JAKARTA - Consuming milk regularly is recommended to be carried out by everyone with various ages, including those who are elderly or elderly. Currently, the milk trend for the elderly also continues to increase.
This is influenced by the increasing population of the elderly every year, including in Indonesia. By 2050, it is predicted that the number of elderly people will reach approximately 22 percent of the human population.
"The number of our elderly population continues to increase, where this year is around 12 percent, and later in 2050 it can be doubled, approximately 22 percent. Well, he will call it the 2050 population aging, so we get an increasing elderly bonus and the elderly milk trend will also increase," said Health Commissioner Kalbe Nutritionals, dr. Laurencia Ardi, MGizi, AIFOK, in the Thamrin area, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
Consumption in the elderly is very important, because it plays a role in maintaining bone and muscle health. This is because milk contains various important nutrients such as protein, vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus which are very good for bone and dental health.
The benefits of milk if consumed by the elderly are to maintain a strong bone and not chromopose. Eating milk can also help so that the elderly muscles do not shrink and interfere with the movement of the body.
"For the elderly, the goal is to maintain, how to prevent muscles from shrinking, bones from becoming chromopose, that's the goal (consumption of milk) for the elderly," he explained.
In choosing milk for the elderly, you must also pay close attention to other ingredients in it. Try to choose complete milk from protein, calcium, macronutrients and micronutrients, and not contain high sugar.
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"The sugar content must be considered. That's why it's normal to always buy something, especially food products such as milk reading the content on the back. We'll see how much sugar it contains, how much protein, carbohydrates, and fat, like that," said doctor Laurencia.
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