Turnip enjoyed invariable popularity at our ancestors, was a main course during a lunch, she even repeatedly became the hero of works of folk art. But today interest in this vegetable is a little lost, some people do not even know how it looks, and especially did not taste. And in vain, this relative of cabbage — a unique root crop and the real treasury truly useful substances.
Caloric content and chemical composition
At turnip there are many vitamins, mineral substances and other useful components. In 100 g of edible mass of a product are:
- calories — 32 kcal;
- proteins — 1.5 g;
- fats — 0.1 g;
- carbohydrates — 6.2 g;
- food fibers — 1.9 g;
- water — 89.5 g;
- organic acids — 0.1 g;
- ashes — 0.7 g.
Vitamins:
- vitamin A — 17 mkg;
- beta carotene — 0.1 mg;
- B1 vitamin — 0.05 mg;
- B2 vitamin — 0.04 mg;
- vitamin C — 20 mg;
- vitamin E — 0.1 mg;
- RR vitamin — 1.1 mg;
- niatsin — 0.8 mg.
Macrocells:
- potassium — 238 mg;
- calcium — 49 mg;
- magnesium — 17 mg;
- sodium — 17 mg;
- phosphorus — 34 mg.
Whether you know? Began to grow up turnip nearly 4 millennia ago. Its ancestral home — the Western Asia. In Greece and Egypt in ancient times fed with this root crop slaves and also workers building pyramids and tombs. Practically all ancient Roman estates preferred it in a baked look.
Microcell:
- iron — 0.9 mg.
Usvoyaemy carbohydrates:
- starch and dextrins — 0.3 g;
- mono - and disaccharides — 5.9 g.
Advantage for an organism
Turnip extraordinary positively influences an organism. The regularity of its use qualitatively affects functioning of many systems and bodies. Let's consider what advantage of turnip:
- for digestive system — helps to avoid locks, emergence of stones in bilious passes, cleans intestines from toxic elements thanks to existence of a large amount of cellulose;
- for immunity — a significant amount of vitamin C helps with prevention of flu and catarrhal diseases and as soon as possible gives the chance to cope with these problems. Availability of beta carotene and vitamin E, participating in interferon synthesis, becomes an effective barrier to distribution and reproduction of virus cages;
- for the system of breath — vitamin A helps to clean lungs of smokers from harmful substances, ascorbic acid favorably influences mucous respiratory organs, helps to overcome consequences, negative for them, after catarrhal diseases;
- for warm and vascular systems — helps a conclusion of bad cholesterol, without allowing emergence of plaques in vessels, promotes blood circulation improvement, removal of hypostases, threats of atherosclerosis;
- for joints and bones — potassium and calcium in a root crop improve processes of regeneration of connecting fabric, reduce the probability to injure joints and bones;
- for a blood system — promotes clarification of blood from harmful elements and to improvement of a lymph.
Whether you know? The modern French, Americans, Japanese and residents of other countries love turnip and with pleasure cook various dishes from it.
Muzhchin
The following properties of a root crop do it very useful to men:
- its use helps to balance hormones in an organism;
- useful cholesterol as a part of vegetable increases production of testosterone that is important for potency, normalizes a condition of nervous system, improves sexual opportunities, functioning of a prostate and also formation of muscular and skeletal system. For more productive production of testosterone in a male body this vegetable needs to be used at least three times a week, the combination to meat is optimum;
- antibacterial characteristics of this root crop and its ability to bring slags out of an organism promote elimination of excessive sweating if it has no relation to hormonal violations.
Zhenshchin
Turnip is regularly recommended to be eaten in any kind to women:
- it represents an optimum product for weight loss, positively influences improvement of a figure, quality characteristics of hair and nails;
- thanks to antioxidants promotes extension of youth, healthy and beautiful appearance.
Use of a root crop as masks for hair adds gloss to hair, improves their growth, strengthens follicles, eliminates dandruff, restores health of indumentum, does hair color to more saturated. Vitamin C and copper with success cope with all these functions.
It is useful for women to eat parsley, beet, ginger, a celery, a dogrose, avocado, pumpkin, dates, a sea-buckthorn, a filbert, grapes, cherry, a melon, pomegranate and almonds.
Thanks to this root crop, skin will also always be under reliable protection both outside, and from within. An attractive flush, absence of visible wrinkles and pigmentation — result of impact on a vitamin E organism in its structure. Eels and pimples help to eliminate anti-inflammatory opportunities of vegetable, sulfur promotes purity of skin. Is its part glyukorafanin — seldom found component which is a basis for synthesis reactions as a result of which growth of cancer cells stops. The turnip used systematically is capable to become excellent means of prevention and fight against oncology of mammary glands and internal genitals of the woman.
Advantage for human health
Turnip in all types is capable to make favorable impact on an organism. It is cooked, processed on couple, subjected to frying, squeeze out juice, used in salads, eaten crude, combined with animal and vegetable fats, with kvass.
