Dried fruits are the most ancient natural "food additive". Properly dried fruits contain a balanced set of minerals and vitamins, as well as useful carbohydrates - glucose and fructose, thanks to which this product does not cause weight gain, unlike traditional sweets and cakes. Therefore, dried fruits can safely be supplemented with both a fasting day and a strict diet.

Dried fruits - this is a real storehouse of soluble fiber (pectin), which normalizes the process of digesting food. Swelling in the intestine, it forms mucous solutions that heal his microflora, absorbing the harmful metabolic products and in time removing them from the body. Leave with soluble fiber and excess cholesterol, which is important for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, especially atherosclerosis.

By the way, doctors recommend daily consumption of at least 25-35 grams of fiber, and nutritionists consider nutrition balanced, if a person eats at least 2 kg of dried fruits per year.

If you want to suppress the raging appetite, eat, thoroughly chewing, literally suck in the mouth two or three pieces of dried apricots or prunes without pits. In the morning this sweet delicacy will energize you, in the daytime it will help to satisfy the feeling of hunger, and in the evening it will save from overeating for sleep the coming. And most importantly - will save from the temptation to buy a high-calorie cake or favorite chocolate candy.

To do this, simply carry dried fruits with you and eat them when you want something delicious. After all, they do not have fat at all, and caloric content varies from 200 to 300 kcal per 100 g.

Each dried fruit also has its own unique advantages.

Dried apricots. A good source of calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, and especially potassium.

This mineral regulates the water-salt balance in the body, lowers blood pressure, ensuring normal activity of the cardiovascular system. It acts as a counterbalance to sodium, helping to remove excess salts from the body, which cause water retention and edema formation. Dried apricots - a valuable product for those suffering from hypertension, chronic inflammatory diseases of the kidneys, accompanied by edema and increased release of potassium from the body.

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