Sauerkraut at least once in life was tasted by almost all residents of our country. In many regions it is the only way to keep the harvest of cabbage for long term. At the same time in it all useful vitamins and minerals for our organism remain.
Good sauerkraut contains a large amount of vitamins of groups C, B, A, E, H, K and also cellulose, proteins, organic acids. For fermentation use average and late grades of cabbage. Still such cabbage is rich with bioflavonoids, nicotinic acid, starch, pectins, calcium, magnesium, iron. Proceeding from all these elements, sauerkraut is very useful to a human body. What does the advantage of such cabbage consist in?
Advantage of sauerkraut:
1. Because it contains organic acids, improves digestion, and methylmethionine protects a mucous membrane of a stomach from damages.
2. Because of high concentration of ascorbic acid increases immunity. It is an irreplaceable product at catarrhal and viral diseases.
3. Helps people with overweights. Is a dietary product because of low caloric content – only 27 kcal in 100 g.
4. After consumption of sauerkraut, gums become stronger, and caries on teeth doesn't develop.
5. For the people who are in risk group reduces the probability of appearance of coronary heart disease and also prevents formation of malignant tumors.
6. This cabbage contains the substances lowering cholesterol level in blood of the person.
7. Sauerkraut is shown to application in food by sick diabetes, brings out of an organism of parasites and favorably influences a liver, kidneys and a pancreas.
8. She helps to struggle with nervous breakdowns, eliminates fatigue and irritability.
9. Besides internals, sauerkraut strengthens hair and nails and also keeps skin youth. For this purpose use various masks from this product.
10. To men it is useful during a hungover syndrome and also to increase in intellectual ability and physical activity.
11. To women sauerkraut helps to overcome toxicosis during pregnancy. Still it is applied in the form of masks against acne rash and freckles.
12. Besides the cabbage also its juice is useful. It brings toxins out of a liver, helps at cholelithiasis, nausea, locks. Also sauerkraut juice perfectly increases appetite and helps to acquire to a stomach the heaviest food.
The main contraindication of sauerkraut is the raised meteorizm. It is connected with processes of fermentation in this product. Also people can't eat it at pancreatitis, a hypertension, a renal failure, heart hypostases.
Despite some contraindications, sauerkraut is very useful and necessary product for food, since the earliest age (from 3-4 years).