Stewed cabbage — the budgetary option simple, tasty, nourishing, and the most important — a useful dish. There is a huge set of recipes with mushrooms, other vegetables, meat. Let's consider in what advantage of this dish, it is useful for whom to eat it and to whom is not present.
Caloric content and structure
Stewed white vegetable contains proteins, fats and carbohydrates and also a large amount of vitamins, macro - and minerals, such as: food fibers, vitamins A, E and C, group B vitamins, potassium, cobalt, molybdenum, chrome.
Caloric content of a dish depends on presence of spices, oil, vegetables, meat. Cabbage can be both dietary, and rather high-calorie product. So, if to prepare it with onions and carrots without addition of sunflower oil, then caloric content will be 40 kcal on 100 grams.
If to add mushrooms, then 112 kcal, with tomatoes or tomato paste — 99 kcal.
Whether you know? The word cabbage in translation from Ancient Greek and ancient Roman капутум is meant by head that emphasizes a peculiar form of this vegetable.
Advantage for health
Ambiguously doctors and scientists speak of advantage of cabbage for an organism. But it is about crude vegetable which contains strumogenny substances. The cabbage which underwent half-hour heat treatment almost completely loses them. The dishes prepared from it, undoubtedly have useful properties. First of all, they positively affect immunity. So, 200 grams of a product provide a daily dose of vitamin C which helps with normalization of processes of blood formation, in digestion of iron, counteracts appearance of free radicals.
Let's notice that ascorbic acid (vitamin C) contains in vegetable in the form of an askorbigen whose distinctive property is resistance to influence of temperature.
Whether you know? In France in 1987 grew up the biggest cabbage which diameter reached 1 m, and weight — 12 kg.
Vegetable and vitamins is rich with the antioxidants capable to slow down development of atherosclerosis in elderly people. Also group B vitamins which are useful to mucous and skin contain in it. It is remarkable that they do not collapse at suppression.
Cellulose which in large numbers contains in cabbage lowers cholesterol level in blood and improves work of intestines. Especially it is useful during the winter and spring period when the immunity decreases and our organism lacks vitamins and minerals.
Whether it is possible to eat stewed cabbage
As this green vegetable is useful as in the raw, and in stewed, people can eat it in rather large number, however in some cases it is necessary to respect the rules and to consider contraindications not to do much harm to the health.
At pregnancy
It is recommended to pregnant women to use stewed vegetable, it improves work of intestines, and availability of potassium helps to remove excess liquid and to prevent hypostases. Besides, he is considered a rich source of potassium, cobalt, magnesium and phosphorus. Cobalt, for example, activates enzymes of exchange of fatty acids and metabolism of folic acid.
Important! It is possible to use it throughout all term of pregnancy, but it is necessary to observe a measure — to eat no more than 200 grams a day and not later, than in three hours prior to a dream.
It well affects both health of future mummy, and health of her child. Besides the dish is capable to improve mood, to give force and to strengthen immunity.
At weight loss
For persons interested to lose weight this excellent dish therefore we will consider whether it is useful. Correctly prepared stewed cabbage with a small amount of vegetable oil or at all without it is quite appropriate at a diet. Caloric content of this dish is not higher than 40 kcal on 100 grams.
Also it contains tartronovy acid — substance which splits fat. One more advantage of cabbage — ability to satisfy feeling of hunger, i.e. to sate an organism. It means that it is very useful to weight loss.
Study useful properties of a white cabbage and also - a Brussels sprout and cabbage of a kohlrabi.
At diabetes 2 types
It is quite admissible to use stewed cabbage sick diabetes of the 2nd type. This dish helps to remove hypostasis from a pancreas and to normalize production of insulin. The people having diabetes of the 2nd type are inclined to excess weight therefore their diet has to be low-calorie.
This vegetable in this case very much approaches as contains few calories and is capable to burn fats. It is possible to use it every day, to prepare with addition of vegetables and low-fat meat.
At pancreatitis and cholecystitis
It is not recommended to use stewed vegetable in a sharp stage of pancreatitis, cholecystitis and other pathologies of a digestive tract. It happens because of high content of cellulose which irritates mucous a pancreas and strengthens an intestines vermicular movement.
Such combination of circumstances can cause pains, heartburn, nausea, a meteorizm, diarrhea.
During remission the doctors recommend to enter this dish into a diet. It is better to stew vegetable with vegetable marrows and to use carefully in small amounts.
At gastritis with the increased acidity
Sick gastritis with the increased acidity it is admissible to include in a diet stewed cabbage, but only during remission. She is capable to reduce load of walls of a stomach and improves digestion. Besides, cabbage juice heals small wounds in a GIT, prevents inflammatory processes.
At stomach ulcer
As at stomach ulcer it is not recommended to use cabbage, respectively, and the stewed dish prepared from it will be also inappropriate. During remission of a disease the use of stewed cabbage is admissible, it is possible in combination with vegetables and with low-fat meat.
At a lock
It is recommended to the people suffering from locks to include the food rich with vegetable cellulose in a diet, but not irritating mucous intestines. This stewed vegetable just has laxative effect, but thanks to heat treatment, softly influences a GIT without irritating him and without causing strong gas generation.
At a lock recommend to use wheat bran, a gooseberry, whey, seaweed of a chuk, beet juice, porridge, pearl barley.
At gout
Gout develops against the background of improper feeding. Therefore a diet and respect for the principles of healthy food — a basis of treatment of gout.
The stewed white cabbage needs to be included in a diet of patients with gout as it promotes removal of salts of uric acid, contains a large amount of vitamins that in general positively influences an organism.
Councils for preparation
Before beginning preparation, we recommend to study its main nuances:
- cabbage is taken as I skin, and fermented;
- meat for preparation take any, it is possible forcemeat and also smoked products or sausage;
- slice vegetable both straws, and cubes, the ready dish differently will look;
- you should not stew too sour sauerkraut — the dish will turn out tasteless;
- it is worth extinguishing cabbage of winter grades not less than 30-40 min.;
- you do not extinguish cabbage too long, it will become too soft and will be not so useful;
- it is possible to prepare this dish both on a plate, and in an oven (at a temperature of 165 °C-170 of °C), and in the multicooker (on the Suppression mode), and in the double boiler;
- it is possible to extinguish cabbage in a cauldron, a frying pan or in a pan with thick walls.
That the dish turned out tasty:
- in the beginning preparations it is possible to fry evenly cabbage of minute three, and then to extinguish at the closed cover;
- it is necessary to salt a dish in 10–12 minutes until the end of preparation;
- in 7–10 minutes prior to readiness add a sugar teaspoon, especially at preparation of a dish from sauerkraut;
- add the flour fried till golden color at the end of preparation, it will impact to cabbage unusually original relish;
- it is better to prepare on crude sunflower oil.
Contraindications and harm
At the same time, despite evidence of advantage of stewed cabbage, this dish has also contraindications.
You should not eat it:
- patient enterokolity;
- to people with the increased gas generation;
- with the increased acidity of a stomach;
- to people with renal diseases;
- in a sharp stage of pancreatitis and cholecystitis;
- at intestines spasms.
Important! People with stomach ulcer in a sharp stage cannot use cabbage in any kind. Cellulose irritates mucous a stomach that leads to severe pains.
Stewed cabbage is unique, it has many useful properties. And if your purpose is to be healthy, this that dish which as often as possible has to be on your table.