The beets they have many beneficial properties for our body, but, as with any food, it is not advisable to consume them in excessive quantities, it is better to vary the vegetables that are consumed, and it is very important to eat vegetables every day at all meals.
Beneficial properties of chard
Swiss chard is a variety of beetroot broad green leaves, with a light or reddish central rib. From a nutritional point of view, beets are Low calorie, have little sodium and many fibre, capable of infusing satiety, of helping the proper functioning of the intestine, of regulating blood pressure values.
Swiss chard also contains many vitamins including Vitamin A, the C vitamin and the vitamina K, important mineral salts such as ferro and the potassium and substances such as chlorophyll, the lutein and the betacarotene, powerful antioxidant benefits for the body, to counteract free radicals and cellular aging. Beets are digestive, refreshing and diuretic, they inflammate the urinary tract and purify the body of excess toxins by stimulating diuresis.
Eating beets helps the health of teeth and bones by preventing diseases such as osteoporosis, it is good for eyesight and skin, it helps memory, improves the functions of the nervous system. Eating chard also allows you to have shiny hair thanks to biotin, a substance present in the vegetable
How to eat beets
First of all, it is important to pay attention when buying the vegetable, fresh vegetables without too many dents are always preferred.
The beets must be cleaned and washed thoroughly under running water and then they must be deprived of the leaves on the stem with the help of a knife. The leaves will then shrink into smaller pieces and be ready for preparation in the kitchen.
Beets are excellent to eat raw, in salads, because in this way they best preserve their nutritional properties. In the case of cooking, this must be reduced to the minimum, steamed or by boiling. The cooked chard can be used to season pasta or to accompany cheeses, fish and meat. The boiled leaves are then perfect for omelets.
Be careful of eating too much chard!
The chard has no particular contraindications, however its abuse could cause a laxative effect, precisely because it contains a lot of fibers and a lot of water.
The chard also contains oxalates, which are indigestible compounds that prevent the correct absorption of some mineral salts since they bind to them forming precipitates. For this reason, if taken in large quantities and in predisposed subjects, they could favor the formation of kidney stones.
You should not abuse when you are suffering from intestinal pathologies for the richness in fibers.
In addition, beets, bring a lot of vitamin K, a vitamin with antihaemorrhagic activity, so those who undergo therapy with anticoagulant drugs should pay close attention to the consumption of chard as it could interfere with the action of these drugs.
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