Can Malt And Milk Give You Blood? Nigerian Doctor Explains
By Chinonso Egemba
A Nigerian doctor by name Olufunmilayo decided to break the myth concerning the practice among Nigerians taking a Malt and Milk drink in the hopes that it will help replenish their blood levels.
Is there any truth to this?
It all started when a random twitter user by name Accidental Engineer posted a picture of a tin of peak milk and Maltina with the caption “Sco Pa Tu Manaa” to which Doctor Olufunmilayo quoted, saying
“THIS IS NOT A BLOOD TONIC. It is a myth and a lie. There’s no truth to it. AT ALL.”
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He further went in the thread to explain an Explanation
“Okay let’s analyse this a bit further. Let’s look at the content list for Peak Milk and Maltina. I just took a picture of Peak Milk tin in my kitchen and downloaded an internet page on the contents of Maltina”
“let’s look at what they contain, Look at the following images.”
The Doctor Continued , “So according to that image, Each 100g of Peak Milk contains 28.3g of Fat (of which 19g is “saturated fat” which is actually bad fat- very bad medically for your heart). 37.1g carbohydrates. 25g protein. 506 kilocalories of energy.”
Analysing the Nutritional Contents further, The Doctor tweeted , “And the rest are salt, vitamin A and D , So essentially Peak Milk is mainly fats, carbohydrates and protein.”
“Blood tonics” need to be rich in IRON- that is easily absorbable by the body- because this is what your body needs and uses to make blood! And unfortunately, Peak Milk has NONE of that. There is NO Iron in it.”
Still Speaking, “So what am I saying in essence, for ANYTHING to give you blood or help you build blood- it has to be a rich source of IRON- because that’s what your body needs to build blood.”
“That’s why when your blood is low, doctors give you IRON Sulfate capsules which you take for it.”
“ANYTHING that would be considered a “blood tonic” MUST BE a rich source of Iron.”
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“Look at these images of actual blood tonics and see that they are ALL rich sources of Iron and that is stated on the pack. IF something is NOT rich in Iron, it can NOT give blood.”
“Does that make sense so far? IF it is NOT rich in Iron, it cannot help you to build Hemoglobin and Red Blood Cells- which is essentially what you need to “build blood”. Do you understand? ”
Doctor Olufunmilayo made a startling revelation about ugu Leaves .
“But what about Ugu ( Pumpkin leaves) and Milk”? He started.
Pumpkin leaves
The doctor was of the opinion that this combination is a Blood tonic and he went ahead to give reasons.
“It works. Not because of the Milk but because of the Ugu. t is the same principle- Ugu is known as Pumpkin. Pumpkin is actually rich in Iron. And of course Iron helps to build blood as I said earlier.”
“Ugwu is known to contain high level of Iron actually. So definitely Ugwu can help you build your blood.”
“Infact, the Igbos have used Ugwu as natural blood tonic for centuries. And they are right on that. That’s NO myth.”
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