The yield of carrots is astounding .Sowing the bed with a 20-gram bag of seeds, after 3.5-4 months, you can collect several hundred kilograms of this root crop. No first course is complete without carrots. Sweet and spicy salads are also made of it, added to canned foods and pickles. But carrots are famous not only for their yield and distribution in cooking. It treats many diseases of the , and not only the root vegetable is useful, but also the ground part - the tops.
Table of Contents
- Ingredients: What Vitamins and Minerals Contained in the Botva and Root
- Benefit and Harm
- Useful Properties of Carrots and Carrot Juice for the Human Bodyhealth benefits
Ingredients: what vitamins and minerals are contained in the bottova and root crop
Carrots contain many vitamins and minerals that act both individually and in interaction with each other.
Which vitamins are contained:
- A ( formed in the human body as a result of beta-carotene breakdown by the content of which carrots are in second place after sea buckthorn) - strengthens the cells of the upper layer of the skin, stimulates the activity of the neurons of the optic nerves;
- K - stimulates the synthesis of white blood cells and platelets, accelerates tissue regeneration;
- D ( - synthesized in contact with ultraviolet skin) - strengthens bone and cartilage tissue;
- E ( natural antioxidant) - slows down the processes of cell aging;
- C - gives the skin elasticity, breaks down fats, improves immunity, hypoallergen;
- B1, B6 - create a favorable environment for intestinal microflora.
Minerals:
- Potassium - relaxes the heart muscle, strengthens the walls of blood vessels;
- calcium - speeds up the heartbeat, strengthens bone and cartilage tissues;
- iron ( part of the hemoglobin protein) - participates in the transport of oxygen throughout the body;
- Magnesium - strengthens blood vessels and heart muscle;
- Phosphorus ( part of the retina and cornea) - improves visual acuity;
- essential oils ( flavonoids, phytoncides) - antiseptic;
- in small quantities - cobalt, iodine, manganese, zinc .
Carrots and its tops contain many vitamins and minerals. The composition of carrots includes:
- selenium - strengthens the skin, slows down the aging process;
- sucrose - easily absorbed without raising the total blood sugar level( indispensable for diabetes);
- nicotinic acid - improves brain function;
- caffeine - invigorates, increases blood pressure;
- for vitamins - is a little vitamin of group B, but there is vitamin P - it strengthens the hair follicles and normalizes the acid-base balance.
Composition and benefits of carrots:
Benefits and harm
Useful properties of carrots and carrot juice for the human body
The maximum amount of minerals and vitamins found in the upper part of the root and skin.
The exception is vitamin C - during heat treatment above 80 ° C, ascorbic acid is decomposed.
Carrots are shown in the following cases:
- colitis, except ulcerative or accompanied by suppurations;
- normalizes the composition of the intestinal microflora in stages 1-2 of dysbacteriosis;
- helps to cope with non-infectious cystitis and other non-infectious nephritis in the early stages;
- carrot juice can be dripped with a cold;
- with diabetes mellitus boiled carrots normalizes sugar level;
- carrot juice helps with sclerosis;
- in any form is effective in inflammation of the internal organs, gums.
Eating carrots is indicated in the presence of many diseases Ulcers and cancers are referred to as indications and contraindications for .Based on the composition, for oncological diseases, it is necessary to limit the consumption of carrots and carrot tops - the regeneration of cells, including cancer cells.
For ulcers, it is not recommended if there is pus .Carrots themselves tend to rot, especially when there is stagnation in the intestines.
For children up to a year - 50 g of perfectly cooked carrot puree from 1 tsp.honey throughout the day. For stones in the kidneys or gall bladder - juice diluted 1 to 1 with boiled water.
With stones, sand in the gall and or kidneys, pinworms in children under 3 years old, carrot juice should not be mixed with beetroot.
Carrot tops are strictly forbidden to use during pregnancy, increased arterial, intracranial, eye pressure.
As a preventive measure, it is enough to eat 100-150 g of raw root vegetables . Contraindications for men, women and children
The main contraindication is allergy, mainly to carotene. In men, women and children, allergies to other components are possible.
Carrots can harm:
- for gastrointestinal ulcers do not eat raw root vegetables;
- during pregnancy may be allergic to an excessive amount of carrots consumed( more than 100 g per day);
- with significant damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa;
- is an acute form of any gastrointestinal disease due to the high energy consumption of fiber splitting;
- at stage 3-4 dysbacteriosis.
Medicinal folk recipes
Anti-cellulite massage .It is used in the presence of "goose skin".For 200 g of carrot juice 250 g of candied( last year) honey, 100 g of cabbage juice.
Ingredients, separately, boil for 15 minutes in a water bath. Cooled mix together. Let it stand for 8 hours in a warm place. Add 50 g of softened butter. Insist 12 hours.
Against pinworms .150 g of beet and 200 g of carrot juice mixed with 1 head finely grated garlic, one tsp.ground black pepper. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
Consume 30–50 g twice a day. It is impossible for children under 6 years old, people with cardiovascular diseases, with stones, sand, increased pressure, glaucoma, pregnancy, after a traumatic brain injury.
Children from 6 years to 2 tbsp.lin a day. From 12-14 to 20-30 g 2 times a day.
Carrot juice is used in many recipes of traditional medicine With low hemoglobin .300 g of carrot beet and pomegranate juice boil in a water bath. Add 0.5 liters of fresh honey to the boiling liquid. Insist 5-8 hours.
Drink 100 g 3-4 times a day. It is impossible with stones, sand, increased intracranial pressure, glaucoma. During pregnancy - 1 tbsp.l3 times a day. Drink 50 g 2 times a day.
Mask for brittle hair .1 egg whip with 2 tbsp.lcarrot juice and 1 tsp.honeyApply to hair in circular motions.
If dandruff is present, add 1 tbsp to the composition.lsunflower oil. Mask hold no more than 15 minutes. The optimal time is 3-5 minutes.
Mask for dry hair ends with carrot juice and sunflower oil:
Dry Hair Conditioner .On 3 liters of boiling water 0.5 kg of carrot tops, 4 tbsp.lchamomile. Boil for 1 min. Allow to cool. Rinse your hair.
In order for the treatment to have an effect, should stick with a few simple tips. :
- Do not eat carrots before the massage with the composition containing carrot juice during the day.
- The amount of product needed for treatment depends on physiological characteristics.
- When pains in the kidneys, stomach, pancreas, liver, gall bladder can not be combined carrot and beet juice. Beet substitute pomegranate.
- To get the maximum benefit, add a raw product with mayonnaise, sour cream, sunflower oil or olive oil. Fatty acids promote the absorption of carotene.
- Salads with chamomile or mint tea.
How much should you eat per day fresh for health benefits?
Carrots are second in the sea buckthorn vitamin A content.
How long do you need to eat carrots a day for health benefits? No more than 150 g of fresh raw carrots, 250 g of boiled and 800 g of undiluted carrot juice is absorbed by the body of an per day.
Carrot tops used , mainly to strengthen and stimulate hair growth.
