Health Benefits of BUTTERMILK
Buttermilk, or chaas or chhachh in Hindi, is a very common drink in most Indian households, especially during the summer months due to its hydration properties.
This refreshing drink can be consumed every day, either by itself or after a meal, and has been linked to a number of benefits for your skin, hair, body weight, and overall health.
Contrary to what its name suggests, buttermilk is not a blend of butter and milk, it is actually a derivative of the butter mixing process.
Buttermilk is often made using a few spoons of natural yogurt, water, and spices like cumin powder, pepper, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, green chilies, and salt to enhance its taste and healing properties. The drink comes loaded with vitamins and minerals needed by your body to stay strong and healthy.
Here are the reasons why you should add buttermilk to your summer diet.
1. Nourishes Your Entire Body
Buttermilk packs plenty of minerals and vitamins that your body need to stay strong.
It is a natural supplement that can help keep healthy and make sure you never go low on most of the nutrients.
It is not just a rich source of calcium and protein but also contains other nutrients like iron, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and zinc along with vitamins A,D,E and B.
2.Reduces Body Heat
Buttermilk has a cooloing effect on your entire body, especially you digestive tract. The drink makes it easier for you to wash down spicy food and soothe the lining of your stomach.
3.Aid the Digestive System
If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, buttermilk may help you in more ways than you realize.
It contains antimicrobial properties that help in defeating infectious diarrhea caused by bacteria.
4.Great tool against Dehydration
It has salt, water, curd, and spices – all mixed into it make a delicious drink.
Packed with electrolytes and lots of water, buttermilk is the best thing you can give your body to fight dehydration. With the summer sun beating down on us, invest in a glass of buttermilk every now and then for some much needed relief from the punish weather.
5.Reduces blood pressure
Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) found in buttermilk is rich in unique bioactive protein that has cholesterol-lowering, antiviral, antibacterial, and anticancer properties.
In this study, scientists found that drinking buttermilk significantly lowered blood pressure, if had on a daily basis.
6.Acidity
A potent tool to fight acidity, chaas has essential condiments like pepper and ginger that help beat the burning sensation you feel during a bout of acidity.
Moreover the buttermilk cools the stomach and reduces the irritation in the stomach lining due to acid reflux, giving you relief from the discomfort
7.Bone Growth and Osteoporosis
One of buttermilk's greatest benefits is its calcium content. You need 1,000 milligrams of calcium daily, and each cup of low-fat buttermilk gives you 284 milligrams, just over a quarter of your goal.
Getting ample calcium in your diet may help slow bone loss as you age, may help support new bone growth, and may stave off osteoporosis. Calcium is also known to support cell communication and muscle contraction.
8.Detox Your Body
If you add buttermilk to your diet, then you increase your riboflavin, or vitamin B-2 consumption. Riboflavin activates enzymes in your cells, which helps drive energy production.
Riboflavin also supports liver function, a key process for detoxifying your body of toxins.
Riboflavin helps your body make uric acid, a strong antioxidant. One cup of buttermilk has 377 micrograms of riboflavin, which is nearly one-third of your body's daily requirement.
9. Help Lose Weight
Buttermilk has very low-fat content and is rich with other beneficial nutrients.
You can get all the nutrition from milk or cheese by replacing it with buttermilk.
It can help satisfy hunger so that you stay away from unhealthy junk foodss.
10. Good for your Skin
By getting rid of toxins and keeping you nourished, your skin automatically gets smoother, brighter and zit free. It is used to exfoliate your skin and even treat freckles.
Buttermilk can be used in masks and or as a facial cleanser to deal with effects of sunlight.
Moreover people use it as an antiaging product.
11. Boosts Immune System
The Bacterium present in buttermilk empowers the immune system and helps you avoid various diseases.
It is great way of fending off vaginal infection as it is a probiotic.
According to a research, regular consumption of buttermilk can ward off Candida infections in diabetic women.
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