Wishing to fill the shortage of vitamins and useful minerals in an organism, we often give preference to the exotic fruit and vegetables flaunting on shelves of supermarkets. Especially it is relevant in the winter when the lack of fresh fruits is felt most sharply. However nutritionists emphasize — the most useful is what is habitual and familiar for our organism, and there are products, magnificent on the contents, which can be bought all the year round, besides is inexpensive. Among them there is a simple beet from which the woman can receive a set of valuable elements for the health and appearance — will consider structure, advantage and features of application of this vegetable.
What contains in structure
Beet is a unique product: unlike the vast majority of vegetable food, this root crop is almost equally interesting as in the raw, and after heat treatment (boiled or baked).
Caloric content
It is low-calorie vegetable. So, in the raw 100 g of beet contain only 43 kcal, in boiled it is slightly more — about 49 kcal.
Whether you know? All territory of the Mediterranean Basin is considered the homeland of beet, at the same time it is precisely known that to Kievan Rus' this root crop was delivered in the X century by the Byzantine merchants. Since then this product took the full place in national cuisine, having a little given in only after emergence on our tables of potatoes.
If to take into account that the person leading a sedentary life in day should receive no more than two thousand kilocalories (before achievement of 19 years norm a little higher, and here after 50 years, on the contrary, is 10% lower), it is simple to consider that, having eaten salad from 200 g of a boiled root crop, it is possible to receive no more than 5% of day norm of calories and, thus, not to worry for a condition of the waist.
Of course, if to fill such salad with sour cream, vegetable oil or mayonnaise, the number of calories in it considerably will increase (respectively, in 2, 2.5 and by 3 times), but even in this case the product will turn out rather easy.
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Information on nutrition value of a product is provided in the table:
Nutrition value of beet at the rate of 100 g |
Crude |
Boiled |
Proteins, grams |
1.6 |
1.8 |
Fats, grams |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Carbohydrates, grams |
9.6 |
8.7 |
Including food fibers |
2.5 |
2 |
Water, grams |
86 |
86 |
Ashes, grams |
1 |
0.09 |
Vitamins, macro - and minerals
Root crops contain huge amount of vitamins, namely:
- carotene (pro-vitamin A);
- thiamine (B1 vitamin);
- Riboflavinum (B2 vitamin);
- niatsin (B3 vitamin, or SS);
- it is well-cared (B4 vitamin);
- pantothenic acid (B5 vitamin);
- pyridoxine (B6 vitamin);
- folic acid (B9 vitamin)
- ascorbic acid (vitamin C);
- tocopherol (vitamin E)
- biotin (vitamin H).
Important! Methylmethionine which called "vitamin U" earlier, from "ulcus" — an ulcer also is a part of beet. Earlier was considered that this substance has property to heal ulcers. However today the given information is called by many scientists into question, and substance ceased to be carried to vitamins.
In beet there are also a lot of pectins, amino acids (lysine, betaine, arginine, valine, histidine), organic acids (apple, dairy, wine, lemon, oxalic, oleanolovy), bioflavonoids (them still call "vitamin P") and other biologically active agents doing this root crop irreplaceable on our table.
From the minerals necessary for our organism which are present at beet it is necessary to call first of all potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iodine, iron, sodium, fluorine, manganese, sulfur. Besides, vegetable contains chlorine, a pine forest, copper, vanadium.
Than beet is useful to women
Red root crops are useful to all — both to men, and women, however it is necessary to pay special attention to this product to women.
For a hormonal background
Here the folic acid and also amino acid which is contained in beet valine comes out on top. These substances in total stabilize a hormonal background thanks to what it is very useful for women to use a root crop at a so-called premenstrual syndrome.
Important! Insomnia, differences of mood, irritability — all these PMS unpleasant satellites can speak a banal lack of folic acid.
It is known that one of the most important hormones emitted by a pancreas is insulin. Not without reason it is called "hormone of life and energy" (a problem of insulin — to split sugar and to support the normal level of glucose in blood and consequently, to supply us with the main source of energy). The zinc which is a part of beet provides higher duration of effect of insulin.
Representatives of a fine half of mankind it is worth including in a diet a traditional root crop not only during the premenstrual period of a cycle, but also directly in critical days: thanks to the high content of iron, beet perfectly promotes process of blood formation and helps to avoid anemia.
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For the immune system
Maintenance of immunity provides all complex of vitamins and mineral substances which is contained in root crops, however a special role is played here by arginine. This amino acid is so important for strengthening of own protective functions of an organism that it (in dosage forms) is actively used at complex therapy of AIDS — the fatal disease caused by an immunodeficiency virus.
Besides, arginine has the expressed anticarcinogenic activity.
Also antioxidant properties of beet are known. The ability of biologically active agents which are its part to connect free radicals and also to bring out of an organism of salt of heavy metals and other toxins play an important role in strengthening of immunity and the general condition of our health.
Whether you know? It is known that during an era of the Middle Ages of one of the most dreadful diseases which are mowing clean the whole cities the plague was. It is difficult to believe in it, but long before opening of antibiotics and vaccination the people found out that in places where at tables daily there was a beet, the level of death from plague was much lower.
