Did you know that milk and other dairy products provide you with many health benefits and nutrients? When people have a diet that includes milk and other products, the products help to build bone mass and to maintain that bone mass to prevent osteoporois. As a child, you need milk to grow healthy bone and adults need milk to maintain bone mass. Also, people who have milk products in their diets tend to have a higher nutrient level overall. Calcium (which is found in milk and other products) is used for the development of bones and teeth/ maintaining bone mass. Potassium helps to maintain healthy blood pressure and products like yogurt and milk itself contain potassium. Vitamin D helps the body to have the right amount of calcium and phosphorous, and by doing that it is helping to build and maintain bones. Milk that has vitamin D is a good source of vitamin D. Other sources of vitamin D are yogurt and ready-to-eat cereals. Now, everytime you drink milk, you can think of all the great benefits you are getting!
Have you ever had a Junior Mint before? With the semi-sweet chocolate and the minty center that oozes out when you bite into that delicious morsel! Sometimes, it is hard just to stop eating them because they are so delicious. But, Junior Mints contain soya lecithin which is an emulsifier. This ingredient is a product of soybean processing. Soy lecithin is a material that helps stimulate sturdiness in butter and to keep a shape to dressings and other creamy foods. Also, this product is used in chocolates and coatings so that it does not spatter as much when searing. Studies done by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated that this emulsifier is safe to eat by people who by products containing this ingredient. But, did you know that soy lecithin can be used for many other purposes? This includes pharmaceutical and cosmetic purposes. Furthermore, it can be used in many industrial purposes like paints, textiles, lubricants, and waxes. Isn't that disgusting?!.........Even though soya lecithin does not exactly sound healthy after all of that information, it does have many health benefits. This product has three types of phospholipids that include phosphotidycholine, phosphatidylethanolamin, and phosphotidylinositol. These chemicals contain choline, which is a compound. Choline is necessary to every single cell in your entire body and it is one of the dominant element in the cell membrane and soya lecithin is a excellent source of choline. Even though Junior Mints have some pretty disgusting ingredients, they are still chocolatey and creamy goodness with an extra amount of choline to keep your cells happy!
