Bran – a product of cleaning and grinding of grain. Long time bran was used as a fodder additive for animals. However now the advantage of bran for a human body is proved and the product is widely applied in dietary food.
What bran happens?
Most often speaking about healthy food mention a blues. Actually the range is rather wide. On sale it is possible to meet bran buckwheat, rice, barley oat, rye, prosyany. It allows to diversify dietary food considerably.
Various bran differs in structure, but all of them have one general quality. Bran contains huge amount of cellulose, mineral substances and vitamin complexes.
Advantage of bran
Cellulose content in bran reaches 80%. It, undoubtedly, useful quality as rough fibers allow to clean as fast as possible and effectively intestines, without breaking microflora of body. Besides, cellulose absorbs the saved-up poisonous substances. Having decided to use bran in dietary food, don't forget that it is quite high-calorie product. In 100 g of bran also higher than a kcal contains from 165. Therefore it is recommended to eat no more than 30-35 g of a useful product during the day. Bran contains carbohydrates, fats and vegetable protein. Including, at their structure there are nonsaturated and saturated fatty acids. As a part of a product are in a large number macro - and minerals: sodium, magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, chrome, zinc, copper, etc. Considerable content of vitamin E and group of vitamins B allows the person to strengthen the immune system and by that to reduce susceptibility to infectious diseases. Many scientists agree in opinion that use of bran in food is necessary. The purified processed grain is deprived of the most part of useful properties. In essence, the flour prepared from grain is a "dead" product as nearly 90% of valuable substances contain the covers and germs of grains going to waste. At regular application of bran the appearance of the person considerably improves. Skin gains healthy color, hair begin to shine, nails become strong. Literally within several days the functionality of intestines is normalized, locks recede. Bran allows to improve metabolic processes, to reduce concentration of cholesterol. Even the official medicine recommends consumption of bran in the presence of obesity, a hypertension, an atoniya of a gall bladder, atherosclerosis, a diskenziya of bilious channels, prostatitis.
Contraindications to use of bran
However, not everyone can use bran. It is forbidden to enter them into the menu at exacerbation of stomach ulcer, colitis, gastritis, enteritis. In the presence of a chronic form of a disease the consumption of bran is shown only after consultation with the gastroenterologist.