Mike Ling， (Lingyun ) ,
Master of Clinical Medicine from Fudan University
Master of Molecular Immunology from Brown University
Nutrition Certification from Harvard University
Sports Artist | Yoga Ambassador | Practitioner of Plant-Based Diet
Has led over 10,000 students to adopt a plant-based diet
Here are Mike Ling's insights on drinking coffee:
"I drink coffee, and for the past five years, I have never added sugar or milk.
Nowadays, when people drink coffee, they either add sugar or milk.
Regarding adding less sugar, everyone should be aware of it; I don't want to go into too much detail about it.
As for adding milk, a study has shown that Dr. Greg, in a video, specifically focused on this issue.
That is, coffee is originally black coffee, derived from plants, and contains many antioxidants. The caffeine itself is also helpful in reducing mortality.
However, he found that when milk is added, the benefits of coffee are greatly reduced.
On the contrary, if you add something from plant sources, such as barley milk or soy milk, its benefits of coffee are retained.
What exactly is the reason? It's not very clear.
One possible mechanism is that some components in animal-derived milk, such as fats or proteins, can inhibit some of the benefits of coffee.
So, for this reason, I haven't added sugar or milk to my coffee for the past five years.
Why? Because it's completely unnecessary, and it actually reduces the benefits of drinking coffee.
Try to gradually get used to the taste of black coffee.
Then, if you really can't accept it at first, you can add some goji berries to the black coffee. The dried goji berries have a slightly sweet taste.
Or you can add some ginger slices. This will make it warmer and the flavor will be stronger.
Sometimes, if you want to have more green plants in your coffee, you can add a little bit of rosemary. The scent of rosemary goes well with coffee, it has a slightly bitter taste but also has the special fragrance of rosemary.
Moreover, rosemary can enhance our memory.
Sometimes I add mint leaves, and sometimes I use basil leaves. Any kind of green plant is fine, as long as sugar and milk are not added.‘
Mike ling is the practitioner of Plant-Based Diet,It was this diet method that he had personally practiced for three years and continuously optimized based on having read nearly 100 health-related books.
It explains what constitutes a nutritious meal, which ingredients to choose, why they should be combined in this way, how to cook quickly, how to select fats, why to consume high-quality fats but not vegetable oil, and so on...
Of course, we can learn from Mike Ling's dietary methods, but we don't have to adopt them completely.
As Chinese writer Lu Xun emphasized in "The Policy of Taking": 'Absorb the essence and discard the dross.' We should take what is good and learn from it, while discarding the bad.
After all, everyone's lifestyle, dietary habits, and physical conditions are different.
The renowned conductor Zheng Xiaoying once said (Note: She is still energetic at the age of over 90), I never pay attention to the quality of food; cold or leftover food I still eat without hesitation...
Life is short. When it comes to diet, try to pay attention to everything you can. But there's no need to overly torture your stomach. After all, the pleasure of tasting delicious food is also a rare delight in life.
Women who are accustomed to drinking cappuccinos might switch to drinking bitter black coffee. Can you do that?