Taking birdseed milk is another vegetable drink alternative for vegetarians, lactose intolerant, and people with soy protein allergy.
This milk of vegetable origin can be used in the preparation of vitamins with fruits, oatmeal, pancakes or just to be drunk hot with cinnamon. It is also indicated for the preparation of shakes in muscle mass gain diets due to their large amount of protein, higher than most vegetable milks, losing only to soy milk.
Canary seed is a cheap seed, typically used to feed parakeets and other birds and can be found in natural food stores and supermarkets in the form of birdseed for human consumption.
Benefits of canary's milk
The canola drink is great for helping in the treatment of cholesterol, because of the presence of enzymes that help clear the fat present in the blood vessels. These enzymes also stimulate the burning of body fat, being a great indication for those who want to lose weight. The enzymes of birdseed still improve the functioning of the pancreas, relieving bad digestion and swollen belly.
Canine milk can also be used to prevent anxiety and depression due to its high content of tryptophan, essential compound in the formation of serotonin, the "pleasure hormone."
How to Make Homemade Milk at Home
You can find birdseed milk for human consumption in powder form or ready to drink in stores specializing in natural products, however its recipe is very easy to make at home. Its flavor is light and very similar to cereal drinks, such as oat milk and rice, for example. To do you just need:
Ingredients
- 1 liter of water
- 5 tablespoons of canary seed
Way of doing
After washing the seeds well in a sieve with running water, it is important to soak the seeds and water overnight in a glass container. To finish grind in the blender and strain with a fine strainer or a voal type fabric, curtain.
Nutritional information of canary's milk
| Seed of canary seed (5 tablespoons) | Canine milk (200 ml) | |
| Calories | 348 kcal | 90 Kcal |
| Carbohydrates | 12 g | 14.2 g |
| Proteins | 15.6 g | 2.3 g |
| Total fat | 29.2 g | 2 g |
| Saturated fat | 5.6 g | 0.24 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fibers | 2.8 g | 0.78 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg | 0.1 g * |
*Salt.
Canine milk should not be consumed by people with phenylketonuria due to the high content of the amino acid phenylalanine.
Besides exchanging cow's milk for birdseed milk, check out other healthy exchanges that can be adopted in this quick and fun video with nutritionist Tatiana Zanin:
