on the West, by contrast, dairy products are not recommended for colds, until recently, she and the other point of view has not been confirmed scientifically. And now for the first time a study has shown that drinking milk during a cold really worsens the symptoms. Especially in patients who have already noted excess mucus. The authors of a study published in the journal Laryngoscope, were themselves surprised with the results because he believed that, too, is easily refuted speculation about the harmful effects of milk on the symptoms of the common cold.
Moreover, in previous research papers of the link between milk and cold. But the results of this experiment proved to be more than convincing. The mucus produced by the cells in the nose, sinuses and lungs, it consists of water, salts and proteins, all of which must prevent the penetration into the body of bacteria and dirt. In the mucus contains antibacterial enzymes, which should kill the bacteria and protect us from various infections, including colds. From the nasal passages, the mucus moves back to the throat due to the impact of microscopic hairs if swallowed. However, the excess mucus, usually caused by infections or allergies means constant contact with the back of the throat. All this causes a cough, sore throat and characteristic hoarseness.
Note that almost 1000 years ago, a Jewish physician Moses Maimonides wrote that milk worsens colds. Since in Western countries, doctors have traditionally not recommended to drink milk with a cold, and in Russia, on the contrary, the hot milk constantly given to children who have a fever and needed in strengthening the immune system. (READ MORE)