Broccoli or asparagus is one of the best vegetables for a diet, especially when you need to monitor the calorie content and glycemic index of the product.
For asparagus cabbage, the glycemic index is very low at 15 units. This figure makes broccoli a lifesaver for diabetics.
When boiling, the calorie content of broccoli is reduced. If in its raw form the energy value of 100 g of broccoli is 28 calories, then when steamed, this figure is reduced by 2 calories. This is calculated per 100 g of asparagus.
Such an energy value refers to the concept of negative calorie content, because if you consume large quantities of asparagus and vegetables with a similar caloric value, then the energy supplied with food will be less in magnitude than the body excretes even in a state of calm from physical activity.
This is the trigger for natural weight loss. A person gets a full set of proteins, fats, carbohydrates with a low glycemic index, enough minerals and trace elements, and at the same time is rapidly losing weight!
In addition to its dietary value, broccoli has significant healing effects. First of all, this amazing vegetable is able to normalize biochemical disorders that occur with metabolic syndrome. Namely:
- normalize the indicators of fat metabolism, total cholesterol and high density lipoproteins;
- reduce high sugar and lactate, which is formed in increased amounts in patients with ketoacidosis;
- reduces the severity of allergic symptoms - rash, itching and swelling;
- normalizes the condition of the eyeballs.
Eating broccoli reduces the risk of age-related cataracts and macular degenerative changes.
Against the background of a diet with a high content of dishes from asparagus cabbage, the disturbed function of digestion both in the stomach and in the intestine is normalized, the process of excretion of bile and juices of the duodenum is enhanced.
If you take such a therapeutic food, you will need to stop in time when the stomach and intestines are on the mend, otherwise a state of increased acidity of gastric juice may develop, and insulin hyperproduction by the pancreas will begin.
The head of fresh and high-quality broccoli has a dark green color, without yellow or darkened blotches. All the valuable vitamin and mineral composition of the green part of broccoli and cabbage stalks is completely preserved for a week of storage, then the asparagus withers and, as a result, the loss of all nutritional value.
If you have purchased a lot of good quality asparagus, you can divide it into outlets and freeze it in the freezer. Frozen broccoli has the same calorie content as fresh - 28 kilocalories per 100 g of vegetable products.
Broccoli is a great product for recuperating after losing health. Abdominal surgery, massive bleeding, a serious chronic disease - these are the reasons for the diet of such patients to include dishes from asparagus. This wonderful vegetable is suitable for organizing baby food during the beginning of complementary feeding and for further feeding babies and children up to one and a half years old.
Broccoli gives a quick satiety. Asparagus oil is a valuable food form. Its calorie content does not exceed 900 calories per 100 g.
Fatty acids of broccoli oil are classified as saturated, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids. However, in its pure form, oil is not consumed due to the high concentration of erucic acid. It complicates the work of the cardiovascular system.
Asparagus oil is diluted with neutral olive or sunflower oils. Broccoli is eaten both fresh and after heat treatment. It is fried, boiled and steamed.
Such a low-calorie and tasty side dish goes well with meat, fish, eggs, chicken. Boil broccoli sockets either for a couple of 5-10 minutes or blanch in boiling water for a couple of minutes. After cooking, the inflorescences are placed in a colander and washed with running cold water.
