Grapes are a delicious berry, very popular in our country. In addition to the taste qualities, grapes also have many useful properties for beauty and human health.
Grapes are known since ancient times and it is not without reason that it is called the magic gift of nature. In nature, there are few other berries and fruits that could compete with grapes for their taste and nutritional qualities, benefit to human health and beauty. In the grapes are concentrated many vital organic and mineral substances for the body, as well as many vitamins. What kind of useful properties of grapes make it an indispensable food?
Benefits of grapes
- Grapes are a storehouse of useful substances for humans. Grape berries contain many amino acids: lysine, cystine, argentine, histidine, methionine, glycine, leucine and others. The value of these amino acids is concentrated in a quick and easy mobilization by the body to maintain the vital vital processes of life support. For example, the participation of amino acids in the synthesis of skin proteins, the synthesis of vitamins, various hormones, participation in the formation of arginine (urea), stimulation of growth processes (lysine) and other.
- Contained in the grapes polyphenolic substances contribute to the activation in the body of the metabolism associated with the development of the human body, especially the respiratory system. It should be specially emphasized that flavanoids, catechins and anthocyanins contained in grape berries are able to reduce the effects of radiation injuries, and also to prevent their negative impact on the body.
- Fresh grape berries contain many easily digestible vitamins. For example, A, B1, B2 and many others. Due to their useful properties, ease and activity of digestibility, these vitamins far exceed similar vitamins supplied with other foods.
- Cations of a variety of macro and microelements contained in grapes and grape juice are highly active. About 250 mg of potassium is contained in a hundred grams of fresh juice from the pulp of grapes. This content of potassium significantly exceeds the content in mandarins, oranges and other berries and fruits. The quantitative calcium content is about 17 mg, which is about the same amount as in pear and cranberry. Phosphorus is contained in the amount of 22 mg per 100 grams of grapes. Magnesium - 7 mg, sodium - 2 mg, iron - 0.6 mg per 100 grams of grape juice or fresh grapes. Due to the abundance of microelements, grapes are not inferior to such fruits as pear, cranberry, lemon, orange and others.
Application of grapes
These, as well as many other properties of grapes have glorified it in ancient times as a product of high value, medical and simply necessary for the beauty and health of a person.
- Grapes are used for complex treatment of anemia, tuberculosis and various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Such substances as fructose and glucose of grapes, thanks to their full and rapid digestibility by the body, are one of the indispensable tools in the treatment of the permanent general weakness of the body. Grapes help restore the normal activity of the nervous and cardiovascular system.
- The presence in the grapes quickly and easily assimilated vitamins, sugars, cations and organic acids determine not only the physiological properties of the product, but also dietary.
- Grapes are considered a valuable energy product.
- In addition, it is known about such properties of grapes as an increase in diuresis and urinary excretion, promotes body washing, has hemostatic, alkanizing and choleretic properties.
- Great impact on the digestive tract and excretory system. grapes neutralize such harmful substances as indole, skatole, phenol.
Grapes in cooking
This benefit of grapes has determined its wide therapeutic spread. But not only fresh berries of grapes possess useful properties. No less popular are products obtained from their fresh berries: non-alcoholic canned juices and concentrates, drying grapes (raisins), compotes, pastry and culinary products with the addition of fresh or dried grapes.
For example, from condensed grape must is made tablets. These tablets are taken with mineral water in order to treat and improve the body (Borzhomnye flat cakes). In the countries of the Caucasus, wheat flour and grape must, with the addition of various types of nuts, raisins and other dried fruits, make the Juche.
The best fruit and fruit compotes are obtained from varieties of grapes with a lot of pulp and small bones or grape varieties like kish-mish, when there is no stone at all. Excellent jam qualities are jam or jam, obtained from grape varieties with an isabel or muscat taste and rather dense pulp (Muscat Hamburg, Isabella, Muscat Alexandrian, Lydia and others).
There are many recipes for marinades. For the preparation of grape marinade take varieties with fleshy berries, for example: Italy, Cardinal, Karaburnu, Muscat Alexandrian, pour vinegar and add to taste various spices.
In more extensive production, the acid, called wine-stone, is of great importance, which is produced by the waste products of the wine industry. Such acid is widely used in confectionery, canning, nonalcoholic, wine, photochemical, pharmaceutical, printing and textile industries.
- Grapes and products made from it, necessarily included in the diet at enterprises with conditions that are considered serious and harmful to human health.
- Grapes certainly included in the menu of sanatoriums, hospitals, rest homes and other medical and preventive institutions.
- Depending on the season, children's establishments give compotes of grapes, grape juice, jam or jams, as well as fresh grapes.
Berries of grapes are one of the most useful berries for beauty and human health. Using grapes, every day you take care of your health.