What are the benefits of drinking milk? Of course, the price of one liter of milk has become Rs 73, but you should not stop drinking milk because its consumption provides many health benefits. Drinking milk daily helps in strengthening teeth and bones, strengthening muscles, reducing weight, controlling blood pressure, keeping the heart healthy, strengthening the immune system, etc.
The problem is that it has become difficult to get pure milk these days. Milk is being adulterated. Dangerous substances like urea are being mixed in milk. Obviously, drinking fake milk can cause serious damage to health. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FASA), the organization that checks the quality of food items in the country, has made a provision to check the quality of milk.FSSAI) told a method by which you can check whether the milk is real or fake.
Dangerous urea is mixed in milk
Adulteration of milk with urea means adding a nitrogenous substance called urea to milk. This adulteration is done to show more protein content in milk. The surprising thing is that this work is done so meticulously that it becomes difficult to identify real milk.
Why is urea added to milk?
The main reason for adding urea to milk is economic benefit. By adding urea, milk traders can increase the amount of nitrogen in milk, which often increases the protein level. For this reason, milk vendors mix water in milk and sell more milk and earn huge profits. Because adding urea makes the amount of protein appear to be more, but in reality the quality of milk decreases.
How dangerous is urea for health?
Drinking milk contaminated with urea can cause immediate health damage, such as:
- Nausea and vomiting: Urea can irritate the inner lining of the stomach, causing nausea and vomiting.
- Diarrhea: Urea can irritate the digestive system, causing diarrhea and dehydration.
Urea causes serious damage to health
If urea-mixed milk is consumed for a long time, it can cause serious health problems, such as:
- Kidney failure: Urea is a waste product from the body that the kidneys filter out from the blood. Excessive amounts of urea can put pressure on the kidneys, leading to kidney failure.
- Liver damage: The liver breaks down many things in the body, including urea. Excess urea can damage the liver and impair its functioning.
- Reproductive problems: Studies have shown that high exposure to urea can affect fertility, especially in children and pregnant women.
Who is more at risk from adulteration of milk with urea?
The harmful effects of urea-contaminated milk are more severe on some people, such as:
Infants and children: Their bodies are still developing, so they are more sensitive to the toxins present in milk. Also, milk is the main food to meet their nutritional needs.
Elderly: Their kidneys and liver may already be weakened, making the damage caused by urea even more severe.
Pregnant women: The harmful elements present in milk can affect the pregnant woman as well as the baby growing in her womb.
How to identify urea in milk?
- Put one teaspoon of milk in a test tube.
- Add half a teaspoon of soybean or tur dal powder to it
- Mix the test tube by shaking it well
- wait 5 minutes
- put red litmus paper in it
- Wait half a minute
- After this take out the red litmus paper from it
- If the milk is pure, the colour of the red litmus paper will not change
- If the color of the red litmus paper turns blue then understand that the milk is adulterated
Disclaimer: This article is for general information only. It cannot in any way be a substitute for any medicine or treatment. Always consult your doctor for more information.
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