Milk, soy milk and porridge, which one is better for breakfast?

A netizen asked: My son just started elementary school this year. I thought that since he is in the period of growth now, he should have more nutrition for breakfast.

So I want to ask, is it better to give children milk or soy milk for breakfast? How about traditional white porridge? Which breakfast is suitable for adults at home?

Let’s talk about soy milk first.

Soy milk is low in fat and cholesterol 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.

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

The soy isoflavones in soy milk have a bidirectional regulating effect on estrogen, 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 its greater advantage is its calcium content, which is higher than that of ordinary foods.

Milk also contains nutrients such as lactose and high-quality protein that promote calcium absorption. Therefore, the calcium absorption rate of milk is far better than other foods and is very suitable for children in their developmental period.

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 eat it every now and then. Moreover, soy products and milk, these two are best eaten 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. Drinking only white porridge is difficult to meet the needs of the human body.

Therefore, if you want to drink porridge for breakfast, it is best to add some "ingredients" and cook it into lean meat porridge, boat porridge, multi-grain porridge, etc., or add some side dishes such as meat, eggs, and vegetables.