Jerusalem artichoke: Types and application. How to use donuts to diabetics?

Do you know that Jerusalem artichoke can be eaten instead of potatoes? Or that it is useful for diabetes. On the composition and properties of the benefits of earthen pear further in the article.

Jerusalem artichoke, or earthen pear, initially grew wild in the regions of North America. It began to successfully cultivate it in our areas, since Topinamybur tubers have the food value for both people and animals. Recently, the chemical composition and special nutritional properties of this plant pay special attention.

The chemical composition of Jerusalem artichoke

• The plant is one of the low -calorie, per 100 g accounts for only 72 feces. For presentation - one tuber of earthen pear weighs approximately 80 g
• The content of proteins - 2g, carbohydrates - 17 g in the chemical composition of the plant there are no lipids, fatty acids, as well as cholesterol. There are food fibers in the amount of 1.6 g
• The plant is rich in potassium, the composition of which is 429 mg, calcium (14 mg), sodium (4 mg), nitrogenous substances (2 - 4 %). Also in the chemical composition of the plant there is iron, a complex of vitamins - A, C, B6, B1, D
• But the most remarkable in the chemical composition of Jerusalem artichoke is the presence of instant polysaccharide insulin in it
• This property of the plant is especially taken into account by those who suffer from diabetes mellitus or have a tendency to it. It is proved that regular consumption of Jerusalem artichoke reduces blood sugar levels

What types of Jerusalem artichoke exist?

There are about 300 types of Jerusalem artichoke. They differ in the size of the root and not all are used for cooking.
The most popular of edible Jerusalem articles:

• white
• red
• maykopsky
• "Chambers"
• spindle -shaped
• growth
• "interest"

How is Jerusalem artichoke use?

Jerusalem artichoke is used:

• as a technological plant (used as fodder stripes along roads and edges)
• for food for people
• as a medicinal plant
• for feeding livestock (cows and goats are given both tubers and plant stalks)

Important: people are suitable for people's tubers, which to their taste resemble potatoes and turnips

Topinimabur is prepared in various ways. The tubers are boiled, stewed, fried, eaten raw. In fried form, Jerusalem artichoke is quite similar to all your favorite fried potatoes, only there is much more benefit in it.

It can be added to compotes and tea. Jerusalem artichoke can even be canned or dried

Important: unfortunately, dug tubers of earthen pear cannot be stored for so long and while maintaining their beneficial properties as potatoes, for example

Due to the presence of fructose in the plant, molasses are obtained from it.

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The benefits of Jerusalem artichoke in diabetes. How to use Jerusalem artichoke for diabetes?

IMPORTANT: industrially, insulin is made from Jerusalem artichoke.

Patients suffering from diabetes are recommended to consume 2 - 3 Topinombur tubers per day to reduce sugar levels. It is advisable to do this 10 - 15 minutes before meals three times a day.
RECIPE: Salad with Jerusalem artichoke for diabetics.
It is necessary to take several jacket tubers, cut them finely and mix them with pre -boiled and cut cubes with 3 eggs and 100 g canned corn from the can. It will turn out a delicious and very healthy salad, especially for people with diabetes.

Insulin contained in Jerusalem artichoke also helps the removal of toxic and harmful substances from the body, contributes to the normal functioning of the digestive system, and stimulates regular and without stagnation of the conclusion of bile.

Other beneficial properties of Jerusalem artichoke

Jerusalem artichoke, according to many studies, contributes to:

• strengthen the immunity
• protecting the body from parasites and pathogenic microbes
• normalization of intestinal function
• strengthening and restoring the mucous membranes of the body, violated due to different causes

It accelerates the processes of recovery in sick people, helps to remove heavy metals from the body.
They say that this plant helps to maintain potency in men. It is important for women that it improves the condition of the skin.

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The benefits of Jerusalem artichoke for weight loss

• If you set a goal-weight loss, then Jerusalem artichoke is just the product that will help improve water-salt and fat metabolism
• And this means that the body will more actively process the nutrients that enter it, and will more actively cleanse from toxins, without leaving fat deposits in reserve
• This root crop also has diuretic properties and those that help the normal functioning of the excretory system
• Given the low calorie content and pleasant taste of the plant, it is quite possible to replace them with the same potatoes. As a result, calories are less, and more benefits are more

Important: losing weight on Jerusalem artichoke will not take place rapidly and noticeably, as with any diet, but gradually, due to the active metabolism of the body

Jerusalem artichoke for children

Given the numerous beneficial properties of Jerusalem artichoke, the question certainly arises how good it is for children to use it. So, he is good for children, even very good. Thanks to the use of this product for the child:

• digestion will improve
• dysbiosis in the intestine will not occur
• blood indicators, in particular, hemoglobin, will improve
• the body's resistance to infections will increase

Moreover, dishes from Jerusalem artichoke do not cause any negative reactions in children.

Where you can buy Jerusalem artichoke

• Jerusalem artichoke is good to use during the collection of its crop, fresh. Then it can be purchased in the markets, from special suppliers. They can also purchase topamin tubes for planting
• Unfortunately, it is not stored for long, although there are modern technologies to increase the shelf life of this product
• It is also possible to buy flour or donkey powder in a sublimated form. Special dosage forms of root crop are sold in pharmacies

How to store Jerusalem artichoke?

• It is preferable to do this in pits, in wooden boxes, in the bacters. Leaving Jerusalem artichoke for storage in the bacters, you need to take care of pour them with earth or snow
• Prepare the cleared area, put the tubers on it, sprinkle with snow or ground, the thickness of the layer of which is about 10 cm, then lay the next layer, sprinkle it again
• The last layer must be especially well covered with peat, sawdust or earth. The optimal temperature for the storage of Jerusalem artichoke will be created - 5 - 12 degrees
• It is convenient and modern to store Jerusalem artichins in special plastic bags and bags, which then need to be covered with paraffin. By the way, root crops are sprayed with a small layer of paraffin and for storing them on an industrial scale
• So now with the help of paraffin film, many products for long -term storage retain from damage

How to use, store and choose Jerusalem artichins: tips and reviews

• Unfortunately, the skin of Jerusalem artichoke fetus is too thin, and because of this it is not stored for a long time after digging, a maximum of 30 days in the refrigerator while maintaining all the beneficial qualities of the product
• If you buy Jerusalem artichoke, you need to hold the root crop in your hands. It should be elastic, not soft and not lethargic. He should not have any spots on the peel. The peel itself can be not only smooth, but also slightly rough, which is quite normal

IMPORTANT: I \u200b\u200balso advise you to bear the roots of Jerusalem artichoke frost. Thus it is well stored

• If Jerusalem artichoke is grown in his own garden, then it is recommended to leave it underground, creating the storage conditions described above in the burters.
• The fact that it will remain underground even during frosts will not affect its taste and useful properties. Only the sugar content in the root crop will change
• Even having stayed underground all winter until spring, this beautiful product will delight with freshness and fill the body with useful substances that are so necessary during spring vitamin deficiency

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