Though radish is also available, and it can always be found in the market or to buy in shop, on our tables it isn't a frequent guest. And it isn't correct at all, such ordinary-looking root crop contains huge amount of vitamins and minerals. From what diseases can radish save us?
Radish – a root crop, absolutely unattractive on appearance, the form reminding beet. There are different grades of this vegetable why its color and gustatory qualities and also variations of how it needs to be prepared depends. But, despite external distinctions, there is what unites all of them - it is huge advantage for the person.
The history of radish originates at our far ancestors who knew and appreciated all magic properties of this unattractive gift of the nature. With its help they escaped from many viruses and infections, increased the immunity and catarrhal diseases treated, without applying excess cunning. And when they cut radish, their house was filled with aroma of essential oils of this root crop.
Presently radish can be used not only in the medical purposes. On its basis prepare various ointments, tinctures, house dishes, apply in preparation of dietary dishes and recipes of healthy nutrition.
The advantage of radish for health is invaluable:
1. Strengthens immunity, thanks to vitamins, amino acids, minerals which contain in it.
2. Calms nervous system as it is filled a large amount of vitamins of group B.
3. Improves work of digestive tract and cleans an organism because of cellulose in the structure. And phenolic connections in a root crop struggle with such infections as staphylococcus, a diphtheritic stick, a streptococcus and have anti-inflammatory and antimycotic properties.
4. If regularly to add radish to food, then also the condition of skin improves: pores are cleaned, eels and black dots disappear.
5. Helps to keep a healthy liver as juice of radish is fine bile-expelling means.
6. It is also not possible to underestimate advantage of radish in fight against excess weight. This vegetable, light on calorie, perfectly copes with such task as improvement of a metabolism. And all this thanks to structure of a root crop rich mineral vitamin.
What useful wouldn't be radish generally, its separate look is suitable for any given concrete application. There is a green, black and white radish.
Green radish
This product has a thin greenish skin and rich taste which differs from other types of radish in what doesn't taste bitter at all. Thanks to it, green radish perfectly suits even to those people who suffer from disorder of a GIT. The root crop by right is considered useful salad additive No. 1. But, because of the low content of phytoncides, green radish bears less advantage, than black or white. Besides, this fruit has property to spoil quickly therefore there is one condition - to use in 1-2 months after collecting.
The value of green radish is that it contains complexes of vitamins "B" and "PP", vitamins of group "A", phosphorus, potassium, essential oils, cellulose, calcium. Thanks to this structure, by means of radish it is possible to support the sight, nervous and endocrine system. Consumption of green radish allows to strengthen immunity and to increase resistance to stress of an organism. As in radish there aren't enough fats, and 100 grams contain only 30 kcal, it can be used in dietary food.
Thanks to the gentle structure, not only adults, but also children can use radish. Application of radish in food, leads to restoration of a metabolism in an organism by means of nicotinic acid why skin is smoothed, nails get stronger and quickly grow, and hairs become shiny.
But not only to children and women this root crop is useful. For men it has useful properties too: prostatitis treats, raises testosterone, cleans vessels, strengthens heart and gives freshness to breath. Green radish as well as black is used as cough remedy.
Black radish
Surprisingly, but this most useful and successful type of radish, is the most bitter of all other types. Besides, black radish isn't so various on composition of vitamins, but, all of them are ideally harmonious that does this vegetable irreplaceable for maintenance of health. Besides, it contains the substances suppressing activity of cancer cells – glyukozinolata.
This radish not only helps for cough as all of us got used, but also promotes dissolution of mineral salts in vessels, a bladder, to dissolution of slags in bilious channels and a gall bladder. This fine diuretic and the depletive created by the nature. The main task of black radish – removal of excess liquid from an organism and restoration of its water balance.
Black radish is used in cookery, medicine. Very often it can be found as a part of some cosmetic – large volume is used in cosmetology.
White radish
This kind of radish is applied in cookery, it is considered salad and remarkable snack. It doesn't taste bitter as in it there are no mustard-seed oils. At the same time white radish doesn't concede to the previous types in the useful properties, thanks to phytoncides. One of the most known grades is daikon. These fruits contain huge amount of vitamin C.
White radish the beautiful doctor in treatment of kidneys and a liver and also in clarification of an organism. Even inflammations and wounds are treated if to put to them raw vegetables.
Daikon is an eco-friendly product as doesn't absorb in itself toxins when maturing. Besides, it brings toxins out of an organism. It is useful for allergic persons to use this radish, already through several receptions they will notice how their tendency to food allergies significantly slept. To reduce risk of oncology – it is necessary to take white radish in food. If to use daikon in the raw, then it removes cholesterol and stones which are in a liver and kidneys.
White radish as well as green, helps at insomnia, calms nervous system and normalizes a dream. And if to drink fresh juice of daikon – it is possible to get rid of a hangover instantly. It turns out that this light means which it isn't necessary to prepare long and painfully.
What radish the most useful?
Summing up the result of all above, it is possible to draw the following conclusion:
Green radish suits those who prefer food more sharply, except the people having obesity. In it there is practically no bitterness, so, at the smallest quantity there are phytoncides. Low caloric content. But its help in clarification of an organism, increase in appetite – gives us the chance to build green radish to the honourable third place.
White radish – the queen of salads. Perfectly finishes with infections and catarrhal diseases. Unlike green has high content of phytoncides. White radish ranks second.
Black radish – the most useful type of radish. But, despite the surprising abilities to restore an organism, it is contraindicated to those who have a problem stomach.
Now you know everything about radish. Don't forget to include it in the recipe of a classical green salad.