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No, it\u2019s a myth that started a long time ago. The texture of milk can make some people feel their saliva is thicker, but there\u2019s no evidence that it creates phlegm. The myth may have hung around because milk is an emulsion, meaning it has droplets of one liquid suspended in another liquid.<\/p>\n
When a person drinks milk, it mixes with their saliva and this can make it feel more viscous. This can make people feel like there\u2019s more mucus, but it\u2019s just aggregates of milk emulsion lingering in their throat. Milk is an important source of nutrition, and should not be avoided because of this myth.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Hannah Wilkinson, Somerset<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p>\n By Dr Nish Manek Published: Friday, 18 March 2022 at 12:00 am No, it\u2019s a myth that started a long time ago. The texture of milk can make some people feel their saliva is thicker, but there\u2019s no evidence that it creates phlegm. The myth may have hung around because milk is an emulsion, meaning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10996,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/does-drinking-milk-create-phlegm.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Dr Nish Manek Published: Friday, 18 March 2022 at 12:00 am No, it\u2019s a myth that started a long time ago. The texture of milk can make some people feel their saliva is thicker, but there\u2019s no evidence that it creates phlegm. The myth may have hung around because milk is an emulsion, meaning…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/10995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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