Drinking birdseed milk is another alternative vegetable drink for vegetarians, lactose intolerants and people with allergies to soy protein.
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 diets for muscle mass gain due to its large amount of protein, greater than most vegetable milks, second only to soy milk.
The birdseed is a cheap seed, typically used to feed parakeets and other birds and can be found in health food stores and supermarkets in the form of birdseed for human consumption.
Benefits of Birdseed Milk
The birdseed drink is great to help in the treatment of cholesterol, due to the presence of enzymes that help to 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 birdseed enzymes further improve the functioning of the pancreas, relieving poor digestion and a swollen belly.
Birdseed milk can also be used to prevent anxiety and depression, due to its high content of tryptophan, an essential compound in the formation of serotonin, the “pleasure hormone”.
How to make birdseed milk at home
You can find powdered or ready-to-drink birdseed milk in stores specializing in natural products, but 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 birdseed
Way of doing
After washing the seeds thoroughly in a sieve under running water, it is important to soak the seeds and water overnight in a glass container. Finally, grind in a blender and strain with a very fine strainer or curtain-like fabric.
Nutritional information of bird's milk
| Birdseed seed (5 tablespoons) | Birdseed 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.
Birdseed milk should not be consumed by people with phenylketonuria due to the high content of the amino acid phenylalanine.
In addition to exchanging cow's milk for bird's milk, check out other healthy exchanges that can be adopted in this quick and fun video with nutritionist Tatiana Zanin:
