Benefits of vanilla

Benefits of vanilla

 

Ranweli spice garden vanilla 

 

Apart from all the culinary uses of vanilla, It is believed that Vanilla extract has a lot of antioxidants. Antioxidants in vanilla protect your body from harmful radicals and poisons. A lot of Ayurvedic vine and energy drinks contain vanilla extract because vanilla is a good supplement for sportsmen and body builders.

Another amazing thing about vanilla extract  is that it is a good substitute for sugar. Put two or three drops of vanilla extract  into your tea or coffee, your beverage will get as good as if you have added sugar. This is good for those who do not like to take sugar. This is also good for those who have diabetics. Because though vanilla can make food and beverages sweet, it does not contain a lot of sugar.

Vanilla essence has this amazing aroma that can calm one's mind. Maybe that is the reason why people crave for vanilla mixed ice cream and chocolate. Recent studies have found that vanilla can also help people who suffer from insomnia as vanilla mixed food induces sleep. It is also assumed that when vanilla essence is added to sweets it produces this chemical that makes people think that they have eaten a lot of sweets, that they are full. 

Vanilla

Vanilla

 

 

Vanilla is a flavor obtained from a plant that belongs to the orchids family. Vanilla is grown mostly in Mexico and Madagascar. People those days used vanilla essence when making vine. This lovely essence added both flavor and color to their sweets.

processing of this plant is undertaken with great care because if something goes wrong it affects the final product which is vanilla extract. since the day this plant was known to people they were trying to find a good and systematic way to pollinate the flowers. When vanilla flowers are pollinated the pods will become considerably big in size. pollination for the most part happens through insects. Later on people found a way to pollinate vanilla flowers manually. They started pollinating vanilla flowers by hand. This helped them to get that unique taste in vanilla pods.

Vanilla is the second most costly spice after saffron given the fact that developing the vanilla seeds and processing vanilla takes a lot of effort and time. Despite the expensiveness, vanilla is profoundly esteemed for its flavor, taste and fragrance.