Among the many advantages over other vegetables, beets are one of the largest sources of vitamin C (especially its root crop), phosphorus and copper, and in the beet leaves, the greatest amount of vitamin A.
To prevent diseases associated with the cardiovascular system, it is very useful to take vitamin B9, which in addition is responsible for the production of hemoglobin, which prevents leukemia, anemia. And in general, it helps the excellent assimilation of B vitamins.
Thanks to the presence of folic acid, beet helps to create new cells in the body, and also creates a rejuvenating effect.
Another important element responsible for the rejuvenation of the body is quartz, which charity affects the health of the skin, arteries, bones.
But it is worth noting that beet, despite all its positive qualities, is not very useful for people who have stomach problems and those with increased acidity.
For people who suffer from fluid retention, and from obesity, beets will become the best friend. Its properties include purification of blood, kidneys, and liver, thereby reducing the overall acidity of our body.
Beetroot copes with the elimination of toxins, which increasingly embrace us in the modern world, also stimulates the brain, maintains a good psychological and emotional state, preventing the aging of cells.
Useful properties of beet juice will be irreplaceable for hypertensive patients. Boiled beet and its broth is an excellent laxative, and also a diuretic.
Raw beet juice is one of the most useful juices, contributing to the formation of red blood cells, and general improvement in the blood condition in general. Regular use of beetroot-carrot juice (about 0.5 liters per day) is extremely useful for the health of women.
Beet and its juice, as mentioned above, have a cleansing property, but it is worthwhile to be cautious when first drinking beet juice, as 1 glass, drunk for the first time since unaccustomed, can cause a slight dizziness and nausea. So, experts advise to begin reception from a mix of carrot and beet juice, and to pass to a monocomponent juice gradually. For the desired purification of the body, 1-1.5 cups of beet juice 1-2 times a day is sufficient.
During menopause in women, this kind of treatment will give more positive effect, rather than from the action of synthetic hormones.
With varicose veins, hardening of veins, thickening of the blood that cause cardiovascular disorders, beet juice is also shown, which, in addition, will lower blood pressure.
But one of the most useful properties of beet juice is the content in it of the optimal proportion of sodium and calcium (5 and 50% respectively). This is what makes it possible to dissolve oxalic acid salts, which accumulates in the body as a result of consumption of boiled food and its accumulation in blood vessels of the circulatory system. And calcium will provide normal vital activity of cells, and chlorine will help clear the liver, gallbladder and kidneys, thereby stimulating the function of the blood lymph.
Beetroot juice is also indispensable in hypertension, anemia, insomnia, neuroses, atherosclerosis.
Consider the recipes and testimony of beets, its juice, broth in certain diseases and ailments:
- pharyngitis, sore throat - gargling 4-5 times a day, squeezed juice of fresh beet with the addition of 1 tbsp. l of vinegar, while taking a small sip;
- a runny nose - bury your nose with pressed beet juice, if the discharge is thick - often wash the nasal passages with boiled broth;
- Diabetes - the use of fresh beet juice - ΒΌ cup 3-4 times a day;
- improvement of hearing, deafness - instillation of the decoction of boiled, purified beet, 3-4 drops in each ear;
- Improvement of the general condition of patients with malignant tumors - the use of fresh juice of root crops, tops - up to 100 ml per day.
But all the same, it is best to use beet juice in a mixture with carrot, leaving it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours beforehand and taking off the foam.
Despite the many useful properties, there are contraindications to the use of beet juice. First, it is not recommended to drink more than 2 weeks in a row (relaxes the intestines, lowers the pressure); secondly, this therapy is not entirely suitable for people who suffer from diarrhea; third, people with nephrotic syndrome, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis.
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