Read what useful properties are contained in raisins, as well as its harm and contraindications. Types of dried grapes and calorie content. Southerner sellers name varieties of raisins and raisins differently: bedona, soyagi, sabza, avlon, shigani, germian, which differ in drying and processing methods. For example, if the white raisin "bedonu" is dried in the sun without pretreatment, then the "sabzu" is pre-scalded in an alkaline solution. Avlon is considered a delicacy made of grapes with seeds of any variety, and soyagas are grapes dried in the shade. Each variety is useful in its own way: seedless raisins - raisins - are useful because of their high potassium content. If white dried fruit has a beneficial effect on the intestines and stomach, then dark varieties contain rubidium - a useful element for hematopoiesis, it helps to cleanse blood vessels from atherosclerotic plaques.
"Tailed" raisins do not undergo mechanical processing during the separation of the stalks - so the berries do not crumple and retain their appearance.
What are the benefits of raisins:
- get rid of cough with bronchitis. To do this, soak it with milk in a pot and eat it overnight. And to strengthen the lungs, it will be enough to eat 50 g of raisins per day.
- inhibit the growth of dangerous bacteria and protect against tooth decay and gum disease. They do not contain dangerous sugars - therefore, they are not so scary for tooth enamel.
- regulate the activity of nerve cells due to the content of niacin in it, or vitamin PP. The more this vitamin, the more productive and less stressful nervous activity will be.
- to relieve migraines - for this it is enough to soak it in cold water for 30 minutes and take it internally.
- to facilitate the course of viral hepatitis A. For this, an infusion of raisins in grape vinegar is used, which can also be used to treat tumors of internal organs (for example, the spleen).
- pregnant women and nursing mothers - during pregnancy, iron and magnesium deficiency can be replenished with a small portion of raisins, and when feeding them, you can increase the amount of milk.
Raisins contain a lot of sugar, but not harmful sucrose, but glucose and fructose. Therefore, it is much healthier for health to eat sweet dried grapes than toffee or chocolates.
Probably, many have noticed that if you throw raisins into a glass of champagne, then it will jump up and down without stopping. How can this be explained? The fact is that a sufficient amount of gases in the glass raise the zest to the surface. Part of the bubbles escapes into the atmosphere, and the dried berry, which has a greater density than the density of champagne, sinks to the bottom and again begins to "grow" with bubbles. The bubbles, in turn, overcoming the critical mass, again raise it to the surface. That's the whole secret.
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The harm of raisins and contraindications
This dried berry is contraindicated for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, diabetes mellitus, oral ulcers, enterocolitis, obesity and active pulmonary tuberculosis.
Please note: if the dried grapes are too oily, soft and even yellow, then they have been chemically treated.
If a dried fruit from light grape varieties has been dried in a natural way, then it should have a light brown color, but not golden yellow! To preserve the color, white varieties of raisins are treated with sulfur dioxide. Therefore, it is necessary to thoroughly rinse it with its light appearance, soaking it in warm water for 15 minutes.
For disinfection, you can hold it in kefir or sour milk. When choosing raisins, you can try to grind 1 berry between your fingers - if the dried fruit is contaminated with insect larvae, it will be easier to notice them.
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