Useful properties of grated carrots with sour cream

There are many foods that provide health benefits. When choosing sources of vitamins for themselves and their families in stores, many people buy exotic, expensive fruits, forgetting about inexpensive and accessible vegetables. Such valuable products include carrots. In this article we will tell you why carrots are useful and how not to harm yourself by eating this vegetable.

Useful properties of carrots

The root vegetable contains a large supply of nutrients. The mineral composition includes iron, potassium, calcium, silicon, sodium, magnesium, manganese, copper, molybdenum, phosphorus, zinc. Water-soluble vitamins are represented by almost the complete B complex of vitamins and vitamin C.

Fat-soluble ones are shown in the table.

Carotenoids (α- and β-carotenes) - provitamins A - are found in plant foods. When entering the body, only a tenth of carotenoids is converted into retinol (vitamin A).

With regular consumption of raw carrots, beta-carotene and vitamin A synthesized on its basis:

• manifest themselves as powerful antioxidants;
• reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases;
• promote renewal and regeneration of tissues (including mucous membranes), improve skin condition;
• help with eye diseases: impaired night vision, myopia, frequent conjunctivitis and blepharitis;
• normalize cholesterol levels, remove toxins;
• protect the skin from ultraviolet rays;
• increase potency in men;
• participate in liver restoration.

Other nutrients support dental health, relieve anxiety, and stabilize hormonal levels.

Attention! In folk medicine grated carrots are used for treating wounds and burns, as it has antiseptic properties.

The vegetable is boiled, stewed or juice is squeezed out of it. Freshly squeezed carrot juice – a means for washing away sand from the kidneys. In traditional medicine, antispasmodic drugs are made based on carrot seeds.

Boiled and stewed vegetables They are easily absorbed by the body, therefore they are used in dietary nutrition for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

Useful properties of grated carrots with sour cream and garlic

Provitamins A to a greater extent determine the usefulness of a vegetable and effective ways to use it.

Important! Maximum absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, which the root vegetable is saturated with, is possible only when carrots are ingested along with a fatty component: sour cream, cream, butter or vegetable oil.

The main benefit comes from carrots with sour cream, and the other ingredients complement its taste or beneficial qualities. For example, garlic not only adds piquancy to the dish, but also enhances the healing properties of the salad:

• proteins contained in sour cream or unsweetened yogurt activate cell renewal;
• garlic phytoncides act as an antiviral and antiseptic agent and increase the body's resistance to infections;
• carrot carotenes and retinol strengthen blood vessels, reduce cholesterol, improve vision and skin condition;
• The total tocopherol and fat content in the snack allows retinol to be absorbed, and zinc transports vitamin A to tissues.

One serving will not change your health, but with regular consumption of such salads and adherence to the basics of a healthy lifestyle, your quality of life will increase.

Particular benefit for women

The fair half takes care of their appearance, so they select their diet more carefully. Due to the high content of dietary fiber, carrots fit into most diets: they cleanse the body of waste and toxins, reduce appetite and promote weight loss.

Retinol helps tone the skin and cope with stretch marks that appeared during pregnancy or during sudden weight loss, makes hair shiny and nails strong.

Moderate doses of carrot juice normalize the synthesis of female sex hormones during pregnancy and improve the composition of milk in nursing mothers.

Recipes with grated carrots and sour cream

Since boiled and steamed vegetables lose most of their vitamins, salads are prepared from raw vegetables and fruits - it’s tastier and healthier. Choose medium-sized carrots (up to 150 g), a rich orange hue, regular shape, and a smooth surface.

With raisins

Grate 0.5 kg of carrots on a coarse grater, add a handful of washed and dried raisins, chop a small bunch of parsley. Season with sour cream. Add a little salt or add 2 tsp. soy sauce. The salad turns out piquant and tasty.

With cheese and nuts

This salad is made in layers. You will need 200 g of raw carrots, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 50 g of walnuts, 150 g of hard cheese and boiled beets, sour cream, salt or soy sauce.

How to cook:

1. Grate vegetables and cheese on a fine grater, chop garlic with a knife or pass through a press, chop nuts.
2. Mix carrots with half the nuts and a third of the garlic, add salt, place in the salad bowl as the first layer and pour over sour cream.
3. Add a third of the garlic mass to the cheese and place in a second layer. Also top with sour cream.
4. Mix the beets with the remaining nuts and garlic, add salt, place in a third layer and top with sour cream again.

With cottage cheese

Grate 2-3 fresh carrots, add 200 g of fine-grained cottage cheese, 2-3 cloves of crushed garlic, a few tablespoons of sour cream, a little salt and black pepper. Mix everything. A tasty, satisfying and healthy salad is ready.

Harm and contraindications

There are also contraindications to eating carrots:

• inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract;
• increased stomach acidity;
• stomach or duodenal ulcer;
• gastritis and pancreatitis in the acute phase.

Use with caution carrot juice with urolithiasis. It is able to remove small stones and sand, but larger stones can change position and cause colic.

Retinol is useful, but in excess it becomes toxic and leads to impaired fetal formation during pregnancy and to bone fragility in adults. The advantage of beta-carotene is that it is transformed into retinol in doses that do not exceed the body's needs. The maximum side effect of the plant form of vitamin A is yellowing of the skin, but does not lead to a deterioration in well-being.

Attention! Include in your daily diet no more than two medium-sized root vegetables for an adult and one for a child.

Conclusion

Carrots are one of the most affordable foods that can significantly improve your well-being and appearance. To make the root vegetable better digestible, it is consumed with animal or vegetable fats.During heat treatment, the valuable properties of the product are reduced.