Red radish is a life-giving vegetable that provides complete cleansing of unnecessary toxins and saturates with nutrients. In Rus', red radish has always been grown, knowing its benefits and harms. This vegetable is variety of black radish, even in taste it is similar to it, only in the ordinary bitter root vegetable there is less pungency.
Description of the variety
Red radish is a bright hybrid that arose as a result of selective crossing of hot radish and 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 developed varieties of spicy vegetables with white skin and rich red flesh inside. It is consumed in the form of salads, mainly raw. Stored in dry basements throughout the winter. There are also traditional pickling recipes, but in home pickling it comes as an addition.
Calorie content
100 g of fresh root vegetables contain only 20 kcal. This low-calorie product 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. Red root vegetable is an excellent food for weight loss.
Compound
The root vegetable is rich in substances that are of particular value to the body: potassium, calcium, sodium, valuable iron, phosphorus, copper, magnesium, important vitamins: A, B, C, H.
Beneficial features
The bitter vegetable is valued by gardeners for its numerous beneficial properties. The spicy product is beneficial for our health; due to the content of a sufficient amount of coarse fiber, it has a beneficial effect on overall digestion. The vegetable can 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 and copes well with intestinal ailments.
The beneficial effects of bitter vegetables are due to the high content of vital vitamins and valuable microelements. It is this composition that makes it possible to use the life-giving vegetable in traditional folk medicine.
Some nutritionists advise using freshly squeezed juice of the spicy root vegetable for detected anemia.
Fresh vegetable juice with honey helps get rid of colds.Fresh red radish relieves radiculitis, chronic rheumatism, and age-related joint ailments.
The prepared product is applied to the affected areas and gently rubbed over the skin. Neuralgia is treated in a similar way with 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 beneficial properties, which are recognized by nutritionists:
- Due to the pronounced antimicrobial properties of the bitter root vegetable, consumption is recommended for people undergoing treatment for diseases of the gallbladder, liver dysfunction and kidneys.
- Ascorbic acid is aimed at enhancing the anti-infective, antibactericidal, antiviral, and oncological protective properties of the body.
- The content of volatile particles that have an anti-inflammatory effect helps cleanse internal organs of harmful environments and dangerous viral or fungal infections.
- The red root vegetable contains a sufficient amount of healing fiber. Consuming the spicy vegetable raw improves intestinal motility and food absorption.
- Amino acids and life-giving vitamins contained in the pulp of natural red radish fruits form an obstacle to the further development of atherosclerosis and remove accumulated cholesterol from elastic blood vessels.
- The vegetable is considered a valuable source of potassium, which is important for the normal functioning of the entire body. That is why raw root vegetables are so useful for various forms of swelling. This element is vital for giving tone to 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 help improve cellular metabolism.
- People have long known the bile- and diuretic qualities of the fresh product, so it is often recommended to people who need to cleanse the gallbladder and genitourinary system.
The most famous remedy based on fresh root vegetables is spicy juice in combination with natural honey, which relieves various ailments of unprotected respiratory tracts and colds.
Harm and contraindications of red radish
Despite the positive qualities of the spicy product, there are still some contraindications.
There are objective situations where consumption of a fresh product can be harmful:
- Nutritionists advise pregnant and nursing mothers to avoid consuming this product, since the volatile oils it contains 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 recommended to consume radish in case of severe inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract.
- This product is capable of increasing the acidity level of the produced gastric juice, which is undesirable in case of diagnosed gastritis, periodic intestinal colic, or severe peptic ulcer.
- People suffering from heart disease, pathologies of the genitourinary system, and gall bladder should consume the root vegetable with caution.
