Good product – cabbage …

He carried out for three months in Norway. Lost weight, according to his stories, because of the principle of the food extended there. There is its essence: Daily at a table there is a big bowl with the fresh chopped cabbage. Cabbage goes as a garnish basis. To it sauces, seasonings, meat dishes are served. Bread is almost not eaten. Here it is so simple!

I do not know, so it or not so, but the fact interested me. Decided to get acquainted with cabbage, habitual for us, closer …

More than ten centuries cabbage on our table is held in respect. Russian cabbage soup, solyankas, borsches – all it, cabbage. And sauerkraut? And to vodka snack, and for the morning – opokhmet. The proverb is right: "The kapustka is good. On a table it is not a shame to put, and will eat – it is not a pity". Only on our table more and more boiled yes stewed, and most often white. We got used to it.

And now trade offers cabbage in wide assortment. Red, color, Savoy, a kohlrabi, Bruxelles, Beijing, broccoli, Chinese – it is possible to find any cabbage on counters. All cabbage carry to family of a cruciferae family, to one sort. In what the advantage of this "family"?

All representatives of cabbage on structure are similar, contain approximately same complex of nutritious and biologically active agents, but in a different ratio. Cabbage contains a lot of protein, glucose, fructose, pectinaceous substances, cellulose, starch and mustard oils. And iron, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, iodine? The most valuable minerals! And vitamin row which is present at structure kapust very wide. From A to U - practically, the half of alphabet! Cabbage is appreciated the content of vitamin C, a kohlrabi in general by a northern lemon call. Long ago not a secret that vitamin C is beauty, health and immunity.

The Savoy cabbage is protein-rich. Tiny kochanchik of a Brussels sprout surpass in the content of vitamins traditional - white. The cauliflower surpasses it in vitamin C content too. Generally, all cabbage are good – choose on taste.

Cabbage is appreciated the cleaning and intensifying digestion properties. It is cellulose with which the plant is rich, works. Cabbage cages, contain cellulose which is not acquired by an organism, and enhances motility of intestines. But the biological value of cabbage not only in cellulose.

The surprising fact – in the countries where cabbage is popular, the level of oncological diseases is much lower. All the matter is that cabbage contains the highly active immunomodelling means, it is carried to glyukozinolata. These active agents reduce risk of a disease of cancer, have antioxidant properties thanks to which cabbage can be considered prophylactic from atherosclerosis, oncology, obesity. Besides, cabbage regulates hormonal and endocrine balance in an organism.

If to tell about symmetry, then, of course, the most important component in fight against kilograms – tartronovy acid. And in what a merit of this "wonder"? The matter is that tartronovy acid interferes with processing of the carbohydrates received by an organism in fatty cages. We eat, and cabbage blocks "warehousing" of carbohydrates. If, of course, we absorbed carbohydrates in reasonable quantities. Introduction to the menu of 70% of fresh crude vegetables guarantees weight reduction. Possibly, the cabbage ratio with other products has to be not less than 50/50. Here it is a secret of "the Norwegian diet"!

Unfortunately, heat treatment destroys tartronovy acid and the most part of vitamins in cabbage. Suppression, frying, boiling – is unimportant. Only fresh and sauerkraut can serve as the supplier of valuable biologically active agents. Cabbage juice, of course, too.

Cabbage juice – remedy. Drink its freshly squeezed, on an empty stomach, in the morning, on a half-glass in day. Drink a course 2 weeks, then take a break. It is possible to accept juice of cabbage leaves, mixing with other vegetable juice, with apple juice, with juice of an aloe (teaspoon), with a honey spoon.

Cabbage juice strengthens a vermicular movement in digestive organs, contains all complex of the vitamins and mineral substances inherent in cabbage. This juice treat stomach ulcer, use as the cleaning means for channels of a liver and airways. As antineoplastic means, drink courses, serially with beet juice, at mastopathy and various new growths in female genitals.

The leaf of cabbage is used as compresses at bruises, diseases of joints, various inflammatory processes on skin.

Here such it is cabbage. Allocate to cabbage a place of honor on your table. Chop strong forks, put in the closed vessel and put in the refrigerator. Eat during the day in plenty, flavoring with soy sauce, apple cider vinegar or a spoon of vegetable oil. Generously add cabbage as a garnish, to boiled meat and fish. And it is possible and just to chew a leaf – appetite to deceive. Check how the arrow on scales will quickly be given. Eh, a good product – a kapustka!