Sea-buckthorn jam — not a new product in domestic kitchens, but at the same time very few people know about all useful properties of these small yellow-orange berries.
We suggest you to understand in more detail this question and to consider one of a set of popular recipes for useful and tasty delicacy.
Than sea-buckthorn jam is useful
Correctly made sea-buckthorn jam has very big set of properties, useful to health.
Whether you know? Ancient Greeks called a sea-buckthorn a brilliant horse as after use of sea-buckthorn broth even the most exhausted animal soon recovered. In those days the plant was equally actively used both for treatment of horses, and for improvement of health of their owners.
First of all the following properties are important:
- prevention of catarrhal diseases;
- relief of symptoms of sharp respiratory viral illnesses (in particular, the increased temperature and cough);
- positive influence on a condition of an integument, nails and hair (in many respects thanks to presence at an organism of vitamins A and C);
- prevention of development of oncological states;
- strengthening of a cardiovascular system;
- clarification of kidneys and a liver from slag deposits;
- fight against locks;
- normalization of an emotional state and fight against insomnia;
- the high regenerating abilities, and not only on the surface of skin, but also on mucous membranes;
- prevention of avitaminosis and atherosclerosis.
Whether it is possible at pregnancy and GV
Some women cautiously treat sea-buckthorn jam during incubation of the child and his further feeding by breast milk. However nobody forces to eat whole to bank of this product for time, and at the moderate use no collateral reactions should be.
Important! Sea-buckthorn jam is not medicine and cannot replace any medication. However, with its help it is possible to cure cold, using with tea or milk of 4-5 times a day.
On the contrary, sea-buckthorn jam will help:
- to cope with catarrhal diseases;
- to strengthen immunity;
- to solve a problem of locks which often torment pregnant women.
Among additional benefits of the use of sea-buckthorn sweet during this difficult period It should be noted also prevention of avitaminosis and also recovery of structure of hair and nail plates which often suffer from the shortage of calcium and the raised expense of others useful micro and macrocells.
Simple recipe
To achieve the maximum effectiveness from application of any product, it is necessary to know precisely how to use it. In this case for the correct preparation of jam it is possible to use one of the checked recipes.
Whether you know? Useful properties not only berries, but also sea-buckthorn bark have. At its structure there is serotonin which acquired the name happiness hormone long ago.
Ingredients
It will be necessary for receiving fragrant jam for you:
- the peeled and washed out sea-buckthorn berries — 1 kg;
- sugar — 1500;
- boiled water — ¼ glasses.
From kitchen utensils it is necessary to use only a big pan, a spoon and clean glass jars for a flood of ready sweet.
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Step-by-step instruction
There is nothing difficult in the recipe below — moreover, many hostesses for certain will agree that it is one of the simplest options of preservation for the winter.
Everything that needs to be made:
- To wash out and peel berries from garbage and dust.
- To place them in a pan, to fill in with water and to fill up with the measured amount of sugar.
- It is good to mix everything, to put a pan on small fire, to bring to boiling.
- As soon as jam begins to boil and on it the foam fur coat is formed, she will need to be collected by a spoon and once again properly to mix everything (stir slowly soup regularly that it did not stick to a pan bottom).
- In half an hour the sea-buckthorn uvaritsya finally in syrup and it can be poured on the banks which are (previously sterilized).
That's all, amber sea-buckthorn jam (with a number of sea-buckthorn oil) is already ready and he can be moved away on storage.
It is important! To reduce cooking time, it is possible to wet previously berries in water at several o'clock that will save further 10–15 minutes on a plate.
Recipe of sea-buckthorn jam: video
Possible harm
The main caution at consumption of jam from a sea-buckthorn is connected with presence at it of a large number of sugar. It can badly be reflected in a figure, and at some people even to provoke development of diabetes.
Moreover, sea-buckthorn berries can change acidity of a stomach (towards increase), and it even at completely healthy body will not do it good.
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To consumption of sea-buckthorn jam it is possible to distinguish from the main contraindications:
- problems with bodies of a GIT (in particular stomach, pancreas, zhyolchny bubble and duodenum);
- individual sensitivity to the making components of berries;
- diabetes (any type);
- problems with a liver;
- sharp diarrhea.
Of course, acidity level in the boiled thoroughly berries is much lower, than in fresh, but if you are not sure of a possibility of their use specifically in your case, then it is better to consult to the doctor. In general both the sea-buckthorn, and jam from it are characterized only by merits, so, at observance of requirements to preparation and the use it is possible not to be afraid of deterioration in health.