Buttermilk for Detox

Buttermilk is a liquid that has long been considered healthy in folklore and alternative medicine, as well as mainstream studies. Buttermilk in its true form is the milk that is left over once the fat has been removed from cream in order to make butter. This liquid is often thicker than regular milk, and has a tart taste. As a drink, buttermilk has many health benefits, including its use in many detoxification recipes.

Substituting Buttermilk

• The first step in using buttermilk to help detox your system is to substitute it for milk-based products. Pancake mix, flat bread, and biscuit or muffin recipes that use milk should all be switched to buttermilk. There are many recipes for gluten-free foods that advise this. The replacement of buttermilk will help to encourage your body's cleansing of other unhealthy substances.

How Does Buttermilk Help?

• Aside from using buttermilk as a cooking ingredient, many people drink it for detoxification purposes. Buttermilk is healthier than regular milk because it is lower in calories and much lower in fat (since that was removed to make butter). This drink encourages quicker digestion, has more lactic acid than regular milk, and it is loaded with the same type of gastrointestinal benefits as yogurt.

  Adding buttermilk to a diet also adds much-needed vitamins that are beneficial to the body. When organs are functioning to capacity, they provide a natural cleansing process.

Buttermilk as Part of Homemade Detox

• Many homemade detox recipes call for buttermilk as part of the liquid solution. Aside from buttermilk's obvious health benefits due to increased digestive benefits, it's often the liquid of choice among people who make their own detox solutions.

  Try mixing one tsp of coriander juice with buttermilk. Follow up with several glasses of water, and slowly increase the amount of coriander juice to a full two tsps, with a full glass of buttermilk. Alternate this with water.