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Siberian Carrot Freeze-Dried Powder, 2 oz. Selected vegetable

We have collected the most interesting facts about carrots in terms of their benefits and want to share them with you.

1. Improves vision

Carrots, like all red and yellow vegetables, contain beta-carotene. Once in the body, it is synthesized during digestion into vitamin A, which protects the eyes from inflammation and stimulates cell growth. It was from carrots that scientists once isolated carotene, and it gave the name to this pigment: carota – carrot.

2. A storehouse of vitamins

Our body needs 13 vitamins and 20 minerals to be healthy. Carrots are a champion in terms of their quantity – they contain 10 vitamins and 14 minerals; if you eat two carrots a day, you can get the entire necessary set of useful nutrients from them. These are vitamins A, from group B – 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, C, E, H and K. Of the minerals, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, iron, zinc, manganese, iodine, fluorine are especially important.

Comment from a nutritionist: “Since vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, for better absorption, carrots must be added to dishes using vegetable or animal fats, such as olive oil, cream or sour cream. It is important that mechanical processing, such as grinding, as well as stewing and cooking, increase the bioavailability (absorption) of beta-carotene. And freeze-drying allows you to preserve beta-carotene in root vegetables. When consuming raw carrots, only 3% of beta-carotene is absorbed, and when cooked, up to 40%. This is especially important for people with gastrointestinal diseases, for whom raw vegetables may be contraindicated.”

3. The key to slimness

Nutritionists include carrots in a variety of diets. In terms of calorie content, carrots guarantee absolute safety for the figure: 100 grams contain only 32 kcal. The sweetness of the root vegetable does not affect its calorie content in any way, since it is natural sugar. Carrots also speed up metabolism, remove excess fluid, while simultaneously supplying the body with potassium, which tends to be washed out with loss of moisture.

4. Home first aid kit

Scientists constantly say that the composition of carrots can be called unique and that it affects all systems of the body. Medicinal facts about carrots confirm: the vegetable prevents many diseases and helps fight existing ones. Moreover, this is one of the few root vegetables that is best consumed not raw, but in cooked form, since after heat treatment it “adds” benefits.

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