Very soon there will come the main holiday for all – New year. One of symbols of this celebration is such fruit as tangerines. They always have to be present at a holiday table. In what advantage of tangerines and what harm they can do to human health?
Tangerines are seasonal fruit and appear on counters of shops in November every year. It is caused by the fact that they grow only in warm climatic zones and ripen at this time.
The huge advantage for a human body at tangerines is caused by high content of vitamins in them: iron, calcium, magnesium, sodium, vitamins of groups A, B, C, E, K and others. And also content of cellulose, flavonoids, essential oils, organic acids. All these components which are a part of tangerines reflect their useful properties for the person.
Useful properties of tangerines
1. Thanks to the high content of vitamin C, tangerines not only increase immunity, but also perfectly help at treatment of cold and flu.
2. Availability of organic acids has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect.
3. At tangerines there are glycosides which reduce cholesterol level in blood and help at troubles of heart and vessels.
4. Potassium content in these fruit allows to normalize elevated pressure at the person and prevents formation of hypostases in heart and kidneys, bringing excess liquid out of an organism.
5. Help to avoid a depression, nervous breakdowns and restore the cells of a brain which are responsible for memory.
6. Allow to fight against locks.
7. Treat cough and bring a phlegm out of lungs.
8. The vitamin A which is contained in these fruit improves sight and prevents an eye cataract.
9. Tangerines infusion is applied at treatment of a fungus of nails and also acne rash on face skin.
10. Normalize blood circulation and purify blood.
11. Improve perception of food at loss of appetite.
12. Restore an organism after attacks of epilepsy and spasms.
13. Hair protect from emergence of a gray hair.
14. Prevent emergence on cellulitis skin.
15. Participate in processes on restoration of an organism after long physical activities, raising an organism tone.
16. Are a fine dietary product, with the maintenance of only 38 kcal in 100 g of a product.
Besides useful pulp of tangerines, also the peel of this fruit is used. Make various broths which help at treatment of flu and cold, at poisonings and nausea, at the increased sugar level, at treatment of bronchitis and so on of it. And at tangerines even sunflower seeds are useful. They contain the folic acid and antioxidants allowing to fight against development of oncological diseases and insomnia.
Despite all useful properties of tangerines, they can do also essential harm to a human body. The most important - them people can't eat with various diseases of an alimentary system and also sick hepatitis, cholecystitis and pancreatitis.
It is undesirable to any person to apply in food a large number of tangerines for once. The approximate daily dose for the adult makes no more than 4-5 pieces, for the child – no more than 1-2 pieces. At the same time it is necessary to consider lack of various allergic reactions to this fruit.
In the presence of some contraindications, tangerines all the same remain one of the most favourite fruit with people. As for advantage for a human body, it can't be overestimated.