It is no secret, that bilberry has positive effect on a human body because of the useful properties. Using it, you thereby enrich the organism with the most useful vitamins and minerals.
Caloric content and chemical composition
Caloric content of a fruit is not famous for big indicators therefore it can safely be eaten if you keep a figure. Other indicators of nutrition value are given in the table.
Indicator |
On 100 g |
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Caloric content |
44 kcal |
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Proteins |
1.1 |
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Fats |
0.6 |
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Carbohydrates |
11 |
Chemical composition of bilberry:
- carbohydrates — 7.6 g;
- food fibers — 3.1 g;
- organic acids — 1.2 g;
- water — 86 g;
- mono - and disaccharides — 7.6 g;
- ashes — 0.4 gr.
Also contains the following vitamins, macro - and minerals:
- calcium — 16 mg;
- magnesium — 6 mg;
- sodium — 6 mg;
- potassium — 51 mg;
- phosphorus — 13 mg;
- RR vitamin — 0.3 mg;
- B1 vitamin — 0.01 mg;
- B2 vitamin — 0.02 mg;
- vitamin C — 10 mg;
- vitamin E — 1.4 mg;
- iron — 0.7 mg.
Important! Bilberry improves memory state of the person.
Than bilberry is useful to health
Useful qualities of berry are known for a long time. For a long time in medicine, and with time and in cosmetology, use fruits, leaves and escapes of berry. What bilberry is useful to, we will understand below.
Berries
Thanks to the unique building, bilberry is very favorable for a human body. It is widely used both for treatment of diseases, and for their prevention.
Has antibacterial, sosudoukreplyayushchy effect and also has property to adjust work of intestines.
The iron which is in structure of berry is acquired much better than pharmaceutical medicines as so in berries it is accompanied by ascorbic acid.
The advantage of dried bilberry consists in its effective fight against diarrhea, inflammation of digestive tract and cystitis. Also dry berries promote health of teeth, strengthen immunity.
Whether you know? Bilberry contains in a food allowance of astronauts.
Leaves, escapes
Travovedam it is perfectly known that in most cases leaves of plants contain much more active components. And bilberry leaves — not an exception. Infusions and broths from bilberry leaves will help at treatment of diseases of uric ways, will remove skin inflammation, are also effective at a disease of a stomach and intestines, have positive effect on kidneys. At diabetes it is recommended to do tincture of leaves.
Escapes are also enriched a big set of useful minerals. They are filled with carotene, glucose and also a large amount of various essential oils. Broth will help at diarrhea, bleedings, an urolithic disease.
Bilberry jam
Bilberry jam turns out very saturated, fragrant and tasty. For a start, its usefulness is shown that it easily lightens the mood, does much more tasty any porridge.
Bilberry jam is rich with antioxidants therefore well cleans an organism from harmful microorganisms, prevents appearance of tumors. It is also delightful affects sight. It is recommended to give at various colds and viral diseases.
Learn, than jam is useful: from a sea-buckthorn, from a feijoa, from green walnuts, from fir cones, from pine cones, from raspberry, from a guelder-rose.
Wiped with sugar
The wiped berry with sugar keeps practically all the useful components and yet diabetics are not recommended to use it. Standard daily rate of such bilberry — one tablespoon a day, in the absence of an allergy.
Syrup
Syrup is widely used in cookery as vkusoaromatichesky additive to jelly, ice cream, etc. Fruits render anti-inflammatory effect at digestion work violation, gripes. Syrup is filled a set of useful substances which will help to take off fatigue from eyes.
Tea
Berries are saturated with magnesium, potassium, iron. Bilberry tea is not medicine therefore it can be used in unlimited number. They can replace usual tea. Promotes a conclusion from an organism of salts and stones from kidneys.
Study properties of tea: with ginger, with a thyme, with a melissa, with a camomile, with a dogrose.
Whether it is possible bilberry
The usefulness of berries does not demand proofs. At its correct use it is possible to keep sight, to strengthen vessels, etc. However, there are also some contraindications to the use.
At pregnancy and breastfeeding
With such abundance of useful substances which are in a bilberry fruit it is simply obliged to be included in a diet of future mothers.
Promotes increase in hemoglobin in an organism, thanks to iron content, calcium helps to improve skeletal system of the kid in mother's womb. Berries promote improvement of immunity and a conclusion from an organism of hazardous substances.
Important! It is not necessary to be zealous with consumption of berry to future mothers as the fixing action which can lead to a lock is inherent in it.
At gastritis
At gastritis a certain diet which is selected proceeding from disease degree is characteristic. People with the increased acidity of a stomach should refuse consumption of berries.
