Much know of advantage and excellent tastes of a root crop of carrots, however not comes to each of people to mind that the carrot tops of vegetable conceals in itself not less wonderful properties and can be used in many spheres of human activity on an equal basis with a back. This article will help you to understand whether there is a rational background in using a carrot tops of vegetable in your household in details.
Whether it is worth throwing out root crop leaves?
Anticipating many questions, we will give the direct answer: you should not throw out a carrot tops of vegetable unambiguously. Its rich mineral and vitamin structure, nutritious properties, a possibility of use in cookery and many national recipes do a tops of vegetable by excellent and useful raw materials for any hostess.
Except all listed advantages, it is worth mentioning at once that it is not appreciated at all in the modern grocery markets as many sellers are not informed on its miracle properties, and often she is simply sent to a makeweight to a basis of this vegetable — to a root crop, and sometimes it can be taken absolutely free of charge at all.
Whether you know? The first carrots were found in the territory of modern Afghanistan where it grew in a wild look for many years and had violet, white and yellow colors. Habitual orange carrots were removed in the Netherlands for the Royal family.
About structure of "a green part"
The rich vitamin and mineral structure does a carrot tops of vegetable by one of the most useful types of greens which scope is limited only to your imagination. Below you will find more detailed description of all nutrients, micro and macrocells which meet in these wonderful leaves.
Vitamins
Especially it is necessary to distinguish carotene which during metabolic transformations in an organism becomes vitamin A from the vitamins which are contained in these greens. This vitamin increases permeability of cellular membranes, improves processes of passing through them of nutrients and promotes the general rejuvenation of an organism.
Besides, foliage of carrots contains rather large amount of the vitamins of group B which are actively participating in exchange processes and regulation of work of nervous system; vitamin C which increases immune function of an organism; the vitamin D taking active part in processes of absorption of calcium and phosphorus in intestines; the RR vitamin necessary for an organism as a metabolite for many biochemical reactions; and also vitamin E which wins back the major function in work of cellular membranes.
Mineral substances
It is necessary to distinguish from substances with which carrot greens are less rich: iron — up to 1 mg, selenium — up to 1.2 mg, manganese — up to 0.2 mg, zinc — up to 1.7 mg and copper — up to 0.1 mg.
Despite their quite small contents in a tops of vegetable, you should not underestimate these substances, they are one of key components in synthesis of various biologically active agents which are crucially necessary for an organism for its normal functioning.
Among mineral substances especially contains in this product potassium much — about 240 mg, sodium — up to 80 mg, calcium — up to 35 mg, phosphorus — up to 30 mg and also magnesium — up to 10 mg.
Calcium and phosphorus are especially important in this list as because of the vitamin D which is contained in a large number in a tops of vegetable they are soaked up in intestines most actively and fully.
Caloric content and nutrition value
It is quite possible to call foliage of carrots a dietary product as its caloric content and content in it of proteins, fats and carbohydrates are rather small. This product, undoubtedly, will not become the main source of food for a healthy organism, but its rich vitamin and mineral structure can be the excellent cause for inclusion of a tops of vegetable in a regular food allowance:
- caloric content: 35 kcal on 100 g of a product;
- proteins: 0.65 g on 100 g of a product;
- fats: 0.14 g on 100 g of a product;
- carbohydrates: 5.35 g on 100 g of a product.
Important! Inclusion of a carrot tops of vegetable in your diet can considerably help you to lose your weight. However in order to avoid negative consequences and violations of the mode of a table d'hote before inclusion of this product in a diet consult with the nutritionist.
Useful properties of a carrot tops of vegetable
The carrot tops of vegetable contains much bigger concentration of vitamin C, than in the carrots. It means that it with success can be applied as the means directed to increase in the general level of immunity and also as a part of recovery therapy after the postponed diseases or in the course of fight against sharp viral infections.
The people who are regularly eating a tops of vegetable note its positive influence on a condition of hair and nails, speak about clarification of integuments from small pustulous diseases and note the general improvement of a condition of skin, hair and nails. This effect first of all is connected with the increased contents in this product of carotene.
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Eating carrot leaves, you purify the blood from the excessive content in it of fats, including cholesterol that favorably affects work of a cardiovascular system and promotes reduction and total disappearance from a gleam of vessels of atherosclerotic plaques.
Carotene, except positive influence on integuments, also very well affects operation of the visual analyzer, and group B vitamins which in a large number are contained in this product have positive impact on work of all central nervous system in general.
This product is very useful to those people who grow thin, they can replace such popular products for weight loss as ginger, beet, parsley and other greens. It is used in traditional medicine for the purpose of treatment of very wide list of various diseases which hemorrhoids, stomatitis, a tonsillitis, various infected wounds and ulcers enter. Such effect is caused by existence in structure of greens of phytoncides which have the expressed antibacterial properties.
Whether you know? Carrots, to be exact its Latin name "carota", named the predecessor of vitamin A — to B-carotene from which it also for the first time was received in vitro.
Whether it is possible to use
The advantage of a carrot tops of vegetable — is undoubted, however it is worth understanding whether equally it is useful to different age and in different conditions of an organism in more detail. Below you will find short comparison of the most vulnerable vital periods of the person and a possibility of the use in terms of medicine during these periods of leaves of carrots.
