Useful properties, harm and contraindications of red radish for health
Red radish is a life-giving vegetable that provides complete cleansing from unnecessary toxins, saturating with nutrients. In Russia, red radish has always been grown, knowing its benefits and harms. This vegetable - variety of black radish, even in terms of taste, it is similar to it, only in an ordinary bitter root crop there is less pungency.
Description of the variety
Red radish is a vivid hybrid that arose as a result of selective crossing of a sharp radish and a simple radish. The vegetable has large underground fruits, the specific gravity of which reaches 300 g. Bitter radish is not red inside, but its fibrous pulp is white. Now breeders have also bred varieties of spicy vegetables with white peels and rich red flesh inside. It is eaten in the form of salads, mostly raw. Stored in dry basements throughout the winter. There are also traditional pickling recipes, but in home pickling, it goes as an addition.
Calorie content
100 g of fresh root vegetable contains only 20 kcal. This low-calorie food is part of many vegetable diets. 100 fresh product contains 1.2 g of protein, 0.1 g of fat, 3.4 g of carbohydrates. The red root vegetable is an excellent weight loss product.
Composition
The root crop is distinguished by a rich content of substances that have a special value for the body: potassium, calcium, sodium, valuable iron, phosphorus, copper, magnesium, important vitamins: A, B, C, N.
Beneficial features
The bitter vegetable is prized by gardeners for its many health benefits. A spicy food has benefits for our health, due to the content of a sufficient amount of coarse fiber, it has a beneficial effect on overall digestion. A vegetable is able to improve appetite, it removes accumulated toxins. Regular consumption of salads containing bitter vegetables is an excellent prevention of chronic constipation. The root vegetable also has antimicrobial properties, copes well with intestinal ailments.
The beneficial effect of the bitter vegetable is due to its high content of vital vitamins and valuable trace elements. It is this composition that makes it possible to use a life-giving vegetable in traditional folk medicine.
Some nutritionists advise using fresh squeezed juice of a sharp root vegetable for identified anemia.
Fresh vegetable juice with honey helps to get rid of colds. Fresh red radish relieves radiculitis, chronic rheumatism, age-related joint ailments.
The prepared product is applied to the affected areas, gently rubbed over the skin.In a similar way, neuralgia is treated with a fresh product. It eliminates the manifestations of seasonal vitamin deficiency, with a sharp decrease in the protective properties of the body.
The vegetable has the following health benefits recognized by nutritionists:
- Due to the pronounced antimicrobial qualities of the bitter root vegetable, consumption is recommended for people undergoing treatment for diseases of the gallbladder, liver dysfunctions and kidneys.
- Ascorbic acid is aimed at enhancing the anti-infectious, antibacterial, antiviral, oncological protective properties of the body.
- The content of volatile particles with anti-inflammatory effects in the composition helps to cleanse the internal organs from a harmful environment, dangerous viral or fungal infections.
- The red root vegetable contains a sufficient amount of healing fiber. Consuming a spicy vegetable raw improves intestinal peristalsis and food absorption.
- Amino acids and life-giving vitamins contained in the fruit pulp of natural red radish form an obstacle to the further development of atherosclerosis, remove accumulated cholesterol from elastic blood vessels.
- The vegetable is considered a valuable source of potassium, which is essential for the normal functioning of the entire body. Therefore, a raw root vegetable is so useful for various forms of puffiness. This element is vital for toning the heart muscle.
- The presence of life-giving B vitamins in the complex composition of the bitter vegetable gives it the opportunity to participate in general rejuvenation. These antioxidants prevent the harmful effects of free radicals and improve cellular metabolism.
- People have long known the bile and diuretic qualities of a fresh product, so it is often advised for people who need to cleanse the gallbladder and genitourinary system.
The most famous remedy based on fresh root vegetables is spicy juice combined with natural honey, relieving various ailments of unprotected respiratory tract, colds.
Harm and contraindications of red radish
Despite the positive qualities of a spicy product, there is still a share of contraindications.
There are objective situations when the consumption of a fresh product can be harmful:
- Nutritionists advise pregnant and nursing mothers to stop consuming this product, since the volatile oils contained in it increase the tone of the uterus. During lactation, these substances cause harmful reactions in the baby.
- Despite the listed benefits of the product for the intestines, it is not advised to consume radish with severe inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract.
- This product is able to increase the level of acidity of the produced gastric juice, which is undesirable for diagnosed gastritis, recurrent intestinal colic, severe peptic ulcer disease.
- It is necessary to consume the root crop with caution for people suffering from heart diseases, pathologies of the genitourinary system, and the gallbladder.
