Interesting facts about Milk

Life Hack:

• You can keep the milk fresher for longer time by adding a pinch of salt to each quart.

Production:

• Most cows give more milk while listening to music.
• Dairy cows give over 90% of the entire milk supply on the planet.
• A farmer can milk about 6 cows per hour.
• A cow gives about 90 glasses of milk per day.

Law:

• In the state of Utah, it is illegal to not drink milk.

Medical:

• Milk is better than water to cool your mouth after eating spicy food as it has a protein, casein that cleanses burning taste buds.
• Milk has moisturizing fats that may help in decreasing redness from sunburn or to decrease some of the dryness and itching caused by skin conditions such as xerosis or eczema.
• Natural yellow color of butter is due to beta-carotene found in the grass the cows graze on.
• An 8-ounce glass of milk gives the same amount of calcium as one-fourth cup of broccoli, seven oranges or six slices of wheat bread.
• Lactose, the form of sugar found in milk, is often difficult to deal with by the stomach.
• Milk is helpful in reducing acidity level in mouth and fights with plaque formation.
• Many people are allergic to milk, so the alternative is soy milk.

Miscellaneous:

• Yak’s milk is pink in color.
• June is official National Dairy Month.