Once a hit among healthy drinks was green tea or water with lemon, but now they are disappearing. Today are replaced by green coffee, Japanese tea matcha, coconut water and birch sap. But is not this trend is another marketing ploy or is it really a revolution in the food market?
The composition of birch sap contains many valuable minerals and nutrients. For this reason, it is becoming increasingly popular.
1. Benefits and features
This rich majority of vitamins, minerals and nutrients beverage. In addition to vitamins B and C, it comprises calcium, potassium, copper, zinc, iron, phosphorus and magnesium, citric and malic acid, and various mineral salts and amino acids.
Components of birch sap strengthen the immune system, which effectively fight germs and viruses that cause disease. In addition, the juice helps in the treatment of nephrological and urological problems, prevent kidney stones. Juice removes toxins and harmful substances from the body that cause serious disease, including oncology.
Birch juice affects the circulatory system. The constant use of it helps fight anemia (anemia), prevents the occurrence of congestion and blood clots in the blood vessels, which reduces the risk of coronary disease. Birch sap and helps in diseases of the thyroid gland and lung.
2. The use of birch sap
Birch sap is used not only as a beverage. It is also well used externally. So, birch sap helps fight Anke, pimples and acne. It's enough to moisten a cotton swab and rub the damaged place.
In turn, the use of juice as a hair rinse stop them from loss, reduces fat, and eliminates dandruff.
No less useful is the infusion obtained from young buds and leaves. The first acts as an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic with influenza. The second - will ease rheumatic pains that occur due to nerve damage.
3. Harvesting
If you want a real, natural birch sap, it is best to get it yourself.
First you need to find a suitable birch. Age of the tree should not be younger than 10 years. In the trunk drill holes 2.5-4 cm and insert a metal tube. The other end tube put in a container to collect the juice. This is best suited bottle of 5 liters of mineral water. This volume is filled in about a day. Do not forget about the insects and debris. So they do not fall inside the container, cover with a maximum opening of the bottle.
It is important to know that the juice produced in this way can be stored no more than 4 days in the refrigerator.
Attention! Always after juice extraction should appropriately protect the hole in the birch, in order not to damage the tree. This can be done with a special paste from any garden store.
4. recipes
Not all birch sap is a delicacy. Some taste may disappoint. However, knowing its utility to abandon it is not necessary - by means of various additives, for example, lemon juice can be changed under any preferences. Here are a few examples:
1. In 0.5 L birch sap add half a lemon (can be cut into slices).
2. In 0.5 L birch sap add juice from apples 4.
3. Birch sap can also be mixed in any proportion with homemade juice of Aronia.
