The root and greenery of celery is different from other vegetables and herbs in that they can be found on store shelves all year round, and not just in season.
The plant has a lot of useful properties, so its regular consumption as a food prevents the onset of many diseases, helps to strengthen immunity and eliminate avitaminosis in spring and autumn.
The celery contains vitamins of group B, as well as vitamins A, EC and many trace elements:
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iron, - zinc,
- manganese,
- sodium,
- phosphorus,
- potassium,
- magnesium,
- boron.
In root vegetables there are also essential oils, which favorably influence many functions of our body.
Useful properties
On the healing properties of plants legend goes. Still the grandmothers treated with his help many illnesses, and today celery is a key ingredient for many folk remedies.
What is their use for the human body?
- High level of iron helps to fight with anemia and exhaustion, anemia.
- The work of the nervous system comes to normal, thanks to magnesium salts.
- Celery root restores metabolism and helps with weight loss.
- Helps to restore joints( the use of tincture of a golden mustache on vodka) youth and mobility.
- Treats cardiovascular diseases.
- Helps with stress and fatigue.
- Raises a tone, improves well-being, favorably affects the physical form.
- It is used in the prevention of cancer.
- Increases immunity, fights viruses.
- Eliminates the common cold.
- Improves memory and brain function.
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The positive effect of the celery root on the male potency is separately highlighted( read about this in the article).
This is far from a new tool, it was used in antiquity - the newlyweds before the first wedding night were served food prepared with its addition.
And, most of the food was given to a man( about the application of the root of the orchis learn here) - to someone whose strength and power should help to give a woman healthy children.
Today they continue to create preparations based on the celery root for potency, and they all work properly.
Ways to use
The plant is so useful that it can be eaten at any time and with anything - in salad, soup, garnish, green, salted and fried.
The main rule of preparation is not to subject it to strong heat treatment. Otherwise, some useful qualities are weakening.
It is recommended to prepare dishes from fresh plants - to add to salads or serve on the table, separately, as snacks.
If you still like boiled, steamed, fried and other celery, then limit cooking time to a minimum.
Another way of eating it in the form of juice.
This product is capable of:
- strengthen vision,
- cleanse the blood,
- improve digestion.
Doctors advise using a celery root without adding salt. This root and so has a specific taste, he does not need other stimulants.
How to choose
If you want the product you bought to be of high quality, start from the following options when choosing celery:
- Size of the .
Do not choose too large tubers, but too small you do not need.
Look for the golden mean. - Color and shape of .
The root must be strong, to the touch it is easily determined.
And, make sure that it is firm from all sides, if there are soft cavities - these are the areas that started to rot. - The peel should be smooth .
- The sound of a finger strike on the root should be deaf.
If you hear a loud knocking, then inside the root there are empty spaces, for which you will be forced to pay, as for a full-fledged product.
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Weight loss methods
As mentioned above - this product contains enough vitamins and minerals to make our body work correctly.
This also applies to weight loss( a list of herbs burning fat).The celery root restores the metabolism, and we use it perfectly to lose extra pounds.
This will be the beginning on the way to restore the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
Excellent helps with losing weight juice, as this is a good diuretic. In addition, if you mix it with honey, you will get a pleasant cocktail that will cool on a hot day and reduce appetite, which is important when observing diets.
The root itself is used during the fasting days as a low-calorie plant.
In such moments, you can only marvel at how many different dishes with celery can be cooked without resorting to harmful products.
The root is baked, the leaves are put in a salad, the petioles are perfectly used fresh.
Even seeds( the useful properties of plantain are described here), and they can be used as a seasoning for dishes. All parts of this beautiful plant, favorably affect the metabolism and cause us to rapidly lose weight.
What you can cook
If you think that the only true dish is a salad, then you are very much mistaken.
Women, and men too, from all over the world willingly experiment, every day coming up with new recipes using the root of celery.
Fried celery.
If you cook it correctly, then the taste of the dish will be almost like that of fried potatoes, but the benefits are twice as much.
Prepared simply:
- the root gets rid of the peel,
- is cut with "straw",
- we heat the frying pan with pre-poured oil on it and lower the cutting into the sizzling mass.
Fry until done. Soup from celery root with lentils.
The initial scheme, as in the previous recipe, the root is cleaned and cut with straw.
Next we bring the water to a boil, salt and send there celery, lentils and, pre-cut into cubes, potatoes.
Salt is put to taste, but, again, as we said above - dishes with a celery root should not be salted, if you do not want to break his unforgettable taste. Chicken salad with celery root.
Cook the broth, and clean the celery root and cut before you send it to the salad bowl.
The rest of the ingredients are unstable, you can replace them with those that you prefer.
Initially, the salad is made with the addition of champignons and pickled cucumber.
Olive oil serves as dressing.
Oatmeal with celery.
Oatmeal( benefit and harm) is an acknowledged healthy breakfast.
Why make it even healthier?
It turns out that this can and should be done, because a tandem oatmeal with a celery root gives rise to an interesting taste and the right combination of beneficial properties.
The recipe is simple:
- oatmeal, preliminarily, bring it to the ready,
- celery root is not very large cut,
- is mixed with onions( see the useful properties of leeks in this article) and lemon juice.
All ingredients are mixed - breakfast is ready.
Contraindications: to whom it is impossible
There are several categories of people to whom the product is contraindicated in the following pathologies:
- gastritis,
- hemorrhoids,
- pregnancy,
- breast feeding of newborns,
- varicose,
- insomnia,
- ulcer pathologies,
- hypodynamia.
Cosmetic products
It would be strange if such a useful root crop, which is used in food in different variations and directions, did not help us to become healthy and attractive.
The celery root has a positive effect on the face. There are many masks and scrubs with its application that you can do yourself, and we decided to tell you about some of them.
Mask # 1.
You will need:
- dried beforehand celery root,
- coriander( see how to differ from coriander here),
- ginger,
- honey,
- nutmeg( how to use).
All ingredients are ground to form fine crumbs and mixed.
It turns out a pleasantly smelling appetizing mask, which must be applied to the face and hold for 10-15 minutes.
Wash off with warm water.
The mask helps to make the face more clean and fresh, the skin looks smooth, the puffiness goes away.
Mask number 2.
There is another simple recipe for which we will need celery, lemon and sour cream.
Celery is crumbled very finely, and a spoonful of lemon juice is mixed with a spoonful of sour cream.
It is necessary to stir all this very carefully until you get a homogeneous mass, a consistency resembling a cream.
The mask is applied to the face for half an hour, after which it is washed off with warm water.
This product perfectly moisturizes the skin and gives it firmness.
We hope that our article has convinced the reader of the usefulness of the celery root and how many applications it has.
Do not be afraid of healthy foods and often refer to traditional medicine.
Watch an interesting film about the history of celery. You will learn a lot of useful information about this medicinal plant.
