Golden milk: the recipe and all the benefits of golden milk!
Golden milk is a hot and spicy drink made from milk and turmeric, born in India and spread throughout the western world by virtue of the many benefits it enjoys. Thanks to its antibacterial and antiviral properties, golden milk is indicated especially to soothe inflammatory states and joint and muscle pain, but it is also excellent for treating or preventing in a natural way many other physical ailments of various kinds.
It owes its name to its particular color, given to it by turmeric, a yellow-orange spice belonging to the ginger family which in contact with milk - vegetable or cow - gets its characteristic golden color. It is instead to a substance present in this spice, curcumin, that we owe the effectiveness of this miraculous mix and the proliferation of various benefits from a physical point of view.
Below you can find all the useful information on golden milk, from its preparation to the various recipes available, up to the most effective effects on our health.
Before proceeding further, here is a video that illustrates and anticipates everything you need to know about this natural drink with a thousand beneficial properties.
Properties and benefits of golden milk
As anticipated, the success of golden milk is also and above all due to the many benefits it guarantees to our body. Here they are listed specifically:
- Its antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal action helps to increase the body's immune defenses, making it particularly ideal in the change of seasons to counteract physical weakness and general malaise in a completely natural way.
- Also by virtue of its status as a natural anti-inflammatory, it helps to soothe respiratory problems due to bacterial and viral infections, as well as coughs, colds and sinusitis. This in particular is attributed to the use of ingredients such as honey and cinnamon, which have always been highly effective in combating flu symptoms.
- It has a beneficial action on the liver, purifying it, and improves digestion and intestinal health.
- It helps to regulate the metabolism, helping us to maintain our weight. Golden milk can therefore be an excellent ally for weight loss, counteracting swelling, excess weight and obesity.
- It acts as an analgesic against abdominal swelling, headache and menstrual pain, as it acts as a natural antispasmodic.
- It helps maintain healthy and elastic joints, making it particularly ideal for those who practice yoga, as it allows you to maintain positions for longer.
- Helps reduce blood cholesterol levels.
In order to see the results and prolong the effects, it is recommended to take a glass of golden milk once a day for at least 40 days in a row, perhaps during breakfast.
The original golden milk recipe
But how to prepare golden milk? Before proceeding with the actual preparation of the golden milk, it is necessary to properly work the turmeric paste, the most important of the ingredients at the base of the golden milk recipe. Once you have this, in fact, you can keep it in the refrigerated for up to 40 days and so you can easily prepare a nice cup of golden milk whenever you want, without too much effort.
To prepare the turmeric paste
Heat 120 ml of natural mineral water in a saucepan, add 50 grams of turmeric powder and mix carefully, adding 1 teaspoon of black pepper to the finish. Continue until you get a thick creamy paste, similar to that of toothpaste. This should take you 3 to 5 minutes to complete.
At this point, your mixture is ready and you can let it cool; then pour it into a glass jar and keep it in the refrigerator. You can safely use it for up to 40 days.
A little curiosity: Pepper is a fundamental ingredient because the piperine it contains is an alkaloid, capable of promoting the absorption of curcumin, the substance which, as we have seen, is responsible for the beneficial effects of the drink on our body.
To prepare golden milk
Pour a cup of vegetable milk (coconut, rice, soy or oat) or cow's milk - at your discretion - into a saucepan and add a spoonful of turmeric paste previously prepared. smoke your drink. At this point, pour the quantity into a cup and add 1 teaspoon almond oil, one of acacia or wildflower honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon powder, to make the mix tastier, sweet and spicy. all and enjoy it.
As an alternative to almond oil, you can opt for coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil or clarified butter; while instead of honey, you can choose stevia or agave syrup.
If you want to obtain a creamier mixture, the recipes available to us also allow us to pass the drink to the blender: it will only take 30 seconds.
Golden milk, contraindications and possible side effects
The contraindications of golden milk are mainly linked to the presence of turmeric.
In any case, it is not recommended if you suffer from gallbladder or biliary tract disorders, gallbladder or ulcers or if you are taking anticoagulants and insulin. Furthermore, it can be dangerous to take it even in small quantities during pregnancy or breastfeeding, so it is good to avoid it in these delicate phases of women's life. Also avoid giving it to children under the age of 3.
In case you have taken golden milk and started experiencing symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea and heartburn, stop consuming it. These are in fact the main side effects it can cause.
