Pomegranate - the ancient Greeks symbol of married life, many peoples and to this day - a symbol of abundance and fertility, and we have with you, let it be - a symbol of health and beauty.
General facts
Before we proceed to the most interesting, to what vitamins can be found in a grenade, we will try to increase your interest in this fetus with the help of the most interesting facts.
- It is believed that the shape of the royal crown was inspired by mankind namely the fruit of a pomegranate tree. Pay attention to the "ass" of the grenade, does not it seem like a classic crown?
- Pomegranate tree lives up to 100 years.
- In medicine throughout the history of mankind, all parts of the pomegranate tree are used - bark, peel, film-septum between grains, juice, seeds.
- The pomegranate contains 15 amino acids, 6 of which are indispensable and, according to the generally accepted error, are contained only in meat.
- One more error: we can not tell what vitamins are contained in a grenade without mentioning B12. The fact that this vitamin is also positioned as a purely "meat", so vegetarians, first of all, it is precisely its lack. However, in a grenade, such an unusual fruit, it is also available.
- Pomegranates are grown in the Caucasus, Central Asia, Spain, Italy, France, and also in the south of Russia.
Vitamin composition
Let's go directly to what vitamins contain garnet.
The four main vitamins are:
- C - vitamin for immunity;
- B6 - a vitamin for the nervous system;
- В12 - vitamin for hemopoiesis and cerebral activity;
- P is a vitamin for the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
Also, the fruit of pomegranate contains the following vitamins and minerals in less significant quantities:
- vitamins E and B1;
- potassium;
- magnesium;
- calcium;
- phosphorus;
- sodium;
- sulfur;
- nickel;
- chromium;
- iron;
- copper;
- aluminum;
- lithium;
- manganese.
The pomegranate consists of more than half of the juice, a significant part of the fruit falls on the skin and seeds, and the rest of the content is of special interest to us:
- fructose, glucose and sucrose - up to 20%;
- proteins;
- fats;
- acids - lemon, boric, oxalic, tartaric, malic, amber;
- ash;
- tannins.
Beneficial features
Having become acquainted more than in detail with the content of vitamins and minerals in garnet, we can safely embark on its medicinal properties.
- Pomegranate, or rather, its peel - is the source of tannins, which are proven to help in the treatment and prevention of dysentery, tuberculosis and E. coli.
- Pomegranate juice is an excellent remedy for dysbacteriosis, as well as a lack of appetite .
- Garnet is the best remedy for anemia. Just a two-month daily use of a glass of freshly squeezed juice will relieve this ailment.
- From the bark of the pomegranate prepare a helminthic broth.
- And again about tannins: the pomegranate cortex will relieve diarrhea, colitis and diarrhea.
- When stomatitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis is recommended to gargle with a water decoction of pomegranate peel.
- Garnet is one of the few useful fruits in diabetes. In case of regular use, the blood sugar level drops.
- The presence of pomegranate in the diet of women serves as an excellent prevention of breast cancer.
- Consuming grenades recommend people working and living in areas with high radiation.
- From the rashes and acne will help a mask of dried pomegranate peel, mixed with olive oil.
- With pain during PMS,
monthly and malaise with menopause, doctors recommend thoroughly chewing, and there are pomegranate bones. As it turned out, they contain essential oils that help normalize the hormonal balance. - Grenades recommend eating hypertensive people, and people with an easily excitable nervous system.
In general, the benefit of a grenade is indescribable words, if only because it is unlikely that all the positive qualities of this fetus miracle are reliably known. When buying a pomegranate, remember that inside it must be ripe and juicy, and with the outside - unattractive with a dark red, brownish, dry skin.