The benefits and harms of jelly
One of the Russian national drinks is jelly. There are no other countries like him. Some people find the drink incredibly tasty, others are not happy with the "strange" consistency. Be that as it may, jelly brings a lot of useful things to the body.
The benefits of jelly
The composition of this drink has a very beneficial effect on health. With the right selection of components, you can even have a therapeutic effect with the help of jelly. Homemade jelly contains many useful vitamins, including thiamine, ribolavin, nicotinic and pantothenic acids, as well as lysine, choline and methionine. All these substances are useful for normalizing the activity of organ systems and have a positive effect on brain function.
Nutritionists recommend jelly as food for adults and children to normalize the gastrointestinal tract. Its consistency is especially useful for people with stomach ailments during an exacerbation. The drink will help relieve pain and soothe your stomach. It is useful to use jelly to improve the intestinal microflora and normalize peristalsis.
Kissel can be used as an additional tool in the fight against excess weight. Just one glass of jelly, drunk half an hour before a meal, will allow you to get sated with less food at lunch. The drink is recommended for breakfast. Then during the day you will feel a surge of vivacity.
With the help of jelly, you can get rid of edema by removing excess fluid from the body and normalizing kidney function. And starch, which is found in large quantities in jelly, helps to activate metabolism.
Much also depends on the products that are used to prepare the delicious drink. For example, oatmeal jelly is especially recommended. losing weight people, and cranberry is useful to drink during colds in order to strengthen the immune system. Cherry jelly will help cleanse the intestines of toxins and toxins.
Kissel is widely used in the recipes of traditional healers. For example, with the help of rosehip jelly, they treat stomach and intestinal diseases. In this case, it is important to consume it regularly. The apple-based drink is recommended for normalizing digestion and healing liver diseases. With its help, you can eliminate vitamin deficiency and cure anemia.
Kissel from rowan has a choleretic and diuretic effect. It has a slight laxative effect and has a beneficial effect on the condition of the liver and gallbladder. If you add calamus to mountain ash jelly, then the drink can be used to treat colds. Calamus essential oil promotes the discharge of phlegm, and rowan carotene restores mucous membranes.
Kissel with bird cherry berries is useful for restoring heart health, and a drink with blueberries promotes rejuvenation and restores vision. It can be used to treat infectious diseases and normalize bowel function.
Jelly harm
Although the drink is delicious and has obvious health benefits, it is not beneficial for all people to consume it. It is worth seriously limiting the amount of jelly or completely abandoning its use in such cases:
- The high carbohydrate content and high glycemic index of the drink make it unsafe for overweight people.
- A large amount of sugar becomes a contraindication for the use of jelly in diabetes mellitus. In this case, you can use only oatmeal jelly.
- Industrial semi-finished products contain dyes and other harmful substances that can provoke allergic reactions.
- It is also worth giving up jelly for people suffering from chronic constipation. A large amount of starch in this case can only aggravate the situation.
Kissel contraindications
Based on the possible harm of a traditional Russian drink, several contraindications for the use of jelly can be formulated:
- Obesity and being overweight.
- Diabetes mellitus in the acute stage.
- Chronic constipation.
- Propensity for allergic reactions.
How to cook jelly
To make the drink tasty and without lumps, it is necessary to properly dilute the starch. For this, the liquid that is used for jelly must be cold. For a thick jelly per liter of water, milk or berry syrup, take 70 grams of starch, for a drink of medium density, 40 grams is enough, and for a completely liquid jelly, 30 grams of starch is enough.
If the jelly is prepared on the basis of berries, then both fresh and frozen can be used. They should be turned into puree, pre-rinsing. Pour 600 ml of water into a saucepan with berry puree and add sugar to taste. Bring everything to a boil. Separately dissolve the starch in the proportion that is indicated above and pour a thin stream into the pan with the cooking jelly. In this case, you need to stir the liquid all the time so that the jelly turns out to be homogeneous. Let the liquid boil again and then cool.
For the preparation of oatmeal jelly, starch is not needed. The oatmeal is simply poured over with water and left in a warm place for 12 hours. Then the liquid is filtered off, salt and sugar are added to taste and boiled to a jelly consistency. Oil is added to this jelly and served cold, with milk. You can send the jelly to the refrigerator, and when it hardens, cut into portions and serve as a dessert.
