Which one is better for breakfast, milk, soy milk or porridge?

A netizen asked: My son just entered elementary school this year, and I thought that now is the time to grow, so he should have more nutrition in his breakfast.

So I want to ask, is it better to give children milk or soy milk for breakfast? How about traditional white porridge? What kind of breakfast is suitable for the adults in the family?

Let’s talk about soy milk first.

Soy milk has very low fat and cholesterol content and is suitable for people with obesity and high blood lipids.

It is rich in easily digestible high-quality plant protein, as well as nutrients such as iron, soy lecithin and alpha-linolenic acid.

Alpha-linolenic acid is an essential fatty acid for the human body. It has brain-building and intelligence-improving effects on children, and helps regulate blood lipids in middle-aged and elderly people.

The soy isoflavones in soy milk have the effect of regulating estrogen in both directions, which can reduce the risk of some cancers and is very beneficial to women.

Let’s talk about milk.

Milk not only provides high-quality protein, but also has a greater advantage in calcium content, which is higher than ordinary food.

Milk also contains lactose, high-quality protein and other nutrients that promote calcium absorption. Therefore, the calcium absorption rate of milk is much better than other foods, making it very suitable for developing children.

To put it bluntly, milk and soy milk actually have their own advantages. For example, milk is high in calcium but low in iron; soy milk is high in iron but low in calcium, so they cannot be substituted or simply compared with each other.

Therefore, it is recommended that you change your food every now and then. Moreover, it is best to eat enough soy products and milk in three meals a day~

As for white porridge, its nutrition is relatively simple, mainly starch, and A small amount of protein and B vitamins. Just drinking white porridge is difficult to meet the needs of the human body.

Therefore, if you want to have porridge for breakfast, it is best to add some "stuff" and cook it into lean meat porridge, boat porridge, multigrain porridge, etc., or add some meat, eggs, Side dishes such as vegetables.

This article is jointly produced by "Chinese Family Doctor" magazine & Popular Science China