Useful properties of apricots

Almost all residents of the middle band of the Russian Federation know that one of the types of dried apricots is called apricot. These fruits are incredibly useful, doctors and nutritionists give recommendations to constantly include apricots in any form in their food. However, in this article we will talk about the composition and useful properties of the apricot.

Types of dried fruits from apricots: kaisa, dried apricots, dried apricots

All dried apricots are divided into three types of dried fruits: kaisa - apricots, dried whole and pitted; dried apricots - dried apricot halves; apricot - fruits, dried whole with preservation of stone. In the hull, the bone is removed before drying, and this type of apricots is dried in various ways, including methods using chemicals. The apricot is dried in its natural form, in natural conditions - the fruits of the apricot remain hanging on the branches of the tree until they completely lose their moisture and dry. In dried fruits made in this way, contains the greatest amount of medicinal properties, preserved vitamins, organic acids, sugars and minerals.

In dried apricots and kaise, in comparison with the apricot, there are fewer nutrients and nutrients, as they do not dry out on the tree. Also of great importance is the integrity of the fruit - the structure of the apricot is not disturbed, since the apricot is not cut. The apricots are usually left with small, small apricots, and large ones are cut and made from them kaisu and dried apricots.

In all types of dried apricot, the nutritional value is extremely high, while the high content of sugar in dried fruit does not prevent them from wearing the proud title of natural fat burners. The indigenous population of Central Asia calls the apricot nothing but a gift from Allah and believes that only the apricot is endowed with medicinal properties, it is revered as a product that brings youth, beauty and longevity to the body and cures many diseases. How many poems and fairy tales are written in honor of this dried fruit! All other kinds of dry apricots they use as sweets.

Uryuk contains a significant amount of calories - in 100 g of the product there are about 240, but if they are not abused, then your figure will not hurt. The apricot also contains fats, vegetable protein, useful carbohydrates, which are perfectly absorbed, without becoming later into fat, leaving a long feeling of satiety and contributing to the excellent work of the intestines.

Ingredients:

The apricot is filled with health. In it you will find simple and complex sugars, organic acids, fatty acids saturated and unsaturated, elements of sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, potassium, vitamins A, E, C, B1, B6.

The high sugar content in the apricot provides it with nutritional value, while a high content of potassium is an excellent prophylaxis against diseases of the cardiovascular system and digestive organs. Cheerfulness will give vitamins of group B, especially they are useful for women, because they prevent obesity and burn calories effectively.

Treatment with apricot and its beneficial properties:

Experts argue that the properties of apricot will help with violations of blood circulation and anemia, as well as it is a delightful rejuvenating, restorative and will help with poor vision.

The magnesium salts found in the apricot reduce and gradually restore blood pressure, this is an excellent medicine for hypertensives. In certain forms of anemia, arising from causes of malnutrition, and hypertension, special magnesium diets based on the use of apricots are carried out.

It is noted that in regions where apricot is frequently used for food, local people rarely have fractures and skin diseases. Uryuk is the "fruit of beauty", it brings our hair, nails and skin into a magnificent healthy state and effectively strengthens bone tissue. Using the apricot, you prevent and carry out prevention against cancer, for this quite an adequate dose is 100 grams of apricots per day. There are in the apricot properties of a diuretic action on the body, and its decoction eliminates swelling.

Infusion of apricots

This infusion is popular in Tajikistan, they say that longevity lurks in it. The recipe is this: take a few pieces of wild apricots, adults in the mountains, soak, not heating, in the evening in clear water. In the morning, water is drunk, the apricot is eaten. This is a wonderful tasty breakfast, and also claim that in this way you can live up to 120 years or more, without diseases and in clear mind and memory.

There is another variant of the present: a glass of dried fruits is poured into an enamel saucepan, poured with a liter of boiling water and covered with a lid. The pan is warmly wrapped, the apricot is insisted for 15-20 hours, after the infusion is filtered, the swollen berries are eaten, and the liquid is drunk several times a day. Infusion is especially useful for constipation and hypertension.

How to choose the right apricot and its application?

Doctors recommend eating apricot to soften tumors and prevent the formation of blood clots. Acid varieties of apricot perfectly relieve migraine and colds, and sweet are useful for nervous and mental disorders.

From apricot kernels get apricot "milk", which perfectly facilitates the patient's condition when coughing, whooping cough, tracheitis and bronchitis, relieves some inflammation and hiccups. Tea, boiled from the pits of the apricot, has a curative effect on the heart and the whole system as a whole, and raw bones have a helminthic effect.

The real dried fruit, dried directly on the tree, is incredibly difficult to buy. It's not even that such a apricot on the market will cost 1,000 rubles and is more expensive for a kilogram. In fact, it is very likely that you will buy a forged apricot. Such apricots are made as follows: apricots are dried with special chambers, fumigating them with sulfur dioxide, which is not prohibited by law, but often causes allergic reactions. You buy kaise, apricot, dried apricots not elegantly golden, but a dull, brownish-reddish-looking color, even an unattractive sight. In this case, you can be sure that dried apricots have not been treated with chemicals.

It turns out that an expensive apricot may not be real, the very one that is made from wild mountain fruits. These varieties of apricots are preserved only in small quantities in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China. In other parts of the world, they do not grow, and therefore the wild apricot is now listed in the Red Book and protected.