Radish is one of the few root crops which can please the person not only rich taste, but also the curative properties. However during pregnancy of the woman with care treat the use of this root crop, being afraid of its negative influence on the kid developing in a womb. In article we will in detail consider the main advantage and harm of radish for pregnant women and also we will tell how correctly it is necessary to use this root crop.
Whether it is possible to eat radish at pregnancy
Radish is vitamin-rich, minerals and other useful substances and also contains a significant amount of cellulose which is capable to improve digestion and to accelerate metabolism. Let's consider influence of different types of a root crop on a female body.
Black
Black radish has the most expressed smack and aroma, than other types of a root crop therefore it traditionally is considered the most valuable in cookery.
Whether you know? Radish contains very few calories. For example, one cup of the cut root crop contains only 19 kcal.
At the same time careful heat treatment eliminates saturated sharp smack from vegetable that does it almost safe even at digestion pathologies. Radish positively affects human health including during pregnancy.
It gives the chance:
- to reduce deficiency of important substances (vitamins, minerals and so forth);
- to reduce amount of cholesterol in blood;
- to eliminate and prevent development of inflammatory processes in intestines and also formation of stones in biliary tract.
You should not forget also that the root crop is considered the best cold medicine. Thanks to the high content of vitamin C it promotes activization of protective forces of an organism in fight against respiratory infections.
Learn more about advantage of green, black, white radish and also Japanese radish daikon.
However women in interesting situation are not recommended to use fresh radish. Its structure contains high concentration of specific essential oils which at a surplus in an organism can provoke a uterus hyper tone that can lead to an abortion on early terms and to premature birth at the end of pregnancy.
However temperature processing promotes volatilization of these oils therefore well prepared root crop can be applied in food without restrictions.
Green
As a source of useful substances, green radish is less valuable, than black, however and concentration of aromatic oils, harmful to the pregnant woman, in it is much lower. For this reason this vegetable is more preferable in the pregnant woman's diet.
It helps:
- to get rid of locks;
- to make active the immune system and to cope with a SARS;
- to normalize a condition of an organism at a hypertension;
- to eliminate the saved-up toxins from a liver;
- to clean kidneys from sand and hazardous substances.
Important! Ready salad from a fresh root crop needs to be insisted on an extent of several hours. It gives the chance to reduce concentration of harmful essential oils.
But if the woman has a high probability of development of an abortion, uterine bleedings and other pathologies of a reproductive system, with a fresh root crop it is better to refuse vitamin salads. For women waiting for the kid the boiled and baked vegetable as high temperature promotes volatilization of harmful essential oils is considered safe.
White
For pregnant women white grades of radish are considered as the safest. They differ in softer taste and also practically do not comprise harmful components.
It gives the chance to use a white root crop both in crude, and in the processed look. In addition to it, vegetable differs in the increased content of A, B6, C, E vitamins and also magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium, cellulose.
Important! White radish does not suffer long storage as at the same time its useful qualities are lost. It is necessary to cook dishes from a root crop as soon as possible after purchase.
Thanks to it white radish helps pregnant women:
- to increase immunity;
- to cope with a SARS and other infections;
- to intensify digestion and to accelerate metabolism;
- to adjust work of kidneys and a secretory system in general;
- to bring toxins out of an organism;
- to recover the injured skin after eczema and an acne.
However pregnant women are not recommended to abuse white radish. Glut of an organism vitamins can cause gipervitaminoz. Besides, abuse of vegetable can become the meteorizm reason and also other problems with digestive system.
Precautionary measures
To secure itself and future child against potential harmful effects of a root crop, each pregnant woman has to remember that surely:
- radish is a root crop which actively interacts with the soil therefore the acquired vegetable needs to be peeled carefully from the remains of the soil and other pollutants by means of a kitchen brush;
- before preparation of fresh salads vegetable should be drenched surely with boiled water, it will help to avoid infection with dangerous infections;
- to reduce concentration of essential oils in a root crop, he should be peeled and killed in the cold added some salt water at several o'clock;
- fresh vegetable salad is not recommended to be eaten earlier, than in 20–30 minutes after preparation (ideally — 1–2 hours), during this time surplus of hazardous substances disappears in the natural way.
Directions of use
Most often radish is used in the raw, in that case it is the main component or addition of various salads. It is cut in rings, small cubes or grated and combined with any vegetables.
The best gas station for such salads it is considered to be sunflower oil which helps to disclose harmoniously all tastes of a root crop and also to improve its comprehensibility. Quite often this vegetable is eaten in the baked look.
Whether you know? Radish belongs to some of the few vegetables which are known to the person from antiquity. The root crop was actively eaten in Ancient Egypt for 3 thousand years BC.
The root crop is baked as independently, and in combination with meat or vegetables, in such dishes it is ideally combined with butter or sour cream. Boiled vegetable is used for preparation of cream soups or puree. Fans of exotic from a root crop cook chips or the baked dessert with addition of honey and milk.
Whether black radish with honey for cough helps during pregnancy
Radish with honey is considered one of traditional house means which helps to struggle with cold and cough. Such combination by folk healers not casually is chosen.
Still it was in the ancient time noticed that radish and honey belong to some of the few products known to the person which differ not only in nutritiousness, but also medicinal properties.
At fight against cough also use milk with soda, a cranberry with honey, a dried fig, a red guelder-rose and badger fat.
The effect of such means is quite high, only 2-3 spoons of mix a day help:
- to remove inflammation of a throat;
- to reduce cough;
- to bring a phlegm out of bronchial tubes;
- to increase immunity.
However women in situation need to take radish with honey with caution. As it was mentioned above, as a part of a root crop high concentration of essential oils which are capable to complicate the course of pregnancy contains.
Video: preparation of black radish with honey That is why as medicine use only radish juice with honey that gives the chance of a part of radio components independently to disappear. Spicy and juicy radish belongs to some of the most valuable vegetables known to mankind.
Important! In the III trimester consumption of honey and any its derivatives are not recommended to pregnant women as it can cause allergic reaction of a fruit to beekeeping products.
This root crop is capable to increase immunity and also to protect softly from catarrhal illnesses. However women during pregnancy need to use it with care. Vegetable contains a set of strong components which are capable to cause rejection of a fruit a maternal organism.