How to Make Oat Milk

Oat milk is good especially for those who have celiac disease or want to decrease gluten from food because oats are a gluten-free cereal. In addition, this milk helps to lose weight because it has few calories and fibers that decrease appetite.

One of the most interesting properties of oat milk is its ability to relax the body due to phytomelatonin which contributes to a good night's sleep, being a food especially suitable for those who have insomnia.

The benefits of oat milk include:

• Relieving constipation because it has fibers;
• Facilitate digestion as it has little fat;
• Helps control diabetes because it has slow absorption carbohydrates.

In addition, oat milk is an excellent alternative for anyone who is intolerant of cow's milk or soy milk, and can be used for breakfast or for making vitamins, cakes or sweets, for example.

Oat milk perfectly replaces cow's milk for breakfast or snack, especially for vegetarians.

How to Make Oat Milk at Home

To make homemade oat milk you need:

Ingredients:

• 2 cups oat flakes
• 3 cups water

Method of preparation:

Put the oats in the water and soak in the water for 1 hour. After that time, put everything in the blender and beat well. Strain with sieve or musseline fabric and put in refrigerator for up to 3 days. A few drops of vanilla essence can make this oat drink more enjoyable.

Nutritional information

The nutritional information of oat milk is given in the following table:

Oat milk can be bought in supermarkets or natural products stores and although 1 liter of this milk has the price of approximately 20 reais, it is very simple to make at home simply and economically, just follow the recipe that we indicate the follow.

In addition to exchanging cow's milk for oat milk, it is possible to adopt other dietary changes to avoid diabetes and hypertension. See other changes you can make in this video with nutritionist Tatiana Zanin: