Drink of centenarians. Useful properties of ayran

Not so long ago a new sour-milk drink appeared on the shelves of shops - ayran. How useful is this product, what properties does it have and what is its difference from traditional kefir? This is our article. To begin with a little about the history of this product.

The sour milk drink came to us from Central Asia, Bashkiria, and the Caucasus. Where exactly - is unknown, because the drink was invented by nomads 15 centuries ago, and because of their way of life they moved from place to place. Nevertheless, they gave us a drink of long-livers. Useful properties of ayran do not cause doubts neither in doctors, nor in fans of this fermented milk product.

The traditional historical recipe for making a drink is the use of a special starter for milk, which gives a certain taste to the drink and ensures a long-term preservation of the product. Milk can be cow, goat, camel, mare, sheep. Did it in wineskin, now use another dish, but the leaven remained the same. This is a thermophilic streptococcus in combination with yeast and a Bulgarian stick, which contributes to the initiation of alcoholic fermentation of the product and acts as a natural preservative. Then the fermented milk is diluted with water and add spices. The composition of ingredients in the product is different, because each people and tries to claim the drink ayran their copyrights. And additives in the form of dill, basil, spices not only make the drink tasty and varied, but also enhance the useful properties of ayran.

Like any other fermented milk product, the drink stimulates and normalizes the natural intestinal microflora, improves the secretory activity of the digestive tract, restores metabolism. Prevents constipation, neutralizes intestinal disorders, increasing the excretion of decay products from the body. But beneficial effects on the gastrointestinal tract, the useful properties of ayran are not limited. It stimulates the work of the respiratory system, increasing the flow of oxygen to the lungs, it acts perfectly on the nervous system. In this morning use of the drink will cheer. And after drinking the product at night, you will ensure a quiet sleep.

In case of emergency situations, the useful properties of ayran can be used to remove hangover syndrome, dehydrate the body, restore the water-salt balance. For people who lead a healthy lifestyle, ayran is an indispensable assistant. He actively fights with fat deposits, is used as a dietary product, helps restore muscle tone. But with its qualities, ayran has contraindications. These are gastritis, erosion, stomach ulcers, allergies to lactose.

Some try to make ayran at home, adding a fermented milk starter for kefir, yogurt, use a silver coin or a black loaf. Then put for fermentation for 5-6 hours in a glass bowl. Dilute with mineral or salted water. But the useful properties of ayran, formed from a real leaven, you do not get, but you can cook only a product that resembles ayran taste.

In such cases, if you like kefir, then adding spices, dill, parsley, coriander and diluting it with mineral water, you will have a home-made sour-milk product with additives, but with the properties of yogurt, the beneficial effect of which on the body no one disputes. Ayran has some useful properties, and kefir is completely different. Both products have an equally positive effect on the body, but the ferments involved in the fermentation process impart different healing qualities to the drinks. Drink the product that you like best, and be healthy!