Chicory - a beautiful plant with gentle florets. Its root is used for preparation of a tasty and useful coffee beverage. However you shouldn't use it in unlimited number.
Structure and taste of a root of chicory
The root of chicory is very vitamin-rich also minerals. In particular, it contains a large amount of vitamin C, B1, B2 and B3. A large amount of inulin which well influences work of all alimentary system is a part of a root of a plant and also accelerates exchange of substances, carotene and proteins.
The fried granulated chicory is very strongly similar to instant coffee both a smell, and color and even taste. The main difference of drink from a natural coffee - total absence of caffeine in it. In this regard, the people having a hypertension can use chicory.
Drink on an empty stomach a chicory cup with honey and a lemon. It promotes treatment of a hypertension.
How many times a day it is possible to drink chicory
As any other medicative herb, chicory demands care in the use. It is impossible to drink it uncontrolledly. Optimum amount of this drink are 2 cups a day. At excess of this dose, you watch closely reaction of an organism. Some people perfectly transfer a coffee beverage, and even 5 cups a day won't cause deterioration in health, and some can have various allergic reactions. Drink will be useful to people who can't do without coffee. In this case it is recommended to replace 2 cups of coffee with two cups of chicory. Thanks to it the organism will receive smaller amount of caffeine.
Drink from chicory has the expressed diuretic effect.
Coffee beverage from a root of chicory contributes to weight loss and normalization of weight. It is connected with its ability to accelerate metabolism and to clean intestines from toxins and other substances. Despite this, drink increases appetite. Therefore too high doses can lead, on the contrary, to a set of weight. One-two cups a day are quite enough for stabilization of work of intestines.
Contraindications for intake of chicory
Stomach ulcer of a stomach, gastritis, various erosion in digestive tract are the serious reason for refusal of consumption of drink from chicory. The fact is that this plant negatively influences the mucous membranes having damages so, can lead to exacerbation of a disease. At varicose expansion of veins and heart diseases is also not recommended to drink a coffee beverage from chicory. The intolerance of chicory which is expressed by such symptoms as is sometimes observed: nausea, dizziness, various rash, weakness.