Emerald cabbage - is super-product and for the children and for their parents. And especially on this cabbage is necessary to pay attention to mothers (and future held).
Culinary version of the site Kolobok.ua gathered for you prove beneficial influence on the body of broccoli, as well as tips on how to not turn her into danger.
Useful properties Cabbage.In broccoli contains a lot of vitamins of group B, vitamin E, A, PP, K, U, C, and the latter contains more than citrus. From macro- and microelements scientists discovered in this vegetable potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, manganese, copper and selenium.
Broccoli can be called a vegetable beauty, because it contains large amounts of beta-carotene, which is a vitamin of youth.
Chlorophyll, which is composed of broccoli perfectly affects the blood.
The broccoli has a substance - choline and methionine, which promote excretion of cholesterol from the body. Therefore, this type of cabbage is recommended to use in food for people who have found problems with the cardiovascular system, as well as arthritis and atherosclerosis.
Regular consumption of cabbage also helps to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Cellulose, which is found in broccoli, helps to clean the intestines and relieve constipation. And, of course, will help keep normal weight for weight loss.
Doctors strongly recommend eating broccoli diabetics, because cabbage contains substances that help normalize insulin levels. A sweet tooth, these substances help to reduce cravings for sweets.
Broccoli great influence on the nervous system, reducing anxiety levels, eliminating the depression.
Cope with cellulite also help broccoli. One has only to begin to use it regularly, the skin becomes smooth and taut.
As a result of recent studies, it was found that patients who ate twice a day broccoli, stop the growth of cancer cells.
And, of course, broccoli has beneficial effects on vision, which is especially important for children, and for office workers.
Pregnant women should eat the broccoli as often as possible, because this at the expense of high folic acid content of cabbage helps the normal development of the fetus.
Contra-use.Nutritionists strongly advised to limit consumption of broccoli in cheese and fried in pancreatic disease, increased stomach acidity, gastritis, gastric ulcer.
If you are hypersensitive cabbage should also be excluded from your diet.
Broccoli can not be used to prepare vegetable broths. It is believed that when cooking soup fall particularly harmful to the human body purine bases - adenine and guanine. So if you want to cook soup with broccoli, cabbage first boil, pour the broth and add it to the already finished dish.
You also can not cook the broccoli in the microwave. With this heat treatment, it loses the bulk of useful properties.
And finally, in no case can not be not to fry the cabbage. First, the use in this dish is the minimum, because during such processing most vitamins disappears. And secondly, broccoli during cooking releases carcinogens, which tend to accumulate in the body.
How to cook and eat broccoli.It is best broccoli steamed. If you like soft and melt in your mouth cabbage, cook it for 12-15 minutes, but if the taste crispy - just 5-7 minutes.
Boiling broccoli has its secrets: First, it must be lowered into the boiling and salted water. Secondly, cook 5-7 minutes (frozen 10 minutes), then merge water pour cabbage and cold water (to maintain beautiful colors vegetable and stop the cooking process).
For baking in the oven cabbage cut into florets, sprinkle with oil and send in a preheated 200 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
Blanching will appeal to those who like to eat broccoli in salads. For this omit inflorescences in boiling water for 2 minutes. And also then pour the cold water.
And, of course, raw broccoli, rinse under running water and dry before adding to salads.
Broccoli is best combined with vegetable oil, yogurt, sour cream, soy sauce and lemon juice and mustard.
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