Celery root: useful properties, harm and contraindications

Nature is a treasure trove of healthy herbs and vegetables with healing qualities. Even in ancient times, people learned to identify and use the valuable properties of some of them. One of these vegetables is celery... It is used not only for medicinal purposes, but also as an additive for cooking.

Content:

• Celery root: composition and useful properties
• Harm and contraindications
• Application
• How to choose the right celery
• Celery root storage

Celery root: composition and useful properties

The vegetable is multifaceted. Someone likes to feel its taste in a dish, while someone enjoys the unique aroma in the form of a spicy spice cooked with their own hands. In terms of taste, the fragrant fruit resembles potato.

Celery is useful for all its constituents - roots, stems, herbs, and also seeds. In nature, several types of storage plant are grown:

• Sheet
• Root
• Petiolate

Most often, the root is used. It is characterized by rather bulky tubers. Can grow larger than a man's fist. It is able to enhance immunity, saturate with a charge of vivacity and energy, and also has the ability to protect against viruses and ailments.

The root vegetable contains rich reserves of fiber.

It contains tyrosine, pectin, and citrine. A juicy vegetable is endowed with vitamins E, K, group B, A, PP, H, as well as ascorbic, oxalic and niacin.

In addition to the listed trace elements, the vegetable boasts useful components: calcium, sodium, iron, magnesium, iodine, zinc and phosphorus. The benefits of the microelements contained within celery are expressed in the following processes:

• Reduces signs of anemia.
• It has a positive effect on the nervous system, relieves irritability, neutralizes stress.
• Helps lower blood sugar levels.
• Promotes skin elasticity, hair and nails restoration.
• Prevents the formation of oncological tumors.
• Strengthens and increases the elasticity of the capillaries of the circulatory system.
• Reduces blood pressure.
• Has a laxative and diuretic effect.
• Normalizes the metabolic process and water-alkaline balance.
• Increases the body's resistance.

A fragrant vegetable has a positive effect on men. It increases potency and sex drive. It is actively used in the fight against the inflammatory processes of prostatitis. A fairly impressive set of nutrients for the human body, substances makes tubers, stems and leaves celery a welcome guest at any table.

Harm and contraindications

Although the root vegetable is a very useful vegetable, it has contraindications. People are at risk:

• With individual intolerance.
• Prone to allergic reactions.
• Women who are pregnant and breastfeeding.
• Patients with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis.
• Suffering from ulcers, pancreatitis, gastritis, cholelithiasis.
• With kidney stones.
• Patients with epilepsy.

It should not be taken for hemorrhoids, as the progression of the disease can be provoked due to increased flatulence. Not recommended before bedtime - increases energy production.

Thus, not all people are shown a useful product for food. Before use, you should consult with your doctor and adhere to a specific method of use.

Application

The root improves appetite, helps to normalize the work of the gastrointestinal tract. Due to the minimum calorie content (21 kcal per 100 g of product), it is eaten during the diet. With recommendations for cleaning the blood and intestines, it is possible to use a root crop.

Uses of celery root:

• A variety of delicious dishes are prepared from the tuber: salads, supplemented with carrots and apples, juices, soups. When preparing broths, meat, vegetable, fish dishes, add plant leaves and rhizomes for flavor. These parts of the vegetable contain components that promote better protein absorption.
• When freshly squeezed juice is consumed, positive processes occur in the body. Its use allows you to cleanse blood vessels, lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
• The root can not only be boiled or made fresh, but baked and fried. Adding it as a seasoning to fish or meat, the dish acquires an unforgettable taste and aroma.

If, during cooking, the tuber is chopped to a minimum size, then the smell from the seasoning will be more aromatic and saturated. There is a little secret when slicing: so that the peeled pieces do not darken, they should be placed in an acidified liquid for a while or sprayed with lemon juice.

It is advised to use not only the root, but also greens.

It is recommended to add it to the brine during conservation. Vegetables acquire a rich taste and piquant aroma. Thus, the use of a root crop is possible in more than one way. For tasty and healthy use, a lot of different recipes are recommended.

How to choose the right celery

You can purchase both rhizomes and leafy stems at any herbal grocery store. When buying, you should pay attention to some criteria:

• Coloring plays a major role when buying leaves. They should be bright green. Otherwise, in the presence of a yellowish tone or brown blotches, you should not think about buying this bunch of greens. Such indicators indicate the staleness of the product.
• In addition, you should ask how the fragrant vegetable was grown. If with the help of organic additives, then yellowness speaks not only of a long-standing stay on the counter, but also of the presence of nitrates. The rapid darkening of the celery leaves indicates that the plant has been sprayed with chemical growth stimulants.
• When the plant is fresh, it has firm, powerful leaves with an invigorating scent and glossy sheen. If the green cover is soft and sluggish to the touch, then you should not take the greens.
• Before buying, do not refuse to inspect the stems. They should be dense and strong, with a crack, a characteristic crunch is heard.
• When it is necessary to purchase a root crop, then it should be taken in a small size - up to 10 cm in diameter. It is not recommended to take too heavy - 1 kg maximum weight. When choosing a larger specimen, there is a possibility that the interior is damaged or there will be an empty cavity.
• How to correctly check if there is a void inside? You just need to knock on the root crop. A ringing sound will mean that there are hollow parts or a completely empty core inside. On the contrary, a dull echo indicates the dense content of the vegetable.

When choosing, you need to pay attention to the appearance of the tuber:

• without rot and mold,
• smooth and tight to the touch
• color - uniform
• skin - smooth, clean
• odor - no sweet rot aroma

A distinctive feature of large tubers over small and medium ones is the increased density and rigidity when eating. Thus, there is no need to take the first fruit in the store. It is better to explore it from all sides in order to use it completely, and not partially throw it away.

Celery root storage

Celery root storage methods:

• Celery stored in a cool, dark and dry place, at a temperature of 0-12 C. These conditions include a cellar, a glazed balcony, a refrigerator.
• At room temperature, the fruit is stored for no more than 5 days. If wrapped in a plastic bag or cling film and placed in the refrigerator, the product will not lose its nutritional value within 10 days. After that, the evaporation of nutrients begins.
• For longer storage, the tuber is placed in sand in a wooden box. The fruit is laid out in an upright position so that the petiole is on the surface. Through it, oxygen is supplied to the root crop and a long period of preservation of the plant in proper form is ensured. So the vegetable can be kept for no more than 4 months.
• In addition to natural storage, the vegetable is peeled from the outer peel, finely chopped or rubbed on a coarse grater. The resulting pieces are dried in a dark place, laid out in one layer. The dried ingredients are placed in glass jars and completely closed. The shelf life from the moment of placing in the container is 6 months.
• Fresh greens may be kept for a short period of time. It is placed in a refrigerator so that the stems are kept in water and the leaves are wrapped in polyethylene.
• Celery leaves can be deliciously salted. Chop the greens and place them in a jar. Chopped ingredients must be placed in a container tightly, tamping each layer. Salt is poured between the layers. After the leaves let the juice go, roll it up. In this form, conservation can be stored for 1 year.

Thus, a healthy vegetable is preserved not only fresh, but also dried and even as conservation. It is recommended to eat it all year round, getting a large amount of nutrients naturally.

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