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You’ve Been Eating Your Yoghurt Wrong Your Entire Life

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Do you always drain off the liquid that floats on top of your yoghurt before serving it? Apparently, that’s completely wrong. The whey — as the liquid is called — actually contains most of the nutrients.

Foto van culinair journalist Jaime Andreas

Whey is a protein released when milk is processed into yoghurt or cheese. It has plenty of health benefits: it is low in fat and cholesterol, for example. It also contains lots of calcium and vitamin B. According to research, whey also lowers blood pressure. All in all, it’s a protein that can be very useful to you. Whey is also a popular protein among athletes. Among other things, they use it in powdered form in shakes — and, well, in their yoghurt too.

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