At vegetable there is a significant amount of cellulose, turnip has the low level of caloric content, 90% of its structure are water. She shows the sedative, calming influence on the central nervous system, differs in antibacterial impact on a human body.
Whether you know? 2004 according to the decision of World Health Organization was called as year of turnip.
Crude
Crude turnip effectively removes inflammatory processes, reveals the anesthetizing, healing, disinfecting effect for wounds. The root crop helps at locks. This vegetable is in the raw capable to cope with a scurvy.
Boiled and pareny
Boiled and pareny turnip is in own way useful:
- far back in the past in such view with the help of this root crop carried out prevention of tuberculosis;
- in a boiled or pareny look vegetable effectively strengthens immunity, is also capable to improve sight, to stop a hair loss and to slow down emergence of a gray hair;
- by means of boiled turnip it is possible to cure a tonsillitis, to appease tooth pain;
- this effective antiseptic protecting from various bacteria.
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Juice
About curative properties of juice of turnip legends go:
- it is extraordinary useful at a tonsillitis, pharyngitis as its use protects from transition of a disease to bronchitis or pneumonia;
- this also effective expectorant remedy, especially in combination with honey;
- is a great doctor of an urinogenital system: promotes removal of stones, anesthetizes, resists to inflammatory process, reveals diuretic effect;
- does not allow formation of concrements with flakes in a gall bladder;
- at emergence of problems with gums they rather just are eliminated by means of rinsing with root crop juice, also at the same time there takes place prevention of caries;
- in neurology this product is applied as absolutely harmless and soft means of somnolent action;
- it is effective at violation of lipidic exchange and atherosclerosis.
Important! Turnip is of value for children, it helps to avoid rickets and locks, promotes strengthening of immunity, replenishment of a children's organism vitamins, to a normal dream, strengthening of teeth and all skeletal system. To use it for food of children together with other vegetables it is allowed from seven-months age.
Whether it is possible turnip
Turnip — the universal vegetable ready to help at various diseases, but some nuances at its use nevertheless are available.
At pregnancy and breastfeeding
During pregnancy the female body especially needs receipt useful and nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Turnip — one of those products which is capable to provide to the woman a considerable part of necessary elements at this time therefore it is recommended to be used during incubation of the child and breastfeeding. All components which are contained in a root crop favorably affect as health of the woman, and her kid. Consumption of this vegetable is capable:
- to calm nervous system of the woman, especially vulnerable during pregnancy, and a fruit,
- to strengthen their immunity,
- to avoid catarrhal and viral diseases, undesirable during this period,
- to remove hypostases thanks to diuretic effect of a plant.
When feeding a breast when to the kid month is executed and it will have no problems with digestive tract, the woman can enter gradually into the diet turnip, but at the same time it is necessary to be especially observant and careful.
Important! Inclusion in turnip food in the period of a lactation is capable to provoke at some kids allergic manifestations, indigestion, gripes.
At emergence of uncharacteristic changes in a chair and behavior of the kid it is better to postpone consumption of vegetable for some time. Pregnant women and the feeding women are recommended to use a root crop in number of no more than 300 g, is not more often than two times a week.
At diabetes
Consumption of turnip at type 2 diabetes makes favorable impact in any kind: crude, boiled, pareny. It is possible to replace with it successfully even potatoes in first courses. Juice of a root crop represents an effective remedy for strengthening of immunity at diabetics, but it is not necessary to be overzealous. At diabetes it is better to consult with the attending physician about a possibility of inclusion in food of turnip and its admissible quantity.
Important! Glyukorafanin who is contained in turnip — an effective remedy of prevention of development of diabetes.
At pancreatitis and gastritis
At pancreatitis the consumption of turnip is inadmissible as in it the considerable content of cellulose, essential oils is capable to stimulate work as a pancreas. But at long remission of a disease it is possible to use vegetable soups where this root crop can act as one of ingredients. At gastritises vegetable is allowed to be used, but it is recommended in the boiled, pareny and baked look.
Important! Whatever was a problem with digestive tract — turnip in the raw cannot be used, especially it concerns juice.
At gout
Juice of turnip helps at gout, rheumatic states both at external application, and at intake. Also gout treat a compress from a boiled root crop for what it is frayed to a kasheobrazny state and put on the painful site.
Contraindications and harm
Except the miracle medicinal properties, turnip can do harm therefore it has also a number of contraindications:
- at any sharp inflammatory processes in digestive tract, in kidneys and a liver;
- at serious disorders of nervous system;
- at long stay on a diet;
- at diseases of a thyroid gland;
- at an acute heart failure;
- at an exit of stones in connection with an urolithic disease;
- at individual intolerance, emergence of allergic reactions;
- it is impossible to abuse a product in large numbers, especially in the raw.
It is carefully recommended to use a root crop:
- at the increased acidity of a stomach;
- at diabetes;
- problems with intestines.
Turnip — surprising vegetable which throughout centuries managed to preserve and inform of the unique useful properties up to now. It has admirers to whom it gives good health and young-looking appearance.