Potatoes we eat often and hardly anyone, eating a French fries, thought about the useful properties of potatoes. And so, our article will be devoted to it - potatoes, "Food in human life - potatoes" is the topic of our article.
Potato was discovered, of course, by Christopher Columbus, he took it along with other vegetables as a gift to the Spanish king. Five thousand years ago, the Indians discovered the miraculous properties of potatoes, and they began to cultivate potatoes. In Europe, the potato was treated as an ornamental plant, its flowers were decorated with hair and hats, and grown in gardens. After the potatoes were discovered as a food product, many Europeans for a long time believed that potatoes are harmful to health, since there is a lot of starch in it.
An experiment was conducted, the tourist was put on a potato diet and except for potatoes he did not eat anything else for breakfast, lunch, dinner for dinner, a second dinner, potatoes-fried boiled, parched, in uniform. Potatoes did not bother him, and at the end of the experiments he stated that, if necessary, he could still sit on the diet for two weeks. Thus, scientists have proved and it is safe to say that potato has all the useful substances necessary for our body. And so, what useful substances does potatoes contain and what role does it play in our lives?
Potato in human life plays a huge role, as it contains a lot of vitamins and minerals. On the one hand, potatoes are close to bread or rice, as it contains a lot of starch and carbohydrates, and on the other hand, potatoes are rich in vitamins and minerals - and it can be attributed to vegetables. Potatoes have a lot of potassium, and this promotes water-salt metabolism in the body, so potatoes are useful to people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, since 400 mg of potassium reduces the risk of the disease by 40%, but for greater effect, potatoes should be eaten in baked form, in order to would save all the useful properties. In baked form, potatoes retain all their useful properties, and it is less caloric, so that baked potatoes can be eaten and people who are dieting.
The potato contains silicon, bromine, iodine, manganese, iron, calcium, copper, zinc, kolbat, boron, nickel, niacin, choline, selenium, molybdenum vitamin B1, B2, B6, C, P. Potato contains folic acid, carotene and organic acids: apple, oxalic, citric, coffee.
Vitamins are a lot immediately under the skin, so it is better to potato a stove in a uniform. And if you still decide to cook potatoes, then lower it immediately into the boiling water, so it will quickly cook and keep more vitamins in itself. Sick and dead potatoes lose useful properties. It is not recommended to eat potatoes with shoots. Keep the potatoes in a cold and dark place, but not in the refrigerator, the cellar is best for this! In the water should not be left for long, no more than half an hour, because in the potato water also loses its useful properties.
As in everything that is in the world and in potatoes, there is both bad and good. As for the bad - in potatoes contains a small amount of alkaloid solanine - it is a poison that in large doses can lead to serious consequences. It is much under the skin and near the eyes, so dear housewives, carefully remove the eyes, well, turn green potatoes and avoid at all, because in them the content of this poison reaches a serious level. Solanin causes diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness, itching. But all the same, it also has advantages. Solanin helps to get rid of malignant tumors. For the treatment of cancer, it is necessary to take just green potatoes.
As for the medicinal properties of potatoes, potatoes can prevent the appearance of depression and bad mood, insomnia and fatigue. Potato contains dietary fiber, and they contribute to the removal of excess cholesterol, salts, heavy metals, nitrates, fungi and parasites. Thanks to potassium, salt and water are excreted from the body, which improves metabolism, and therefore potato is considered a dietary product. Baked potatoes are recommended for hypertension and atherosclerosis. Potato broth is useful for brittle nails, for this you need to lower your hands every day into the broth, after which not only the nails will stop breaking, but the skin of the hands will become soft and tender. In order to get rid of the warts, you need to cut the potatoes in half and rub the wart. Potato helps with gastritis and gastric and duodenal ulcers. Potato juice helps with nausea, heartburn, and constipation.
What is being treated with potatoes? At attacks of a bronchial asthma it is necessary to breathe under a blanket a steam of the potato welded in a uniform and to drink infusion from a nettle and various grasses and as it becomes easier to breathe to lay down and properly to take cover. After that, the attacks become less frequent and pass much easier.
Bronchitis. Hot potatoes crush, add 3 drops of iodine and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil, compress on the chest and throat, keep until it cools, then drink carrot juice and milk in equal quantities. In order to get rid of gastritis you need to survive the juice of potatoes and drink 2-3 tbsp. spoons before meals 15 minutes before meals three times a day, red and pink potato varieties are more suitable for this. To get rid of headaches, you need to drink three times a day for half a cup of potato juice, beforehand, carefully wash it, but do not clean it. For every reception you need to prepare fresh juice. For people suffering from angina pectoris, it is recommended to consume 150-200 g of raw potatoes 2 times a day on an empty stomach.
From the fact that we walk a lot on our soles, cracks appear, and to get rid of them, we need to take fresh potato peelings and flax seeds, pour water in half a liter and cook until a thick slurry forms. After all this, this slurry should be cooled a little and then hold the legs there for 10-20 minutes, then remove the coarsened skin and grease the cracks with tincture of iodine, rub the cream after a while.
As for varieties of potatoes, they number more than 50 thousand species. Potatoes are propagated by seeds, tubers and parts of tubers. Scientists divided into the four main groups all sorts of potatoes: table, technical, fodder and universal. The most common group is the dining room, these potatoes have tender flesh, do not darken, the content of starch is 12-16%, and contain a large amount of vitamin C. In technical grades, the concentration of starch is high - more than 20%. Fodder varieties contain more proteins than other groups. Universal varieties are somewhere in the middle of dining rooms and technical varieties, becoming the "golden mean".
Potatoes in human life, especially women occupy a special place, as potatoes can be used not only in the treatment of various diseases, but also in cosmetology. Potatoes can be used in both raw and cooked form. For example, from raw potatoes it is possible to prepare a whitening and softening mask from raw potatoes. To do this, you need to peel the raw potatoes thinly and put on a clean face for 15 minutes, and then rinse with warm water. After such a mask, the facial skin becomes soft and supple. With the help of potatoes can be treated with acne, burns, calluses and bags under the eyes. To do this, you need to peel the potatoes from the peel, grate on a fine grater, survive the juice and wipe the face with juice or moisten the gauze and apply it to the affected areas of the skin. Potato has an anti-inflammatory property.