At pancreatitis
In a sharp phase of pancreatitis use of fruits is extremely undesirable because they contain organic acids and food fibers. At the same time the wiped and thermally processed bilberry can be in a diet of patients with pancreatitis.
Only after approach of remission it is possible to eat fresh berries. First it is worth eating the wiped fruits and if deterioration does not occur, it is possible to use fresh-gathered safely.
At a hypertension
Systematic consumption of berries warns against development of a hypertension. It promotes pressure decrease, does not allow development of warm anomalies and also reduces obstruction of vessels.
However, there are also contraindications:
- separate intolerance of some components of bilberry;
- at a liver disease;
- at acceptance of medicines which dilute blood.
At a hypertension it is necessary to show consideration for grape juice, a red guelder-rose, a kudin, beet, a black mountain ash, pumpkin, a calendula.
Recipes of traditional medicine
Before using bilberry, it is necessary to check an organism for individual intolerance, also it is not recommended to those who suffers from locks and an urolithic disease. Not to do harm to an organism, it is necessary to know Regulations of Admission of bilberry.
For sight
For improvement of a condition of sight it is possible to use everything: both berries, and leaves, and escapes of bilberry. It is possible to cook berries compotes, broth from leaves, to use as in a dried, and fresh look. It is daily necessary to eat 4–5 tablespoons of fresh berries or 1 tablespoon of dried. The result will come in 1-1.5 months as the accumulative effect works. Also well berries in combination with honey or cottage cheese will affect eyes.
Whether you know? In total there are about 350 types of bilberry.
At diabetes
At different types of diabetes bilberry can be eaten and it is even useful. Both infusions, and broths, berries are used. At type 2 diabetes of berry and leaves well struggle with eye diseases.
From leaves of bilberry it is necessary for preparation of tincture:
- Tablespoon of leaves to fill in 250 ml of boiled water.
- To warm up 10 minutes on a water bath.
- To filter the received mix through a gauze.
To accept 2–4 times a day 50 ml.
At a diarrhea
Setting property favorably influences the people having a diarrhea. For production of tincture from bilberry it is necessary to fill in 4 tablespoons of dried berries with 2 glasses of boiled water. To allow to infuse within an hour, after to filter and accept on 1 glass every two hours for day. It is also authorized to apply also leaves. It is necessary to fill in with 2 glasses of boiled water 4 tablespoons of leaves. To allow to infuse five hours, to filter and accept during the day in the equal portions.
At cold
Bilberry promotes increase in immunity therefore it is rather effective at cold. It is also good to accept as prophylactic because it possesses bactericidal action.
During a tonsillitis it is good to rinse a throat the broth prepared from dry berries. For production of broth during cold it is possible to use both the fresh, and frozen berries.
1 tablespoon of berries is filled in with 1 glass of boiled water, insisted 1 hour, further drunk three times a day on a third of a glass.
At cold pay attention to honey with a lemon; goat, bear, badger fat; melissa; yarrow; bitter wormwood; pine needles; tea mushroom; turmeric; black caraway seeds; horse-radish; propolis.
At gout
Fruits — a natural source of antioxidants which will help with fight against inflammation of joints.
Two teaspoons of bilberry need to be filled in with a glass of hot water. The received broth needs to be contained in heat for four hours. Before acceptance it is necessary to add sugar. To consume during the day ¼ glasses four times.
For heart
At systematic consumption of bilberry it is possible to avoid problems with a vascular and warm system. The advantage of bilberry for health of heart consists in the content of cellulose and antioxidants.
Broth preparation:
- 20 grams of dried berries to fill in 250 ml of boiled water.
- To hold on fire for 20 minutes.
- To filter.
To accept 2–3 times a day 50 ml before food.
Learn what products are harmful to heart and what are useful; what vitamins should be used for support of a warm system.
At hepatitis C
The Japanese scientists found out that the substance which is contained in berry pro-anthocyanidin will help at fight against this disease. As the small dose of substance is necessary for treatment, it will not do harm to a human body.
Contraindications and harm
Special harm from consumption of bilberry will not be, however, despite of the useful qualities and the vitaminized structure, berry has a number of contraindications, such as:
- personal intolerance;
- pancreas diseases;
- predisposition to locks;
- allergic reactions to the making components (allergen or not — depends on specific features of an organism).
Learn, than berries are useful: cranberries, blueberries, wild strawberry, juniper, gooseberry, sanberra, asaa, honeysuckle, mespilus, godzha, cowberry, cloudberries.
Bilberry, thanks to the unique properties, is widely used in medicine. And are equally popular both berries, and escapes, and even leaves. The fruit is famous antibacterial and anti-inflammatory for actions. Will help at treatment of a disease of digestive tract, will improve a condition of a retina of eyes and will normalize the general condition of an organism.