At pregnancy
The tops of vegetable extremely is not recommended to be used at pregnancy because of the increased content in it of alkaloids which can influence pre-natal development of the kid negatively. Besides, the tops of vegetable contains many Na which surplus is capable to provoke developing of hypostases, and in certain cases — even late gestoses at women on the last trimester of pregnancy.
Cranberry, cloudberries, strawberry, peach, pomelo, watermelon, cowberry, pomegranate, papaya, dried apricots, pumpkin, siliculose haricot, it is also useful to use at pregnancy.
At chest feeding
Today influence of the use of a carrot tops of vegetable on quality of female breast milk is not proved therefore you can eat bravely this product if you the nursing mother. However at emergence at your child of the slightest symptoms of allergic reaction it is necessary to stop the further use of leaves of carrots and to translate your kid to several days on artificial feeding.
To children
The carrot tops of vegetable is regularly not recommended to give in food to children to 14-year age because of the alkaloids which are contained in its structure which can make negative impact on development of their nervous system. However after emergence of the first signs of puberty this product ceases to constitute for them any danger.
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If whether harm and as far as it is exaggerated
Many claim that the carrot tops of vegetable possesses truly the terrifying reserve of various alkaloids and carcinogens though actually it not absolutely so. In practice the carrot tops of vegetable is not more dangerous, than all favourite caffeinated products. At it, certainly, there is a number of natural alkaloids which, nevertheless, are almost not capable to do much harm to health of the adult.
The alkaloids which are contained in carrots leaves possess the expressed toning influence, are capable to excite slightly nervous system, to increase physical activity that can be harmful to children, but in any way to adults. As for carcinogens, their contents is almost equal in carrot leaves to zero.
Sometimes because of consumption of this product the development of small disorders of work of digestive tract is possible that it is connected with the fact that our organism did not get used to digest fibers, so rigid on the structure, and many essential oils are unfamiliar and first are badly perceived by a stomach, but from the second or third intake of food which contains this product, all irrevocably passes.
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Use of medicinal and useful properties
The carrot tops of vegetable is quite actively applied in traditional medicine that is connected with its rich and various chemical composition. Remember that the tops of vegetable is not independent remedy and treatment with its help can not give desirable effect without use of traditional medicines. Anyway, before beginning treatment, useful will be to consult with the doctor. We give several the most popular national recipes with application of leaves of carrots below.
As diuretic
The tea made from a carrot tops of vegetable perfectly helps to cope with hypostases and also many problems of kidneys. Such effect is promoted by the increased contents as a part of this product of potassium. Such tea is prepared from the following recipe: 1 teaspoon of a dry tops of vegetable is filled in with boiled water, insisted within 5 minutes and accepted on a glass 3 times a day before each meal. The course of therapy proceeds for 2 weeks then it is necessary to take a monthly break.
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For digestion
After the digestive tract adapts properly to impact on it of components, rather difficult for digestion, and will cease to bring the expressed discomfort, it is very well possible to apply broths from a tops of vegetable and also greens in the raw as medical substances to digestive tract.
Broth is prepared as follows: in the boiling water put 100 g of carrot leaves then cover and boil within 15 minutes. Later pour the received substance in the blender and properly crush everything to a condition of uniform gruel. This medicine should be used on 100 ml in 20 minutes before each meal for digestion improvement and also simplification of belly-aches and elimination of symptoms of colitis, gastritises, stomach ulcer and a duodenum and other inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases.
For sexual force
Improvement of the sexual sphere occurs because of the porphyrines which are contained in structure of a carrot tops of vegetable which wonderfully stimulate blood circulation in a small pelvis, promote more active release of sex hormones and in general have beneficial influence on a condition of an urinogenital system. This effect is reached as a result of the use of a crude tops of vegetable in food: it is possible how to add it to structure of salads, soups and vegetable stews, indeed as the only component.
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For hair
The effect of positive influence of carrot leaves on a condition of hair which is already mentioned above will be more noticeable if to connect it to the yarrow having not less expressed influence on integuments in general and hair in particular. For this purpose the dried-up and crushed carrot tops of vegetable is mixed in equal proportions with a yarrow grass, fill in the received mix with boiled water and insisted on an extent of 20-30 minutes.
After filtering receive infusion, ready to application, which need to rinse hair at the end of the procedure of washing of the head.
It is also possible to make a mask for hair which will return them gloss, force and volume. For receiving this means it is necessary to mix florets of a camomile and a dry tops of vegetable of carrots in equal proportions, further it is necessary to crush carefully all (it is desirable to a powdery state) and to fill in the received mix with boiled water for 20 minutes. After the filtered infusion it should be added to the shaken-up egg and it is good to mix everything.
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Musk should applying on hair 2 times a week, to leave for 15–20 minutes, and later it is good to wash out the head with shampoo. Such mask will also be effective at a hair loss and dandruff.
From hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids at initial stages perfectly respond to treatment by means of a carrot tops of vegetable. For receiving the substance capable to cure this disease, you need to take the dried-up carrot tops of vegetable, to grind it in powder and to fill in with boiled water. Further it is necessary dates"