Garlic: properties and calories

Garlic has a lot of useful properties. And everyone knows that taking it with respiratory diseases speeds up recovery.But for people who are watching their figure and adhere to the principles of healthy eating, it is important to know not only about the benefits it brings, but also about its nutritional and caloric properties.

Garlic has a complex chemical composition. But it is thanks to him that he is endowed with his amazing properties. Consider what is fraught with this burning plant.

First of all, it is an essential oil. Diallyl disulfide provides garlic with a peculiar odor. It also contains allicin and alliin. It is the essential oil of garlic shows its effect during inhalation.

Absolutely all parts of this plant are useful. Leaves and cloves contain ascorbic acid, vitamins A, D, E. Rich in garlic and B vitamins. The bulbs contain polysaccharides, which have high nutritional value and are easily absorbed by our body.

In addition, in garlic you can find the following elements from the periodic table:

• calcium;
• magnesium;
• iron;
• selenium;
• zinc;
• potassium;
• sodium;
• phosphorus.

Important substances in garlic include niacin, folacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and pyridoxine. Connecting in one plant, they not only show their unique properties, but also enrich each other. Today, garlic products such as Allohol and Allylchep are made from garlic.

About the healing properties of garlic has been known since ancient times, but until now, scientists have discovered all new fields of application of this plant for medicinal purposes. This fragrant burning plant contains great benefits.

• Natural antibiotic. This property explains its effectiveness in the treatment of colds and acute respiratory infections. By killing pathogens, it speeds up recovery. For prevention, it is recommended to use 1-2 cloves per day. Even babies who are not yet recommended to eat it in its pure form, make a kind of aromatherapy with garlic. To do this, hang several cloves like pendants around the neck - for convenience, they can be placed in a plastic egg from a kinder surprise and tied to a string.
• Reducing cholesterol and vascular cleansing. This is due to allicin, which is part of garlic. A unique substance that helps to relax the walls of blood vessels and has a pronounced bactericidal effect. It is interesting that in Latin the name of garlic sounds like Állium satívum, as if hinting at the content of the main component of allicin. Garlic is able to excrete bad cholesterol from the body, not allowing it to settle on the walls of blood vessels. People wishing to take a few pounds, this property of garlic will also have to be very useful.

• Analgesic and antiseptic action. Traditional medicine knows many ways to heal a wound or reduce irritation on the skin from insect bites, using decoctions and other means with the addition of garlic. As a painkiller take both fresh and in the form of tincture.
• It is known that respiratory infection occurs through the nasopharynx through airborne droplets. So, to kill pathogens and bacteria, quite a short time to chew a clove of garlic. This will prevent the development of the disease by destroying the bacteria at the stage of ingestion.
• Many are skeptical about the ability of garlic to resist the development of cancer cells. But scientists have proven that phytoncides really have such a unique ability. In addition, according to statistics, people whose daily ration includes garlic are less likely to suffer from oncology.
• Garlic has a positive effect on our intestines. Possessing antiviral and antibiotic properties, it removes not only microorganisms, but also parasites. And as you know, a healthy intestine is healthy skin and excellent well-being.
• Eating garlic before meals or at the beginning of the meal, you will provide excellent digestion. Thanks to this, all food will be well processed and assimilated. Do not be afraid of bad breath. It can be easily crushed by eating a sprig of parsley or a slice of lemon.

• Restores the gastrointestinal tract, recommended for the prevention of strokes and heart attacks.
• Treatment of lung diseases. Garlic has proven itself in the treatment of bronchitis due to its ability to thin the sputum. It also reduces inflammation of the mucous membranes, which speeds recovery.
• Increases immunity. It is possible to strengthen your defense during the cold season in a simple and inexpensive way - just regularly eating a clove of garlic.
• Benefit to the liver. The health of this organ depends on the state of the gallbladder. Garlic helps to remove bile. People with a predisposition to urolithiasis, it is useful to take garlic to prevent the formation of stones.
• For the genitourinary system of men and women. The fact is that beneficial substances with disinfecting action, get into the urinary system and reduce the risk of occurrence and development of inflammatory processes.
• Longevity. This action of garlic has been known for a long time. This is due to the combination of its useful properties.
• Avitaminosis. Garlic, rich in vitamins and microelements, nourishes our body with many essential nutrients for normal life.

A good list for one small plant. And how much medication can replace! Traditional medicine is replete with garlic recipes, but it is used not only in bitter mixtures, but also as a fragrant spice for many dishes.

