Dear buttermilk-orange juice drinkers: stop this
Buttermilk-orange juice. The word alone leaves my lips with a slight feeling of disgust. And then the drink itself: a thick, white substance in which small pieces of orange drown. The horror! And then it turns out to be pretty unhealthy too. So stop it. For me and for yourself.
I see it appearing on menus more and more often, and I hear more and more people talking about this ‘refreshing drink’. But uh… refreshing?
You’re drinking butter
Everything about buttermilk is disgusting. It’s thick, sour, sticks to the roof of your mouth, and when your glass of healthy, Dutch glory is empty, those thick skid marks remain behind. Yuck. So I wasn’t surprised when I found out that buttermilk is a waste drink. To make matters worse: I’m talking about butter waste here. The juicy, lumpy rancidity left behind when making butter; that’s buttermilk. Really!
Unhealthy
Then ingredient number 2: orange juice. The fruit sugars enter your body in liquid form, and your body converts these sugars into fat very easily. So you gain weight quickly—and if you already have a little more body fat, you have an increased risk of diabetes. And you can forget about that dazzlingly white, buttermilk-tooth smile from now on too: orange juice contains acids that act on your tooth enamel, making the enamel softer. In principle, that’s not a problem; after half an hour your enamel becomes hard again, unless you brush your teeth immediately! And let’s be honest, after drinking a glass of raucous buttermilk-orange juice, the first thing you naturally do (for everybody’s sake) is brush your teeth. There goes your enamel.
It simply looks awful
Guys, let’s be honest: the drink looks awful. It’s so thick! How can a drink be so thick without being a smoothie or milkshake? As if you put a Magnum White in the microwave and pour the melted remains into a glass. Glass empty? It still doesn’t stop looking rancid; the glass coating left behind is a work of art that would make Bob Ross jealous. And I haven’t even mentioned the other culprit: the juice. As soon as the orange juice (freshly squeezed or from a carton, it makes no difference) is added, the acidity makes it look as though your ‘drink’ is going to curdle. That can’t be good, can it?
Dear people, I rest my case. Please stop drinking buttermilk-orange juice.
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