While coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world,

people drink it in different ways, as some prefer it black without adding anything to help them to be alert and focused, while others prefer to add what makes it tasty and palatable for them, such as a cup accompanied by milk.

There has always been a healthy debate about the effect of adding milk on health, to find out whether it benefits, or makes a cup of coffee useless.

It is estimated that the world's population drinks an average of 2.25 billion cups of coffee on a daily basis, while Americans alone consume up to 400 million cups of coffee per day.

According to the website "nutrition facts", the addition of milk leads to a decrease in antioxidant elements in the coffee drink, while those components are beneficial to health.

As for those who seek to lose weight, milk is not suitable in their case, because it increases the calories in the cup they drink.

And the number of calories in one cup of black coffee does not exceed about three or four, that is, almost none, if sugar is not added to it.

But milk is not without benefits either, it plays an auxiliary role in reducing the acidity contained in coffee, so it reflects positively on the stomach.

Milk will also add several nutrients to a cup of coffee, especially when a person is indifferent to losing weight.

And even if a person wants to lose weight, he can add low-fat or skimmed milk, so that he benefits from the proteins and calcium contained in it, which are useful components for bone health.

Since drinking coffee without milk, leads to concentration and alertness, a person who is afraid of insomnia due to stimulants, it is worth adding as much milk to a cup of coffee.

But a person who adds milk may suffer from diarrhea, especially if he is allergic to lactose, and therefore, adding milk is different from person to person from a health point of view.