Buckwheat groats have long been one of the main dishes of Russian cuisine. Even then, people noticed that buckwheat has useful properties, almost greater than all the other porridges.
What is useful you can find in this crop?
- By right, buckwheat is considered a good substitute for meat, because it contains useful proteins and amino acids . Their bioavailability to the body is high enough to consider buckwheat an almost as valuable source of protein as meat products.
- Carbohydrates, which are part of this cereal, are complex, that is, they are broken down in the body slowly. Therefore, by eating a dish of buckwheat, you will quench your hunger for a long time and will feel energetic. Because complex carbohydrates stabilize the level of insulin, buckwheat is useful for people who have diabetes.
- Porridge also contains fats, however, in smaller quantities than some other cereals. It is noteworthy that the fats obtained with buckwheat are not deposited at the waist, but go to the construction of important cellular elements.
- Of course, buckwheat is very rich in various vitamins and microelements, which makes it even more useful. No wonder athletes use this porridge as a side dish very often. It is a source of iron, copper, zinc, iodine and phosphorus, as well as folic acid, niacin and some other vitamins. Therefore buckwheat is especially useful to pregnant women, athletes and slimming, because its regular use increases endurance and improves metabolism.
- Useful properties of buckwheat for weight loss are also in the fact that it is rich in fiber . Rough dietary fiber helps to normalize the intestinal microflora, improve digestion and remove various toxins from the body.
Buckwheat - useful properties and contraindications
There are practically no limits to the use of this cereal. Nutritionists sometimes recommend whole diets and fasting days based on buckwheat. Undoubtedly, the raw buckwheat, filled with yogurt since evening, is useful. Overnight, the grains swell, and all the useful substances in them persist, because no heat treatment was performed. Useful properties of buckwheat with kefir, eaten in the morning on an empty stomach, can not be overestimated.
However, it should not be forgotten that, for slimming, buckwheat has both beneficial properties and harm, due to its relatively high calorie content. A hundred grams of dry cereal contains about 300 calories, so there is ready-made buckwheat better with lean meat or salads, and it should be filled with vegetable, but not butter. In this case, no damage to the figure, this tasty and fragrant mess will not do.
Contraindications in buckwheat, with moderate use, no, however, it is worthwhile to be careful of those who suffer from gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute kidney failure, as well as during pregnancy and lactation. But even this precaution applies to food systems, where buckwheat is the main product, that is, mono-diets on buckwheat and unloading days. In other cases this product is absolutely harmless.