MILK BENEFITS FOR SKIN AND HEALTH

I love milk.
Since I was a baby I've been a very eager consumer of milk.
I love Nestle Dancow Full Cream Powdered Milk. I think it is the best taste ever. Hahahah...

Milk has so many benefits to our health. Milk is an animal product, whether it comes from Cows, Horses, or Goats. But amongst many of milk products, Goat milk is the ultimate one. Why? Researchers found out that Goat Milk contains high Calcium and Natrium, but low for fat and cholesterol levels. So, it is the best milk to consume, though its not really common to find in local market. Yes, it is a rare milk product. In my City, there's only Cow milk and soy milk available even in a Supermarket.

 Milk and milk products contain a good balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate and are a very important source of essential nutrients including:

• Calcium: Builds healthy bones and teeth; maintains bone mass
• Protein: Serves as a source of energy; builds/repairs muscle tissue
• Potassium: Helps maintain a healthy blood pressure
• Phosphorus: Helps strengthen bones and generate energy
• Vitamin D: Helps maintain bones
• Vitamin B12: Maintains healthy red blood cells and nerve tissue
• Vitamin A: Maintains the immune system; helps maintain normal vision and skin
• Riboflavin (B2): Converts food into energy
• Niacin: Metabolizes sugars and fatty acids

Source:  http://www.oprah.com/food/The-Health-Benefits-of-Milk

Milk products also contain ‘high quality proteins’ that are well suited to human needs. Milk proteins increase the value of poorer quality cereal and vegetable proteins in the diet by providing the amino acids these proteins lack.
Proteins in Milk could gain muscle mass. So, if you drink it as a daily routine, you'll get some advantages in muscle development. As I can say that we'll get a proportional body size but more weight as a result of muscle building.

Milk is not only gives benefit to our body, but it is a great skincare too.  

Here's some benefits of milk for our skin (Source : ehow.com)  :

1. Milk is an excellent facial cleanser. Just dip a cotton ball in raw milk and wipe clean your face with this cotton pad. Then rinse the face with fresh water. So start using raw milk in your beauty routine daily for squeaky clean and fresh skin.
2. Just apply raw milk over your face and neck. Allow it to dry for ten minutes. Afterwards, rinse your face with fresh water. You will notice a fairer and softer skin within minutes.
3. Take two tablespoons of milk, one tablespoon of honey and one tablespoon of lemon juice. Mix well and apply on clean skin. Leave this preparation to dry for ten minutes. This face pack is a mild bleach for your skin.
4. Blend raw milk with either gram flour or fuller’s earth and apply on your face to lighten the skin naturally. Milk is packed with the wonders of lactic acid, which helps in lighting the skin.
5. Mash half a banana and few spoons of raw milk to make a paste. Apply on clean and damp skin; leave it on for fifteen minutes. Wash the face with water. Milk and banana mask helps to smoothen out the fine lines and brings an incandescent glow to the face.
6. Milk can be a rescue to the sun burnt skin. Apply buttermilk directly on your skin to soothe and heal the suntan.
7. Milk can be rubbed on the scalp to nourish your hair from the inside out. Smear milk all over your scalp and wash off after few minutes. You will get soft and silky hair in a jiffy. This treatment is a boon to dry and rough hair.
8. Apply the mix of milk powder, almond oil and lemon juice on your face to lighten your skin tone.
9. Soak up almonds overnight in raw milk and grind in the morning. Apply this mask on your face and neck. Let your skin absorb the natural goodness of this nourishing mask. Use this mask regularly and get fair and smooth complexion naturally.
10. Take 2 slices of papaya with half a spoon of honey and one spoon of raw milk. Whip them well and apply on your face and neck. This face mask is very beneficial for easing out fine lines and wrinkles.
11. Daily consumption of milk is also very necessary to beautiful yourself naturally. Milk is bursting with the goodness of many vitamins, minerals and proteins, which beautify your skin internally. Regular intake of milk makes your skin fairer and radiant.

I used milk for a mask by applying some milk on facial cotton and put it all over my face for about 15-20 minutes, then rinse with water. It gaves a brighter and softer skin after I did it. It's became my beauty routine. I used Nestle Bear Brand canned milk.

If you doesn't like its scent or how it feels to your skin (because sometimes milk product is a little fishy), you can find many skincare product which contains milk extract combined with so many great ingredients too. I've copied some of the product from google (tehehe... I didn't have any) here :

I love milk as my basic beauty line because it gaves so many good results and my skin becames fairer and supple after I did milk facial care. It did works for me. But I don't think it could work for everybody (for example : I can't use honey because its break me up very bad), but it worth to try.

And, this is it. I'm happy to share. I'll do my basic milk facial again this evening.
Happy weekend all ^_^