Cow's or goat's milk is one of the first foods that a person gets to know after breast milk. People can consume milk of animal origin or soy throughout their lives. And in order for the drink to bring maximum health benefits, you need to know which product has the most benefits - goat's or cow's milk.
All over the world, goat milk is recognized as the most useful. Due to its low allergenicity and good digestibility, milk from goats is recommended for baby food. According to the legends and myths of Ancient Greece, the Thunderer Zeus himself was fed with goat's milk. And if we compare cow's milk with goat's milk in terms of the content of valuable substances, it becomes clear why the latter is more popular.
Benefits of goat milk
Any milk is valuable for its content of vitamins and minerals, however, in the product given by goats, there is more calcium, vitamin A, and more protein. And it has less cholesterol, although the calorie content will be lower in cow's milk. It has been proven that goat milk fats are better absorbed, it is digested faster and can be used for dietary, baby food. The digestibility of goat milk is due to the absence of agglutinins, which is why the fat globules in the product do not stick together. When injected into the stomach, the proteins of the product form delicate clots, which is why milk does not irritate the mucous membrane.
Goat milk can be used for pancreatitis, peptic ulcer diseases, diseases of the biliary tract. This dairy product is recommended for bronchial asthma, liver diseases, colitis, migraines, acute inflammation, depression. The medicinal properties of goat milk are explained by the use of plants with an astringent effect by animals. The drink can even stop bleeding.
Differences between cow and goat milk
Goat's milk contains more fat - about 10 g per glass, while cow's milk contains 8-9 g. It should be remembered that it is much easier to buy low-fat or non-fat cow's milk, while goat's milk is traditionally diluted with water.
Cow's milk has a little more lactose - 4.7%, and in goat's milk this parameter is 4.1%. Therefore, goat milk can be consumed by people with mild lactose intolerance. Most often, goat milk is recommended for those who are allergic to cow's milk. But we cannot talk about the complete hypoallergenicity of the product that goats give.
It has been established that in goat milk, compared to cow's milk, there is four times more copper, 134% more potassium. And also in the milk of goats there is more folic acid - 10 times, five times the content of vitamin B-12.
The uniqueness of goat milk is that this product has a milder taste than cow's milk. Fresh goat milk stays fresh longer due to its bactericidal properties, dairy animals are immune to tuberculosis, so their milk is used to treat this disease due to its antibodies.
