Kvass is an ancient healthful drink, it has been prepared since ancient times. Today, the technologies for making kvass have been supplemented and improved, but in general it is the same kvass that our ancestors drank hundreds of years ago. The benefits of this drink and its properties vary depending on the type of raw material from which it is prepared.
1. Bread kvass
Everyone is accustomed to watching from year to year, from summer to summer, the same picture, as soon as the heat comes to the city, yellow barrels of kvass appear on the streets. These barrels are filled with bread kvass.
Strengthening the body, a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract and the human cardiovascular system, improving immunity, as well as tooth enamel, these are far from all the beneficial properties of this type of kvass. It also has the effect of increasing potency. And due to the fact that it has a high percentage of yeast content, this type of kvass helps to relieve purulent diseases of the skin of the body.
Taking into account all the positive aspects of bread kvass, you should not convince yourself that it is a panacea for the body. Despite such significant useful properties of this kvass, it has its own contraindications. So, for example, bread kvass is not recommended for those people who have gastritis, liver cirrhosis, or hypertension.
The bread kvass contains 1.2% ethyl alcohol. This percentage of alcohol is also observed in non-alcoholic beer. But all the same, according to the advice of doctors, pregnant women, nursing mothers and children should not consume large quantities of bread kvass.
2. Beet kvass
A good prophylactic agent for the population suffering from hypertension is nothing more than beet kvass. It is this type of kvass that helps to lower pressure, expand the blood vessels of the body. This type of kvass contains a lot of useful vitamins, microelements, cesium, rubidium. The latter of the above are considered leaders in lowering high blood pressure. Scientists, in the course of various studies, have proven that beet kvass helps to improve human metabolism.
Beet kvass is not an ideal drink, just like bread kvass. Due to the content of oxalic acid in its composition, kvass can harm those people who have problems with the kidneys and bladder, as well as those who have problems with gout and rheumatoid arthritis.
3. Oat kvass
The process of making kvass plays a significant role. So, for example, thanks to the special technology for making oat kvass, almost all the beneficial properties of oats remain in it. This type of kvass has properties that help in lowering cholesterol levels. Also, oat kvass helps to stimulate the nervous system.
Like its predecessors, oat kvass is not a perfect drink. Doctors have recommended excluding oat kvass from their diet for those who are prone to colitis, kidney disease, chronic gastritis or peptic ulcer diseases.
