Sweets for joy … and also beauty and health!

Of course, there are sweets which advantage we do not doubt – honey, dark chocolate, prunes, raisin, their ability to affect well health, to prolong youth, are studied long ago, and a question: is or is not – is not necessary. There are only some disagreements concerning a dose.

But most of experts meets that useful (and admissible) a chocolate dose - 1/3 part of a tile a day, sweet fruit - 2 fruit, honey - 3–4 teaspoons, sugar in dishes and drinks approximately - 3 teaspoons. Besides chocolate surely black, with the content of cocoa of 70% and above. In milk chocolate of milk and cocoa it is not enough, and here sugar of the whole 98%. It is desirable to choose firm apples, pears, rigid persimmon from fruit. Except enough vitamins and minerals, they contain also cellulose which helps work of intestines brings harmful products of exchange out of an organism. However, and such "soft" fruits as bananas, grapes contain the mass of poleznost, and it is not necessary to refuse their use at all, just observe moderation.

A little independently halvah is in this list of useful sweets. The word "halvah" in translation from Arab means "sweets", and in the east it, perhaps, the most popular and favourite delicacy since ancient times. We cannot rank halvah as dietary products, is sick it a kaloriyna - in 100 grams of halvah about 500 calories; it by 2.5 times kaloriyny bread and twice kaloriyny jam. And here in it not so there is a lot of sugar - only 30% of various sugars (in candies, cakes to 80%). But in halvah the vitamin structure which depends on that from what seeds of an oil-bearing crop (sunflower, peanut, sesame, almonds, etc.) it is prepared is very rich.

In sunflower halvah there are a lot of B1, F1, E vitamins which have beneficial influence on action of the heart and nervous system, increase immunity, positively influence a condition of skin and hair. Sesame halvah is especially valuable the rich mineral structure - zinc, manganese, copper, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus. These minerals plus B1, C, F, E vitamins cause its positive influence on cardiovascular, respiratory systems, the musculoskeletal device, there are data that consumption of this halvah helps to prevent osteoporosis, migraine, some oncological diseases.

Peanut halvah contains PP, B2, B6, D vitamins in a large number. Magnesium, phosphorus, iron – the minerals necessary for protection of cages of an organism against damage by free radicals are its part.

Thus, except excellent flavoring and nutritious qualities, halvah has unique biological value, rejuvenates and revitalizes an organism, positively influences a condition of nervous system, improves blood circulation and digestion. Besides, the vitamin E containing in halvah very positively influences reproductive function, increasing the probability to get posterity.

Well, with halvah everything is clear! It is possible and is necessary to use, but it is careful, in view of high caloric content.

And how to be with ice cream – favourite delicacy of our childhood? The British scientists were engaged in studying of influence of ice cream on health and an emotional condition of people. Also found out that ice cream literally makes us happy. The ingredients entering ice cream influence the serotonin content (happiness hormone) which is in a brain and is responsible for receiving pleasures, consumption of ice cream leads to reduction of influence of a stress by the person (however, as well as bananas, and chocolate). Besides, milk and cream of which do the real ice cream contain tryptophane which calms nervous system and helps to cope with insomnia. Thus, favourite delicacy of children and women removes stresses, possesses the calming, sedative action, the syndrome of chronic fatigue treats.

Besides ice cream (natural creamy) is one of the most balanced products, makes active a metabolism, is easily acquired and perfectly satisfies thirst for sweet. Slowly is digested and for a long time leaves feeling of satiety. Its caloric content is not so high – from 150 to 250 kcal, and fat content — 6-10%.

And here various water-ices and fruit ice have no useful properties of creamy ice cream and often represent the tinted frozen water with fragrances and flavoring additives, the truth and calories in them is not a lot of, and fats are absent, but the advantage is very doubtful unless the refreshing effect in hot weather.

In small amounts, it is possible to consider conditionally useful – a zephyr, a fruit candy and fruit jelly.

The zephyr and fruit candy prepare from fruit puree, sugar, protein and an agar (agar-agar). The agar which is made from red seaweed has a positive impact on an organism - normalizes digestion, facilitates work of a liver, is useful to a thyroid gland because of content of iodine in it. The agar contains calcium, iron, copper, vitamins E, K and B5, zinc.

Fruit jelly is especially useful, it contains a lot of pectin - the substance which is exclusively well influencing work of digestive tract. Pectin reduces cholesterol content in an organism, contributes to normalization of exchange processes in an organism, improves peripheral blood circulation and also an intestines vermicular movement, works as natural "cleaner", cleaning an organism from toxins and harmful substances, and at the same time without breaking bacteriological balance of the internal environment.

Caloric content of these products at the expense of sugar is quite high - about 300 kcal, and there is no fat at all.

One more class of the desserts raising doubts – pastries: small loafs, rolls, biscuits, products from puff and shortcake dough.

For a figure desserts from the fresh (fast) test which basis - flour, water and vegetable oil are safest. These are strudels and fresh pies, especially with a fruit stuffing. They have a small caloric content, up to 200 kcal, and very small content of fat is 1-2%.

Easy, well usvoyaemy and not too high-calorie dessert from the test is the biscuit for which preparation are necessary only flour, sugar and eggs. Caloric content is about 280 kcal, fat content −10-15%.

The English scientists offer chocolate biscuit cakes as an immunostimulator, complementing with them traditional tea with a lemon. Such tea drinking will fill up vitamin C content in an organism and will reduce emission of the hormones of a stress destroying the immune system. Also easy rolls with vanilla and cinnamon are good for increase in immunity. It appears, aromas of chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon promote production of immunoglobulin A.

However, there is a question: if matter only in aroma, then, maybe, enough is limited to inhalation, and to eat roll and it is optional? But we will not lose double pleasure - we will eat roll, we will inhale aroma, we will increase serotonin level, the immunity depends as well on good mood.

Puff pastry goes the following on harmlessness, but with it it is necessary more carefully – in is mute quite large number of butter and as cake layers from puff pastry usually densely coat with custard, such desserts are quite heavy for an organism and a kaloriyna - the caloric content of 400 kcal, at fat content - 25 – 30%.

The heaviest is shortcake dough. So high-calorie ingredients as flour, sugar, eggs, there is a lot of oil or margarine, do shortcake dough desserts the most dangerous to a figure and not useful to health.
Caloric content is more than 430 kcal, and fat content — about 45%.

To conditionally harmful desserts, it is possible to carry also cookies and wafers of manufacturing. The matter is that any culinary products of long storage contain a shock dose of sugar and fat, besides, they include so-called transfats - a special type of the nonsaturated fats harmful to organism cages.

It is possible to carry natural yogurts which were not exposed to heat treatment to "good" desserts. Their live microflora well influences digestion and gives force to all organism. It is simple to distinguish useful yogurts from other - they do not possess a long period of storage.

As we see, from a set of desserts we can always pick up to ourselves "correct", that is those which at the reasonable use not only will not do harm to a figure, health and appearance, but also will bring benefit, will give strength and energy for active lifestyle.