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Raw Milk Health Risks: If you also swallow raw milk and eggs in the morning in order to build your body or gain weight, then be careful. Instead of making you healthy, this habit can take you straight to the hospital. Doctors have revealed that consumption of raw milk can cause fatal diseases like stomach TB.
Dehradun: Milk is considered a superfood for health because it contains almost all the nutrients necessary for the body. But do you know that the wrong way of drinking it can cause huge harm to you instead of benefit. Nowadays many people, especially the youth, like to drink raw milk mixed with egg to gain weight. But health experts have called it extremely dangerous. Drinking unboiled milk not only causes stomach upset, but it can also cause serious and incurable diseases like stomach TB.
Raw milk increases the risk of stomach TB
The most feared disease caused by raw milk is ‘Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis’. Dehradun’s TB and chest specialist Dr. Anurag Aggarwal says that like humans, cows and buffaloes can also get TB. If the milk of an infected cattle is drunk without boiling, then germs like ‘Mycobacterium bovis’ present in it directly attack the human intestines. Even today in rural areas, many people extract milk directly from cattle and drink it raw, which is like inviting this disease.
Unboiled milk contains not only TB but also dangerous bacteria like Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria. These bacteria enter the stomach and cause severe cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and food poisoning. If a person’s immunity is low, then these germs can also infect other parts of the body through blood. Health experts believe that taking raw egg and raw milk together puts a lot of pressure on the digestive system and liver, due to which the body gradually becomes weak from inside.
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It is necessary to boil milk
According to doctors, the safest way to drink milk is to boil it thoroughly. By boiling milk, all the harmful germs present in it are destroyed and it becomes safe to drink. Dr. Anurag Aggarwal told that even if someone gets stomach TB, there is no need to be afraid. Like lung TB, its treatment is also possible. If detected on time, it can be completely cured with a course of 6 to 12 months. But it is wise to always drink milk after heating or lukewarm it.
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