For a cardiovascular system
For a cardiovascular system the exclusive advantage is represented by flavonoids. They promote a lowering of arterial pressure, strengthen walls of vessels, improve composition of blood, remove spasms. Prevention of atherosclerosis is provided by the iodine which is a part of beet and also oleanolovy acid (the last has the stimulating effect on a cardiac muscle and improves lipidic exchange, and, therefore, prevents defeat of coronary vessels). Exclusively useful to heart is also niatsin of which in beet it is more, than in many other vegetables.
Speaking about beet, it is necessary also to mention the specific substance which is its part and providing bright red color of a root crop. It is called a betaine (beet in Latin — "beta") and also plays the stabilizing role in work of a cardiovascular system — prevents formation of blood clots, reduces arterial blood pressure, removes the cholesterol threatening with development of atherosclerosis.
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For digestion
The organic acids which are a part of root crops are very important for normal digestion of food, but in this plan the same betaine which is significant digestive enzyme is of the greatest value. It promotes the best assimilation of all components in food, to faster course of metabolic processes, stimulates work of a liver and helps removal from an organism of all waste of its activity.
For work of intestines of especially important component food fibers (cellulose) are. They strengthen a vermicular movement and perfectly help to cope with locks. The pectins which are present at beet normalize intestinal microflora and as well as other biologically active agents, promote removal of cholesterol, products of disintegration, salts of heavy metals and other.
For nervous system
We already mentioned influence of level of folic acid on an emotional condition of the woman. But beet contains one more substance necessary for normal work of all nervous processes in our organism. It is amino acid valine which, in addition, is responsible for nitrogen exchange.
Such vitamins are necessary for strengthening of nervous system: And, B3, B12, With, E and vitamin D
For eyes
Buying vegetables and fruit, we sometimes worry about the possible content in them of nitrates, including these substances harmful and dangerous. Actually all not absolutely so: nitrogenous connections (more precisely, salts of nitric acid which nitrates are) have huge amount of useful properties, including allow to keep visual acuity.
Exactly thanks to nitrates the blood-groove improves, and, therefore, the best intake of oxygen to various bodies and fabrics, including to eyes is provided. Besides, the positive role of these substances in strengthening of cages of a cornea is proved. In 100 g of beet about 250 mg of nitrates, necessary for stable sight, and this not less than a half of standard daily rate contain.
Not less the zinc which is also a part of beet is important for sight. It is proved that this element allows to prevent an otsloyka of cellulose.
For appearance skin and hair
Zinc is also exclusively useful to our skin: it becomes elastic and elastic, teenage pimples, warts, freckles, peeling and other unpleasant problems disappear. Folic acid promotes cell regeneration thanks to what also very well is reflected in a state terms.
The drying properties of vegetable allow to use widely it in cosmetology at oily skin and hair care, even for treatment of dandruff.
In cosmetology often also use oil such plants as rosemary, a sea-buckthorn, unab, hemp, a sandalwood, a linden and also a peach, jojoba, walnut, orange and a lemon.
But also all above-mentioned useful properties which are possessed by beet (improvement of composition of blood, digestion stabilization, removal from an organism of toxins, acceleration of metabolism and saturation of cages by oxygen) also have beneficial influence on our appearance, as we know, bad condition of skin and hair very often is not a cosmetic problem, but reflection of misoperation of any given bodies and systems.
For weight loss
Low calorie content in a root crop do it by an excellent product for those who want to get rid of several extra kilos. Eating a full-fledged portion of a product, it is possible to get feeling of satiety because of fullness of a stomach, but at the same time without having loaded it at all.
However put here not only in calories: improving a vermicular movement of intestines and stimulating exchange processes, at the same time accelerating splitting of fats, beet also promotes the correct work of all organism and does not allow various undesirable surplus to settle on our hips and a stomach.
Important! The diet assuming replacement of one meal in day with boiled beet (it is possible in combination with greens), allows to dump absolutely safely up to four kilograms within a month!
There are also more rigid beet diets, however they have certain contraindications. Besides the emergency weight reduction is always less useful, than gradual when the slender waist is reached not by means of temporary mockery at itself, and reduction of the diet in the balanced state.
Speaking about advantage of a root crop for weight loss, it is also necessary to note that it is the for this purpose best of all to use not a crude, but boiled or baked product. At the same time it is very important to watch that enough liquid came to an organism.
Whether it is possible
It is necessary to carry to unconditional advantages of beet the fact that to find the person to whom this product is directly contraindicated, very difficult. Even diabetics should not refuse to themselves this vegetable, and it is simply necessary for young mothers.
To pregnant women
Folic acid is very often called "vitamin of pregnant women", it is so important both for an organism of future mother, and for the correct formation of a fruit. Amino acid a lysine during this period is not less useful as it, along with calcium and other minerals, provides formation and growth of a bone tissue of the kid.
It is known that during pregnancy the urinogenital system and intestines of the woman experience very serious strain. In particular, future mother is often tormented by locks. Boiled beet will help to get rid of this state if to use it regularly. Besides, active agents of beet normalize microflora in intestines, destroying reproduction in its departments of putrefactive bacteria. The diuretic, anti-inflammatory and anesthetizing effects which are possessed by beet at this stage of life of the woman have very opportunely too.
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