Zucchini is both delicious and healthy. Only little has to be said or written about its good properties. Usually only that it is a simple plant with a neutral taste. Although the benefits of zucchini are huge. That’s what we’re going to talk about today.
First-about dietary advantages
First of all, this is the ratio of “potassium – sodium”. Potassium is needed by the heart muscle, and it is difficult to get it, sodium is much easier: all smoked meats are with sodium, all salinity is with sodium, that is, with ordinary table salt.
I only saw salt once in a pharmacy. I was surprised and asked the pharmacist to tell me about such a unique product. It turned out that it contains about 30% salt, which is potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride.
In beer, the ratio of sodium and potassium is: 238 mg% 10 mg%. What other vegetable has such a combination? It also has a lot of liquid, about 93.0 mg%. It turns out that eating 100 grams (3.5 oz) of zucchini is like drinking half a glass of water, and this is with a calorie content of 27 kcal in 100 grams (3.5 oz). Moreover, the liquid is not taken from the tap, it is biologically active. We come to the conclusion that the dietary benefits of zucchini are beyond doubt.
Want to be healthy? Eat zucchini!
There are few coarse fibers, only 0.3 g%, because they can be eaten by almost everyone, even those with intestinal problems. These coarse fibers enhance intestinal motility, helping to digest other (more complex for the body) food. Zucchini activates digestion, improves motor and secretory functions. Wise, but true. Here is another advantage of zucchini.
Elderly people should never neglect zucchini. Especially for women at an age when hormonal restructuring leads to an increase in fat reserves and the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood. Zucchini also acts on the body as a diuretic, so it is recommended for kidney diseases, liver diseases, as well as for edema and hypertension.
The use of zucchini is also that they help to empty the gallbladder. This helps to remove bacteria even from those parts of the bladder where they are most concentrated. It is quite possible that this method is suitable for the prevention of cholelithiasis.
The advantage of zucchini is that they reduce both hidden and obvious swelling. This happens during pregnancy and with poor heart function in elderly people. The dietary fibers of zucchini are able to absorb toxic substances and remove them from the body. Zucchini is useful for cancer patients and those whom doctors diligently treated with antibiotics.
How to benefit from zucchini
Just eat them every day. After all, zucchini is actually a vegetable, neutral in taste, so all dishes are good with it. You can make pancakes with carrots or zucchini with tomatoes, which will bring a lot of benefits.
Mashed potato soup will not lose its taste if you add zucchini to it. Fried potatoes will only benefit from his presence: the dish will become even tastier, the harm will undoubtedly decrease, and the benefits will definitely increase.
Therefore, gardeners grow zucchini in large quantities of both early and late varieties, they love them more than all other vegetables. At least for the fact that its benefits for our health are great.
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