Word "jam" of Old Russian origin. It meant any delicacy cooked in honey or treacle. Now this term, as a rule, call the berries, fruit cooked in a thick sugar syrup, or ground with granulated sugar. Good tasty jam is excellent addition to tea, fritters, sweet pancakes. But besides, it is also useful for health.
What the advantage of jam consists in
Useful qualities of jam directly depend on from what berries or fruit it was made and also from degree of safety of biologically active agents in the course of preparation. For example, blackcurrant jam contains a lot of vitamin C and a number of minerals, including such important as potassium and iron. Raspberry jam from time immemorial is known how the excellent febrifuge irreplaceable at various catarrhal diseases.
Bilberry jam contains many vitamins, tannins, minerals, especially iron and manganese. Besides, bilberry contains the substances promoting maintaining sight.
Valuable source of such important microcell as iodine, tropical fruit jam with the exotic name of a feijoa serves. It differs also in excellent gustatory qualities. Strawberry jam, besides the content of various vitamins and minerals, is rich with antioxidants therefore can play a preventive role in prevention of cancer diseases. Pears jam is recommended as prophylactic at some diseases of kidneys and for improvement of composition of blood. Jam from a quince, thanks to the high content of pectins, improves a metabolism, well helps to bring various slags, toxins out of an organism. The real well of vitamins – sea-buckthorn jam. It contains a large amount of vitamin C, is irreplaceable cold remedy. Cranberry jam will help to reduce pressure, it is recommended to use to people who have problems with digestive tract. Plum jam prevents appearance of thromboses, strengthens walls of blood vessels. Plum jam is rich with vitamin K and R. Zamette, any jam which is cooked cold-process, without thermal treatment is useful, fraying berries or small cut fruit with granulated sugar.
What harm to an organism jam can do
Any person, even very loving jam, has to remember that it is a high-calorific product because of high content of sugar. Therefore it is necessary to use it in moderate quantities. Otherwise, except a set of excess weight, caries can develop. It is also necessary to remember that some types of berries, fruit can cause allergies. Therefore allergic persons should refrain from excessive consumption of jam.