Dried apricots - good and bad

Dried apricots are nothing but dried apricots, or apricots. Dried fruits, as we know, are very useful, but for some reason, you can often meet dietitians' warnings, about the danger of admiration for them. The reason is that if apricot contains 50 kcal per 100 g, then dried apricots - all 250 kcal, because it is spared from water, which dilutes fresh fruit, respectively, and the sugar content in it is higher. Therefore, the question of the benefits and harm of dried apricots should be considered more carefully, in order to avoid undesirable consequences.

However, we will start with a pleasant one - with the use of dried apricots for our body.

What is useful for dried apricots for the body?

About the usefulness of dried apricots already suggests the appearance of dried fruit - bright orange, therefore, contains a lot of beta-carotene and vitamin A. In addition to carotene in dried apricots, a lot of potassium, vitamin C , B1 and B2, E, PP and iron, calcium, phosphorus.

Dried apricots contain a large amount of sugar - only 100 g of dried apricots provide 20% of the daily norm of carbohydrates, the same amount of dried fruit covers the entire daily need for dietary fiber, that is, fiber.

Useful properties and harm of dried apricots are due to the above characteristics of the composition. Including, it is a question of excessive sweetness and "carbohydrate" of dried apricots, therefore it is not necessary to use it as snacks - only you will be hungrier.

Due to the high content of carotenes, dried apricots maintain the hormonal balance, which means that it interferes with menstrual irregularities, raises sexual desire and relieves manifestations before menstrual syndrome.

About what useful apricots can be written whole treatises, because doctors are still suspected, but can not prove its effect on the growth of cancer cells. Meanwhile, the combination of vitamins A, E and C makes this dried fruit a natural antioxidant, protecting us from free radicals, which lead to immune malfunctions, as a result of which cancer cells are formed.

Dried apricots are an ideal preventative against cardiovascular diseases. It lowers cholesterol levels, "cleans" the blood vessels from it, which reduces the risk of blood clots, atherosclerosis, heart attack and stroke.

Due to the high content of potassium, dried apricots normalizes the potassium-sodium balance. These two micronutrients provide not only nutrition of the heart muscle, but also affect our swelling. Sodium binds water and in large quantities leads to swelling, potassium, on the contrary, helps to remove excess fluid from the body.

Another feature of dried apricots is a rather high content of iron. Therefore, it should be safely consumed in the spring-autumn period, the time of beriberi, and also with anemia for the formation of erythrocytes.

Than dried apricots for weight loss?

Useful properties of dried apricots for weight loss are reduced not only to substantial enrichment of the lean body with nutrients, but also to the fact that dried apricots help to establish peristalsis of the intestine and accelerate the process of digesting food. Therefore, all those who yesterday had a good time at the festive table, it is recommended to sit for a day "on dried apricots". So, you cleanse the digestive tract from all that it got into it yesterday, and rid yourself of the craving for sweets that occurs after overeating.

So, with the use of dried apricots for weight loss - figured out, now we will start the options for weight loss on dried apricots.

We have two of them:

  1. Fasting day option 1 - for the day, take 200 g of dried apricots, 2-3 liters of water. On this day, nothing else is allowed for you. Cut the dried apricots into 5-6 equal parts and eat as soon as the famine sets in, washing down with unsweetened tea or water.
  2. Unloading day option 2 is a more humane way. Take 300 g of dried apricots and 200 ml of apricot juice (freshly squeezed out). Whisk everything in a blender and eat every 2-3 hours in small portions.

These diets are suitable only for one day off. If you sit on them longer, very much slow down the metabolism and exhaust your body.