Useful properties of grated carrots with sour cream

There are many foods that provide health benefits. Choosing sources of vitamins for themselves and their families in stores, many people buy exotic fruits that are worth a lot, forgetting about inexpensive and affordable vegetables. These valuable products include carrots. In the article, we will tell you how carrots are useful and how not to harm yourself by using this vegetable.

Useful properties of carrots

The root vegetable contains a large supply of nutrients. The mineral composition includes iron, potassium, calcium, silicon, sodium, magnesium, manganese, copper, molybdenum, phosphorus, zinc. Water-soluble vitamins are represented by an almost complete complex of B vitamins and vitamin C.

Fat-soluble are shown in the table.

Carotenoids (α- and β-carotenes) - provitamins A - are found in plant foods. When ingested, only a tenth of the carotenoids is converted to retinol (vitamin A).

With regular consumption of raw carrots, beta-carotene and vitamin A synthesized from it:

• manifest themselves as powerful antioxidants;
• reduce the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• promote the renewal and regeneration of tissues (including mucous membranes), improve the condition of the skin;
• help with eye diseases: disturbances in night vision, myopia, frequent conjunctivitis and blepharitis;
• normalize cholesterol levels, remove toxins;
• protect the skin from ultraviolet rays;
• increase potency in men;
• participate in the restoration of the liver.

Other nutrients support dental health, relieve anxiety, and stabilize hormones.

Attention! In folk medicine grated carrots are used for the treatment of wounds and burns, since it has antiseptic properties.

The vegetable is boiled, stewed or squeezed out of juice. Freshly squeezed carrot juice - means for washing out sand from the kidneys. On the basis of carrot seeds in traditional medicine, antispasmodic drugs are made.

Boiled and steamed vegetables are easily absorbed by the body, therefore they are used in dietary nutrition for disorders of the digestive tract.

Useful properties of grated carrots with sour cream and garlic

Provitamins A to a greater extent determine the usefulness of the vegetable and effective ways of using it.

Important! The maximum assimilation of fat-soluble vitamins, which the root vegetable is saturated with, is possible only when carrots enter the body together with a fatty component: sour cream, cream, butter or vegetable oil.

The main benefits are carrots with sour cream, and the rest of the ingredients complement its taste or useful qualities. For example, garlic not only adds spice to the dish, but also enhances the healing properties of the salad:

• proteins contained in sour cream or unsweetened yogurt activate cell renewal;
• garlic phytoncides act as an antiviral and antiseptic and increase the body's resistance to infections;
• carrot carotenes and retinol strengthen blood vessels, lower cholesterol, improve vision and skin condition;
• The total tocopherol and fat content of the snack allows the retinol to be absorbed and the zinc transports vitamin A to the tissues.

Health will not change from one serving, but with regular use of such salads and adherence to the basics of a healthy lifestyle, the quality of life will increase.

Special benefits for women

The fair half monitors their appearance, therefore, they carefully select the diet. Due to the high content of dietary fiber, carrots fit into most diets: it cleanses the body of toxins and toxins, reduces appetite and promotes weight loss.

Retinol helps to tone the skin and cope with stretch marks that appeared during pregnancy or with sudden weight loss, makes hair shiny and nails strong.

Moderate doses of carrot juice normalize the synthesis of female sex hormones during pregnancy and improve milk composition in nursing mothers.

Recipes with grated carrots and sour cream

Since boiled and steamed vegetables lose most of their vitamins, salads are prepared from raw vegetables and fruits - this is tastier and healthier. Choose medium-sized carrots (up to 150 g), rich orange hue, regular shape, with a smooth surface.

With raisins

Grate 0.5 kg of carrots on a coarse grater, add a handful of washed and dried raisins, cut a small bunch of parsley. Season with sour cream. Salt a little or add 2 tsp. soy sauce. The salad turns out to be spicy and tasty.

With cheese and nuts

This salad is made in layers. You will need 200 g of raw carrots, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 50 g of walnuts, 150 g of hard cheese and boiled beets, sour cream, salt or soy sauce.

How to cook:

1. Grate vegetables and cheese, chop the garlic with a knife or pass through a press, chop the nuts.
2. Mix the carrots with half the nuts and the third part of the garlic, season with salt, put in the first layer in a salad bowl and pour over the sour cream.
3. Add a third of the garlic mass to the cheese and lay out in a second layer. Also pour over sour cream.
4. Stir the beets with the remaining nuts and garlic, add salt, put in a third layer and pour over the sour cream again.

With cottage cheese

Grate 2-3 fresh carrots, add 200 g of fine-grained cottage cheese, 2-3 cloves of crushed garlic, a few tablespoons of sour cream, a little salt and black pepper. Mix everything. A delicious, hearty and healthy salad is ready.

Harm and contraindications

There are also contraindications to the use of carrots:

• inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract;
• increased acidity of the stomach;
• a stomach or duodenal ulcer;
• gastritis and pancreatitis in the acute phase.

Use with caution carrot juice with urolithiasis. It is able to remove small stones and sand, and larger stones can change position and cause colic.

Retinol is useful, but when it is in excess, it becomes toxic and leads to impaired fetal formation during pregnancy and fragility of bones in adults. The advantage of beta-carotene is that it is transformed into retinol in doses that do not exceed the body's needs. The maximum side effect of the plant form of vitamin A is yellowing of the skin, but does not lead to a deterioration in well-being.

Attention! Include no more than two medium-sized root vegetables for an adult and one for a child in the daily diet.

Conclusion

Carrots are one of the most affordable products that can significantly improve your well-being and appearance. In order for the root vegetable to be better absorbed, it is consumed with animal or vegetable fats. Heat treatment reduces the valuable properties of the product.