in many parts of the world, goat milk is preferable to the cow. Even in the United States, goat is gaining popularity. Goats eat less and take up less space, they don't need the big pasture, and goat milk can provide completely average family. Goat milk is more easily usvoâemym and less allergenic than cow. Let's see what goat milk has won a good reputation. Compare these two types of milk in content of nutrients.
Fats. Goat's milk contains about 10 grams of fat per cup compared to 8 to 9 grams in whole cow's milk. It is much easier to find skim cow milk varieties than buy skimmed goat's milk. Unlike cow's milk, goat's milk does not contain agglutinins. As a result the fat globules in goat's milk are not glued together, which makes them more easily assimilated. Like cow's milk, goat's milk has a low content of essential fatty acids. However, goat milk, reportedly contain more essential fatty acids linoleic and arachidonic, in addition to a higher proportion of unsaturated and medium chain fatty acids. They are more easily digested by intestinal enzymes.
Proteins. Goat milk protein under the action of stomach acid to form a soft curd clot, causing proteins are digested easier and faster. Theoretically, the more rapid transit through the stomach can be an advantage for infants and children who do not perceive the cow's milk. Goat's milk can also have advantages when it comes to allergies. It contains only trace amounts of allergennogo protein Alpha-S1-casein, which is present in cow's milk. Goat milk is more like a human, but cow's and goat's milk contain similar levels of allergennogo protein beta-lactoglobulin. Scientific studies have not found reducing morbidity allergies in infants fed with goat's milk. But in practice, the observation mothers and research data are contradictory. Some mothers are confident that their child carries goat milk better. I think that the mother more objectively to the reaction of children than scientific research.
Lactose. Goat's milk contains slightly less lactose (4.1% vs. 4.7% in cow's milk). This argument can be important for people with lactose intolerance.
Mineral substances. Although the content of mineral veŝestvv goat's and cow's milk, usually similar, goat milk contains 13% more calcium, 25% more vitamin B-6, at 47% more vitamin a, 134% more potassium, and three times more niacin. In addition, the goat milk in four times as much copper. Goat milk also contains 27% more antioxidant selenium than cow's milk.
Vitamins. Cow's milk contains five times more vitamin B-12 than goat's milk and ten times more folic acid-12 micrograms per cow compared to 1 micrograms per goat. Daily dose of folic acid for children is 75-100 micrograms. Many popular commercial firms producing breast milk substitutes and mixtures based on powdered goat's milk for infants and toddlers enrich their folic acid. On the packaging of such goods a mark: "Enriched with folic acid".