The Internet and other sources of information are replete with weight loss recipes. What just diets do not exist. However, most of them fail, without giving the desired result. The effectiveness of garlic for weight loss due to its chemical composition.

Garlic speeds up the metabolism, which can not have a beneficial effect on the figure. And also known for its ability to increase appetite. We can assume that this is a direct threat to those who want to lose weight, but it is not. The fact is that the function of active digestion of food is activated, which contributes to its speedy assimilation. This property, indeed, can play a bad joke with people suffering from severe obesity, but not with those who want to get rid of a few extra pounds.

During the period of pregnancy, some future mothers are afraid of this burning plant, and very vain. It is during this period that its use will have a beneficial effect on the body of the mother and the future baby.

Obstetricians are often prescribed folic acid intake for pregnant women. It contributes to the normal development of the baby, the formation of the skeleton and the nervous system. The same substance is found in garlic.

The use of vitamins in its natural form during this period will be especially valuable. Garlic contains vitamin C, which is known for its ability to support immunity. And also with garlic in the mother's body, and as a result, the child will receive other vitamins, trace elements and beneficial substances.

Anemia is a diagnosis that pediatricians are increasingly seeing in newborns. This is due in some cases to the lack of iron. Provide reliable prevention can also be regularly eating garlic cloves in food.

Many pregnant women complain of headaches caused by irregular blood pressure. In the list of useful properties of the product there is such as the normalization of this indicator.

Another delicate problem while carrying a baby is constipation. It is known that drug treatment during this period is unacceptable. But gruel or garlic decoction will help to cope with the problem and not to harm.

The likelihood of varicose veins and thrombosis in this beautiful period increases significantly. Garlic has the ability to thin the blood and prevents the occurrence of stagnation.

With all its remarkable properties, garlic is not recommended for everyone. The list of contraindications is not so wide, but it is unacceptable to ignore it and say that it can be used by everyone. Sulfates, which may be contained in garlic, increase intracranial pressure. As a result, dizziness may occur and concentration of attention may decrease.

The use of garlic in case of serious pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract is possible only with the consent of your doctor. Having an irritating property on the stomach and intestines, it can cause a situation to worsen.

Individual intolerance. This factor is inherent in almost any product. And excluding it in the case of garlic would be wrong.

External use also has its limitations. So, people with hypersensitivity of the skin are not recommended to apply it either in a pure form or as a decoction.

This indicator may vary depending on what kind of garlic you eat and in what form. To make it easier for you to understand, we give the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates for the most commonly eaten species. All figures are per 100 grams of product.

• Fresh garlic. It is in this form that garlic contains the most fat, but their amount still does not exceed 0.5 g. The overwhelming majority of carbohydrates - 29.9 g and 6.5 g of proteins, respectively.
• Black garlic For this type of garlic, the indicators will be identical to those of ordinary white garlic. Therefore, to say that he wins or loses for him on these indicators is not necessary.
• Dried. Per 100 grams of dried garlic dramatically increases the amount of carbohydrates, they contain as much as 75 g. The relative proportion of fat decreases to 0.4 g and 16 g of proteins.
• Marinated. In this form, it loses most of the carbohydrates, they contain about 9 g, it contains only 0.1 g of fat and 1.8 g of protein.
• Young green. It does not contain fat at all, and proteins and carbohydrates are also at a minimum - 6 and 5 grams, respectively.
• Marinated arrows. It also lacks fat, carbohydrates, there are 3.5 grams, and very little protein - only 1 gram.
• The arrows are fresh. Fat in it is the same as in pickled garlic, 1.3 g of proteins, but 3.4 g of carbohydrates

If it is more convenient for you to calculate the ratio of BJU not in grams, but in cloves, then it will be useful to know that 1 clove of garlic contains 6.26 g of proteins, 0.5 g of fat and 33 g of carbohydrates.

The calorie content of garlic largely depends on the form and part of this useful plant you use. So, the highest rate will be in dried garlic. But we need it quite a bit to give the dish a pleasant aroma and taste.

In second place are fresh cloves of garlic. Their rate per 100 grams is 143 kcal. In one clove with an average weight of 4 g will contain only 5 kcal. The black variety of this plant will have a slightly higher calorie content of 149 kcal.If you want to cook garlic croutons on sunflower oil, then their caloric content will, of course, be higher - 174.9 kcal.

It should be borne in mind that the arrows are best suited for diet, as they have the lowest rate - 24 kcal. And in the pickled form, this figure will be the same. But the teeth themselves in pickled form will have a caloric content of 42 kcal.

About the benefits of garlic, see the next issue of the program "Live Healthy!".