Dried fruits are the best products

Vitamins (And, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6) in such type of fruit successfully remain therefore they are used both for food, and in the medical purposes. For example, as the metabolism regulator, at diseases of kidneys and a liver, heart and a stomach, for maintenance of external beauty and youth. You should not forget also about mineral elements as a part of dried fruits: calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, sodium.

According to many nutritionists, dried fruits will help women to look good, thanks to high content in themselves calcium: consumption of dried fruits daily within 10-15 days will strengthen nails, hair and will improve complexion.

Dried fruits are is very concentrated sweet, but you should not be afraid of it. Fructose and glucose as subspecies of useful carbohydrates, do not increase insulin level in blood. And, despite the caloric content, are very useful, it is at all not those calories which we receive from consumption of cakes and chocolate. Therefore several segments of chocolate can be replaced with a handful of dried fruits or nuts.

There are certain rules on purchase of dried fruits:

- it is desirable to buy already packed product;
- the dried fruits acquired in shops should be washed with warm water;
- it is better for average elasticity and rigidity, dark color to buy dried apricots (light for giving of trade dress it is processed by "chemistry");
- if on taste dried fruits very sour, then they are badly processed;
- quality prunes of black color, with insignificant gloss, a little soft and elastic; easy bitterness and a brown shade speak about the wrong processing and drying of plums.

Most often on shelves of shops it is possible to see raisin, prunes and dried apricots though dry also pears, apples, bananas, a dogrose and many garden berries.

Dried apricots, dried apricots, kaysa
All this the dried-up apricots: dried apricots are dried up with a stone, a kaysa – after removal of a stone, and dried apricots is cut on halves. Chinese cultivated an apricot more than 5 thousand years ago, and Europeans began considerably later – 2 thousand years ago.

Dried apricots contain 46% of sugar in structure. Dried apricots is not really vitamin-rich, but is allocated a large amount of mineral substances in comparison with fresh apricots. It helps at heart diseases, is recommended at anemia and the weakened sight. Dietary properties are expressed in prevalence of salts of potassium over sodium salts, and the high content of magnesium helps with treatment of a hypertension and some forms of an anemia.

B5 vitamin puts to an organism heart and helps with fight against extra kilos. And quite recently scientists-physicians proved that if daily to eat dried apricots, then it is possible to reduce the probability of development of malignant tumors.

Raisin
Raisin – the dried-up grapes which even according to ancient physicians promote strengthening of heart of nervous system and suppresses anger. All medicinal properties are explained by existence in the dried-up grapes of very useful vitamins, organic acids and mineral salts. It is included in a diet of people with cardiovascular diseases and for all comers to strengthen the immunity, especially children.

Persons interested to reduce consumption of sugar in the diet in the course of weight loss, choose raisin as a basis of the diets. Today allocate 4 types of this product: small light raisin without stones (the culinary name – sultana grape, trade – a sabza); very dark or blue raisin without stones; raisin of light-olive color with one stone; large, sweet, fleshy raisin with 2-3 stones. Dark grades of raisin, than light are considered as more useful.

Prunes
Prunes – dried plum, on average, consist of 39-41% of sugar, are very rich with vitamin B, normalize carbohydrate exchange in an organism and increase its stability during stressful situations, restore working capacity. Prunes compotes are recommended at diseases of intestines and stomach (or 5-6 berries a day), heart and kidneys, he acts as good antibacterial medicine at diseases of an oral cavity and helps with fight against caries.

Also prunes are very useful at iron deficiency anemia and avitaminosis because of high content of iron in the structure. It appears if boil soft prunes in milk, then, putting we heat to callosities, it is possible to remove them successfully. It is more potassium in prunes, than in bananas, by 1.5 times. Prunes are a good dietary product and are used in a number of modern diets.


Caloric content of dried fruits fluctuates in the range from 240 to 300 kcal at 100 grams of a product. For example, dried apricots – 241 kcal, prunes – 264 kcal, raisin – 295 kcal, and simple apples – 273 kcal. On the content of carbohydrates are in the lead raisin – 78.47 grams and dates – 75.03 grams from 100 grams of the dried-up product.

It is the best of all to distribute intake of dried fruits evenly for all day: in the morning they will load an organism with energy, during the lunchtime will satisfy feeling of hunger, and will not allow to overeat in the evening, at this time of night. Not for nothing dried fruits add to muesli and other dry breakfasts, combining with each other since they are well combined. And it is correct because each of them has useful properties. But it is desirable that the total amount of wonderful fruit did not exceed 200-300 grams a day.

It is the best of all to compensate power expenses of an organism dried fruits and nuts. Thanks to these products, the person can not only receive vital energy, but also clean and revitalize own organism. Forming mucous solutions in intestines, dried fruits absorb in themselves and remove all harmful substances: pesticides, radionuclides, antibiotics, surplus of cholesterol, dyes and preservatives.

Good luck!