What composition is rich in green radish? How many calories are in it? What salads can be made from it on fasting days? How harmful is it during pregnancy? Benefits, harms and contraindications. If the Japanese consume daikon almost every day (an exotic type of radish, find out about the calorie content of daikon), then for some reason the radish is now undeservedly forgotten in our country. Although before it was always eaten in large quantities to cleanse the body, replenish the supply of vitamins and minerals.
Various types of this product differ in color, taste, size, composition: seaside, white, wild, sowing, oilseed, Chinese (Lobo) or margelan, black, green, daikon.
Green radish has a more pleasant and delicate taste. In terms of usefulness, it is practically in no way inferior to its "black relative". She comes from Uzbekistan. It is an annual or biennial plant of the Cabbage family, it uses root vegetables (in okroshka, salads “read how to make a salad from green radish”), as well as young leaves.
Green radish composition
It contains a lot of vitamin B1, which is responsible for the normal functioning of the endocrine and nervous systems, as well as vitamin B2, which is important for maintaining the growth of the body, the structure of tissues, and maintaining vision.
The root vegetable is rich in niacin (vitamin PP), which is involved in increasing stress resistance and strengthening the immune system. The leaves, as well as the peel, contain essential oils, vitamin C, amino acids, carotene, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur.
Calorie content of green radish
for 100 g - 35 kcal:
- Proteins - 1, 9 g
- Fat - 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates - 6.5 g
Useful properties of green radish
If you have a decreased appetite, be sure to include green radish in your diet - it will help digestive enzymes form. Due to the fiber content in it, the work of the gastrointestinal tract is normalized, the appearance of constipation is prevented (with moderate consumption).
The green appearance of the fruit has useful properties to remove excess cholesterol from the body, it is very useful in the prevention of atherosclerosis. Salad from it will be of great benefit in inflammatory, infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tract (pneumonia, bronchitis, pneumonia), diseases of the biliary tract and gallbladder (biliary colic, acute and chronic cholecystitis). It is useful to use with high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases, and all thanks to potassium salts, which reduce blood pressure, strengthen the heart muscle. In diabetes, the medicinal substances of the root vegetable normalize the blood sugar level, in anemia, the body replenishes the iron deficiency, which is so rich in radish, and carotene helps to maintain vision.
The root vegetable is often used to boost the immune system after prolonged illness and restore metabolism. It is a very low calorie food, hence its widespread popularity in many diets. For weight loss, include light salads in the diet: they eliminate the feeling of hunger and quickly break down the starchy substances of various foods.
You can make a couple of fasting days on green fruit salads. By the way, it goes well with cucumbers, apples, bell peppers, avocado (your choice). Plus, celery, greens - this way you will provide yourself with a supply of vitamins, get rid of excess weight, harmful cholesterol and toxic substances.
Is it possible to replace black radish with green?
Its properties of juice, equal to the juice of the "black relative", is quite suitable for the treatment of colds, coughs and other infectious diseases, only if there are no contraindications described in the "harm". Although the juice of black radish with honey is guaranteed to help with many ailments.
Ethnoscience:
according to herbalists, the beneficial properties of green radish are used for joint diseases, gout, radiculitis, you need to rub gruel from grated green root into the affected areas. You can apply it to sore areas as a compress.
Harm of green radish and contraindications
During pregnancy
Its consumption in large quantities during pregnancy is not recommended. This is due to the content of essential oils in it, which tend to accumulate in the body. They are very slowly excreted and can lead to a tone of the uterus, which is fraught with a threat to bearing a child and miscarriage. If you have a cough during pregnancy, it is better to use rose oil, calamus, myrtle, pine or mint oil instead of radish juice.
It is not recommended to use in large quantities for the following diseases:
- inflammation of the intestine (colon and small)
- stomach and duodenal ulcer
- diseases of the liver, kidneys (but not with the deposition of stones)
- acid gastritis
