Gelatin - good and bad

Gelatin is a unique ingredient that is used both for making snacks and for desserts. Moreover, it is one of the most popular components for home masks for hair, nails and skin. If you use it quite often, it is worth considering what benefit and harm gelatin can bring to your body.

Gelatin composition and useful properties

Gelatin is obtained by digestion of cartilage and tendons of cattle. In composition, it is a protein of animal origin, which has no specific odor, no special taste. The energy value of the dry product is 355 kcal per 100 g, but in the process of preparation it is used a little, because it swells more than 6 times, why the dishes with it remain light.

Useful properties of gelatin are evident already from its rich composition, which includes calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium, vitamin PP and other useful substances. Such positive properties of gelatin are considered to be universally recognized:

• regular use of gelatin strengthens ligaments and joints;
• for people with fractures of limbs, doctors often recommend eating dishes with gelatin - it is believed that bone tissue grows faster from them;
• gelatin is a source of glycine - an amino acid , which is necessary for healthy life of the organism;
• gelatin is also used to strengthen muscle tissue due to the high level of protein in the composition;
• people with poor blood coagulability gelatin recommended for regular use;
• if you have damaged hair, using gelatin, you can make home lamination, an analog of the well-known salon procedure - from the gelatin mask hair will become more dense and healthy;
• Regular use of gelatin causes the body to produce collagen independently, due to which the skin is significantly tightened and renewed;
• it is believed that the use of gelatin improves the condition of patients with osteochondrosis;
• regular use of gelatin inside reduces the manifestation of couperose and vascular asterisks;
• Gelatin is an excellent source of collagen, which restores the healthy structure of the nails;
• athletes who included dishes with gelatin in their diet, less likely to get injuries to tendons and ligaments.

If you like the taste of this product, feel free to use gelatin for the health of joints, skin and hair. It can be used not only inside, using when preparing dishes, but also externally - as masks and compresses. For maximum effect, it is advised to use both methods in parallel.

And if you use gelatin for rejuvenation, it is worth combining it with pilling, taking vitamins and masks - this will provide the most noticeable effect after the first weeks of the course.

Contraindications gelatin

Useful properties of gelatin and contraindications, as it often happens, go hand in hand. His strength lies in the large amount of protein, but this is what can cause his intolerance in individuals. If ever before you had allergies to protein, you should use gelatin with caution, and better - after examination and on the advice of an allergist.

In addition, do not use gelatin in urolithiasis and oxaluric diathesis. In case you do not suffer from these diseases, harm to food gelatin will not bring.

Do not forget about the feeling of the measure - remember the old saying "in the spoon the medicine, and in the cup - the poison." To maintain health, it is sufficient to consume several portions of dishes with gelatin per week and additionally apply masks and compresses.