Beet has useful properties. Under certain circumstances it is allowed for the use to the people having diabetes. Before adding beet to a diet, it is desirable to consult with the doctor.
Beet began to be grown up long ago. Now it all the year round is on sale on counters of the markets and shops. The available product has a set of useful properties. Most of them aren't lost even after heat treatment.
Useful properties of beet
Vegetable is used as in a crude, and boiled look. It is applied to preparation of various salads and borsch. Fresh beet juice — popular drink among athletes. It enriches an organism with vitamins and minerals. Among which there are a calcium, iron, chrome, vanadium and others.
Beet improves work of intestines, stimulating growth of useful bacteria. In certain cases it is used as depletive. But it is worth remembering that at certain diseases it is contraindicated. Gastritis and other disorders of digestion, existence of stones in kidneys belongs to them.
The fresh beet juice is useful at anemia. It stimulates development of red little bodies. To whom the taste will seem strange, it is possible to mix it with other juice. At regular consumption of drink the general state of health improves.
Fresh beet at diabetes
Diabetes is characterized by increase in sugar in blood. Because of failure in a metabolism the digestion of sugar is broken. It influences its rapid growth in blood. The main condition of treatment is the strict diet. Products with the low glycemic index enter it. It is impossible to tell that beet absolutely conforms to these standards. But under certain conditions doctors allow diabetics to eat it.
Low-calorie vegetable, but its glycemic index in a boiled look rather big. Crude beet has lower indicators. It means that boiled vegetable, to people the suffering diabetes, it is possible to use rather seldom. At the same time it is necessary to combine it with low-calorie products.
Fresh beet, but in small amounts and occasionally is allowed to diabetics of the first type. It can be grated and used as salad.
Diabetics of the second type are allowed to eat beet more often, especially in the raw. But the quantity shouldn't exceed 120 g a day. Consumption of crude beet improves the state of health and helps with fight against excess weight.
Before consumption of vegetable it is better to consult with the doctor. The disease of each person proceeds individually that will suit one, can be dangerous to another.