О полезных свойствах капусты и салата известно long. These products were valued at all times and by all the civilizations known to us. But there is one vegetable that combines the properties of both salad and cabbage and can easily replace them. This is Peking cabbage. The benefits of its use are known to the Chinese since the 5th century AD.
Изначально во время ее распространения по миру, Peking cabbage cost a lot of money, and not everyone could afford it. But over time, the vegetable began to be cultivated both in Russia and in Ukraine, which greatly increased the interest of buyers, and it became possible to purchase it in any store or supermarket. Today, everyone is available in Beijing cabbage. Harm and use of its use are no longer discussed. Now it becomes clear why.
Based on the name it is clear that the homeland of thisvegetable - China. In the Middle Kingdom it is called "Petsay" and is a fairly popular plant among the peoples of Japan, China and Korea. This vegetable is the main ingredient of Eastern dishes. Petsay - a kind of ripe cabbage, which has leafy and kochannye forms. The appearance of the leaves reminds Romaine lettuce (they have a length of about 40 cm). The section is yellow-green. The color of the leaves varies from bright green to yellow. The main juice is contained in the leaf veins. They differ in their fleshiness.
Juiciness "pekinki" is incomparable with any cabbageor a salad. Despite the relatively thin leaves of Chinese cabbage can cook quite a wide range of dishes. The food made from this juicy vegetable is more than useful. Chinese cabbage contains quite low calorie content, and therefore the food will not load the organism. When cooking it does not allocate a specific smell, it makes it blokachannaya tribeswoman. Fresh cabbage is quite simply lends itself to leaven, salting and marinating.
Для того чтобы узнать, чем полезна пекинская cabbage, it is worth a little "digging" in history. Even in ancient Rome, the leaves of this oriental vegetable surprised doctors with their hygienic properties, and their consumption in food saved the Roman people from many ailments for 600 years.
Dieticians have specially noted the Beijingcabbage. The benefit of using it is associated with the normalization of metabolism in the human body, which prevents him from creating excess fat reserves. Many dietary salads are based on Peking cabbage.
Physicians and researchers noted improvementthe state of the cardiovascular system of a person who regularly consumes Peking cabbage. Vegetables have an extremely beneficial effect on the digestive tract. People suffering from an ulcer or gastritis are recommended for regular consumption of Peking cabbage. The use of juicy leaves is based on the high content of lysine. It is an amino acid that is simply irreplaceable for the human body, it dissolves foreign proteins, purifies blood and increases the body's ability to resist viruses (improves immunity). Longevity of the inhabitants of eastern countries is attributed to the popularity of Peking cabbage.
Общее содержание минеральных солей и витаминов в Chinese vegetable is not inferior to its counterparts, such as white cabbage. If you need to consume a large amount of vitamin C, then you need Peking cabbage. Harm such an amount of ascorbic acid does not bring, but the original taste qualities will be given inadmissible.
Proceeding from the foregoing, it becomes clear thanuseful Peking cabbage, the benefits of its use and why its popularity is increasing every day. Therefore, it should be used as much as possible, especially in the winter. This gift is kept in China for a long time. Eat with pleasure and be healthy!
