Delicious healer straight from the garden - boiled beets: benefits and harm to the liver
Beetroot is a product traditionally used in many dishes Russian cuisine. The vegetable is popular not only among our compatriots, but all over the world. Root crops love and grow for its taste, low cost and beneficial properties for the body.
In the article, we will understand in detail how to use beets for the treatment of the liver.
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Is it possible to use beets for liver diseases
The healing effect of table root vegetables has long been known, especially its ability to have a beneficial effect on liver function is distinguished. It is used to cleanse, treat and prevent diseases of this organ.
The beet contains many essential substances:
- Vitamins: A, C, PP, group B.
- Macronutrients: potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus.
- Trace elements: iodine, manganese, zinc, iron.
- Organic acids: folic, malic and oxalic.
- Pectin.
About the benefits and harms
All products and medicines have their own contraindications, and beets are no exception. The harmful effect of it is minimal, but we still recommend that you exercise caution in its use for various diseases.
| Name of the disease | Which component is harmful | Why not |
| Diabetes | Sugar | Glucose, as you know, is contraindicated for diabetics, of which there is a lot in beets. |
| Urolithiasis disease | Oxalic acid | This substance should not be used for urolithiasis. It can provoke the growth or formation of stones. |
| Diarrhea | Whole vegetable | The root vegetable has a pronounced laxative effect.
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| Osteoporosis
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Whole vegetable | The root vegetable reduces the body's ability to absorb calcium. |
| Hyperthyroidism (for diseases of the thyroid gland)
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Iodine | There is already an excess of iodine in the blood of patients, and with the use of beets, it becomes even more. |
| Hypotension
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Whole vegetable | Beetroot helps lower blood pressure. If blood pressure is already low, eating a vegetable uncontrollably is dangerous. |
| Gastritis (with increasing acidity) | Organic acids | They can contribute to an increase in already high acidity. |
It should be noted that beets also have a number of useful properties.
The root vegetable and its leaves are useful for gastrointestinal ulcers, its juice is able to normalize hemoglobin, removes toxins, and cleans blood vessels. It is also successfully used by cosmetologists.
Beets are good for people with thyroid disease caused by iodine deficiency.
The vegetable will have a positive effect on the heart and blood vessels, improve well-being in atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Is boiled beets good for the liver?
What are the harm and benefits boiled beets for the liver? A boiled vegetable is almost as good as fresh. Hence, the product has the same medicinal qualities or contraindications.
It is interesting! One of the most remarkable properties of beets is that their beneficial composition does not suffer too much when heated. That is, during cooking, stewing, baking, most of the vitamins are retained.
Rules and methods for cleansing the liver with beets
In folk medicine, there are many effective recipes for how to clean the liver with broths, juice or the root crop itself.For a successful procedure, it is important not only to choose “your own recipe”, but also to prepare correctly.
Preparing to cleanse
Preparation for cleansing with red beets begins one day. Lean foods should be preferred. Exclude meat, fish, eggs, fatty and fried foods, pastries, sweets from the diet. Reduce salt intake to a minimum.
Ideally, you should generally consume some apples, apple juice or mashed potatoes at the preparatory stage, but such a diet is not suitable for everyone. "Apple" unloading is contraindicated for those who have diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas, people who have had a heart attack, diabetics, nursing mothers, ladies in position.
How to cook beets to cleanse the liver
Beets gently cleanse the liver, help the gallbladder to perform its function efficiently. With liver disease, it is doubly important to free it from toxins and toxins.
Decoction cleaning
Preparation:
Two or three small root crops are washed, 3 liters of water are added to it. Cook until about 1 liter of liquid remains. Ready beets are rubbed, the resulting gruel is added to the broth, and boiled for 20 minutes.
Application:
The resulting liquid is cooled, filtered and drunk per day, in a glass (200 mg), with an interval of three to four hours. The recipe can be used once or twice a year.
Boiled beet peel
Of all the methods, this one is the least energy consuming.
Preparation:
Beets (1 pc.) Are washed, boiled, grated, and small balls are rolled from the beet "minced meat".
Application:
Take one "meatball" before meals for two weeks.
