When the sour milk is heated, there is a “stvorazhivanie”, and the liquid is separated from the final product (cottage cheese). It will be called the serum. You can also buy it on the market.
How to prepare the serum?
To prepare the whey at home, you need a liter of milk, which should be left in a warm place for 1 night. During this time, it will become curdled milk (calorizer). This fermented milk product is something between sour cream and kefir (the fat content of the milk depends on the density of the curdled milk). The resulting mass should be put on a small fire in an enameled saucepan. We need to separate the curd from the whey.
You can not wait for the milk mass to boil, otherwise the cottage cheese will become too hard. Then remove the pan from the heat, when the cottage cheese is soft – it will “reach”itself. In a saucepan, place a colander covered with gauze, pour out the mass. The whey will drain into the pot. Most of the proteins and fats from milk go into cottage cheese, most of the carbohydrates – into whey. Cottage cheese can be used for any purpose. And how to use the serum, we will tell you a little below.
Useful properties of serum
Serum has a good effect on the gastrointestinal tract, does not cause the formation of fat in the cells. However, people with lactose intolerance should not drink this product, since all the carbohydrates in it are presented in the form of milk sugar. With age, the ability to absorb lactose deteriorates, so if you feel bloating or other unpleasant sensations from the gastrointestinal tract, it is better to abandon the serum. The small amount of fat that is found in the serum has the ability to enhance the activity of enzymes.
There are proteins in the serum, but in a very small amount – only 0.8 g per 100 g of the product. They include essential amino acids, which are not produced by our body, but are obtained only with food. If you compare these proteins with other natural proteins, the ones contained in the serum win. According to the PDCAAS (Amino Acid Absorption Coefficient), whey and egg white are considered the best. Since whey protein has an excellent amino acid profile, it is used for the production of whey protein.
There are also minerals in the whey, such as phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, calcium, vitamins A, E, C, group B, as well as biotin, choline, nicotinic acid.
Serum has a positive effect on the functioning of the kidneys, liver, intestines, reduces inflammatory processes on the skin, on the mucous membrane. In hypertensive patients, it normalizes blood pressure, reduces the risk of atherosclerosis, and also helps to reduce rheumatism. Serum also affects the metabolic processes, as it has the property of improving blood circulation.
Whey helps with diseases such as:
- pancreatitis, chronic gastritis, enterocolitis;
- food poisoning, dysbiosis, chronic constipation;
- kidney and liver diseases (nephritis and so on);
- diabetes mellitus (drink it carefully, taking into account XE);
- ischemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, angina;
- violation of cerebral circulation.
Like any product, the serum has its own contraindications. Everyone who uses it should get acquainted with its effect on our body. Milk whey has a mild laxative effect, which can manifest itself at the most unexpected moment: for example, at a meeting or on the road. That is why it is better to start trying drinks based on whey on a day off.
How to drink serum?
First, you need to ask your doctor if you can drink it. The same symptoms can occur in different diseases, and the same disease can occur in different forms, which must be taken into account when planning nutrition. This applies to the use of the product for health purposes.
On its basis, you can prepare drinks with berries, fruits, herbal infusions. The popular spring dish okroshka is also prepared on the basis of whey. It can be used for making pastries and a variety of cocktails.
However, if you decide to drink it because of a full-fledged and quickly digested protein, it is better to give preference to whey protein, from one scoop of which you will get 20-25 g of full-fledged protein (calorizator). To get this amount of protein from whey, you will have to drink 2-3 liters, but in the load you will get about 100 g of carbohydrates.
Otherwise, the serum is a very useful product for our body. If you can not use it in its pure form, make it based on cocktails, masks, and so on. You will enjoy the magical effect!