Today it's hard to imagine that once beets were sacrificed to the god Apollo. Sheep and calves, of course, but surely, some kind of vegetable? But not even the ancient Greeks were the original beet fans. Its distribution began from the Far East and India - it was there that its tops were used for food, and the roots were used to prepare folk remedies.
Later the beet got to Europe - it was in the 13th-14th centuries. And even later - in the XVIII century, the German scientist concluded that beet, as well as sugar cane, contains sugar . And he also decided that it was necessary to cultivate a separate, sugar-like kind of beet that could provide people with cheap "sweets."
Before all this, humanity has been reaching for millennia. And we, using their discoveries, modestly content with the information about the caloric content of boiled beets - we would lose weight, and with sweets everything is so clear ...
How many calories are in the boiled beet?
Beetroot is really a dietary product. Not for nothing that its healing properties were discovered by the ancient ones. The meager caloric content of cooked beets only confirms its predisposition to a dietary, therapeutic diet. It is only 40-45 calories per 100 g.
But this is not the only thing that will be useful to those who want to lose weight and / or to adjust the work of the digestive tract.
In addition to the remarkable caloric content, boiled beets can boast the ability not to lose vitamins and useful substances during heat treatment. So, intact and intact:
- betaines - derivatives of amino acids, reducing pressure, preventing the development of atherosclerosis, improving the absorption of proteins;
- vitamins B1 and B6;
- vitamins E, A;
- Folic acid, phosphorus, iron, zinc , magnesium;
- cellulose.
Perhaps, in addition to the calories of boiled beets, betaines, the next most slimming element
But diets on boiled beets should be feared. At least, people who are prone to allergic reactions are not recommended - beet, like all red, is an allergen product and in large quantities can be a danger.
Therefore, instead of strictly decide on the extremes and there is only beets, it is better to learn to add to all protein products a couple of spoons of beetroot salad from a grated vegetable (boiled or raw - this is a matter of taste).