Beet juice for treatment
It is undesirable to use the juice in its pure form. It is best mixed with carrot and cucumber juices.
Preparation:
Mix juices in this proportion 3: 1: 1, where 3 is a beet product, and the rest is cucumber and carrot.
Application:
Drink "mixture" in a glass (200 mg), after two to three hours for two days. You should not prepare a drink in large quantities - it must be done every time to keep it fresh. On the third day, it is useful to breed beet juice with apple juice in a ratio of 1: 4. In total, the duration of the therapeutic cleansing is four days.
Caution! It is important to know that beet juice must be defended two hours after preparation before use.
Beet kvass
Preparation:
Three root vegetables are washed, peeled, cut into cubes or strips, placed in a three-liter glass container. Add 500 g of granulated sugar and 2 tbsp. flour. Then close everything with a lid. The mixture is infused in a warm place for a couple of days.
It is important to stir it in the morning and evening. On the third day, 600-700 g of raisins, half a glass of water, 1 kg of granulated sugar are added to the liver cleanser. Kvass should stand for another seven days. Stir it up to three times a day.
Application:
The healing infusion is filtered and taken 3 times, in a tablespoon 10 minutes before meals. During the course you need to drink three liters of the drink. The procedure is repeated after three months.
Other recipes
Here are some more common recipes for cleansing the liver using beetroot.
Beet Lemon Drink
This type of cleansing helps to cleanse the liver from toxins, increases its tone.
Preparation:
One beet is washed, peeled and steamed for a couple of half an hour. Tinder, squeeze, filter and incubate for 2 hours in the cold.
Then add some lemon juice. Can be diluted with carrot juice and / or water in a 50:50 ratio.
Application:
They start taking the drug with a teaspoon and, with a favorable reaction of the body, bring it to 100 ml twice a day. The cleaning procedure is carried out for two weeks, then it is worth taking a break.
With kefir
Preparation:
Only beets (1 kg) are cooked, the rest of the products you just need to stock up on in the right amount - kefir (1 l), mineral water without gases (1.5 l).
Application:
Foods should be divided in equal parts and consumed throughout the day.
The diet cannot be extended for more than three days, but the procedure can be carried out twice a year.
Does it help with any liver disease or not?
Beets are an excellent helper in the fight against liver diseases and gallbladder diseases. However, as with any medication, you should consult your doctor before use.
Interesting.Beets are recommended for the fight against liver cancer.
Contraindications and possible harm
For people with kidney stones, the vegetable can become an enemy. The acids included in its composition enhance the growth and formation of calculi, and the existing stones make them heavier and larger.
Thus, beetroot will not help get rid of kidney stones - it will only harm, however, it can cope with stones in the gallbladder.
To get rid of calculi, you first cleanse the stomach and intestines. Afterwards, cleansing enemas and therapeutic fasting are carried out. In fasting it is worth starting from the well-being and strength of the patient. It is recommended to carry out the procedure for up to two weeks.
Tips & Tricks
To cleanse the liver correctly, bring good results and lasting effect, some rules must be followed:
- Give up bad habits (smoking and alcohol).
- Try to reduce the amount of stress (they certainly have a bad effect on the liver).
- Control weight (extra pounds overload the organ).
- Eat healthy foods and drinks for the liver, giving preference to fresh vegetables, fruits, juices, smoothies, etc.
- Drink at least two liters of pure water (tea, juice, compote are liquids, they will not help maintain water balance).
- In the diet, you need to minimize the amount of fatty, salty, fried foods, muffins and sweets.
- Eliminate overeating. There are often, but little by little.
- Move more, do special exercises, walk. This will have a positive effect on your liver and overall well-being.
Conclusion
Beetroot can give a head start in the usefulness of many vitamin and mineral complexes developed by specialists. It has almost no contraindications, it is useful for almost any liver disease.
In addition, the root vegetable is an effective medicine that has no side effects. It perfectly helps with cirrhosis, hepatosis, increases immunity, lowers bad cholesterol, improves the condition with hypertension, rejuvenates the body. Try and see for yourself the healing power of folk recipes with red beets.