Products of vegetable origin can be, as components of main dishes, and garnishes. Moreover, there are people who eat only vegetative food - vegetarians, and also there are those who very rarely think about the need for "greenery" on the table - hardened meat eaters.
Neither one nor the other is an example of a balanced diet. Of course, plants are the main source of vitamins, but without meat products we can not make up for the lack of B vitamins and animal proteins. Let's see what good is the food of plant origin.
Cellulose
Food rich in vegetable fiber is the key to smooth functioning of the intestines. What is fiber can be seen with your own eyes, breaking the stalk of celery in half - you will see fibers that are not digested in the digestive tract, but simply push the stool masses, swelling in the intestines.
In addition, foods with fiber reduce the risk of obesity (the food is well digested and excreted), diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (because dietary fiber lowers the level of cholesterol and blood sugar).
The most rich in fiber is bran, in this indicator they exceed all other vegetable products by several times. Next comes raspberries, almonds, peas, whole wheat.
Vegetable protein
Vegetable food rich in protein is the basis of a vegetarian diet. It is true that there are a lot of vegetables, cereals, protein beans in which the meat is not inferior, but, alas, or fortunately, the vegetable protein is digested much worse than the animal. The reason is that the protein of animal food is more like our, human, protein.
Nevertheless, the diet should contain and vegetable protein, because the amino acids in
"Record" on the protein content among plants - it's legumes. Beans, lentils, nuts, seeds should be as frequent as possible guests on your table.
Beans need to be careful. It can easily become harmful. In order to save it from the poisons that are contained in this bean plant, beans must be pre-soaked in salt water for 10 hours. After draining the water, boil for 10 minutes on a rapid fire in salt water. Drain the water, replace it, put it on low heat. Only after such a series of water changes, beans will be extremely useful.