Carrots are used in cooking around the world. It can be consumed raw, fried, stewed, boiled. It can even be marinated. Some varieties of carrots can be fed to animals. Let’s find out how carrots are useful for the human body.
The root crop can have a different size and weight. Carrots have a conical shape, the color is different orange, yellow or red. Carrots can be both table and fodder. Today, more than 50 types of carrots have been discovered. Today on sale you can find completely different carrots, short and long, domestic and imported.

What is useful carrots for humans? Carrots contain many vitamins, microelements and macronutrients. Among the vitamins, most of all are vitamin B8, B9, C, A, B3, PP. There are also such macronutrients: potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium. And such trace elements: fluorine, iodine, cobalt, copper, zinc, molybdenum. Of 100 carrots, there are more than 80 g of water in it. The calorie content is very low per 100 g of only 41 calories.
Raw carrots can strengthen the gums and teeth. Especially for children, carrots need to be eaten regularly, their children’s body more than ever needs those vitamins and elements that are in this vegetable. It is also useful for adults, as it helps with beriberi, diseases of the liver, heart, kidneys. It also helps boost immunity. Carrots also have some choleretic and diuretic effect.

Boiled carrots can be eaten with intestinal dysbacteriosis. The vegetable contains a natural antibiotic that resists various bacteria and microbes. With a runny nose, you can bury your nose with carrot juice. For good absorption of vitamin A in the body, you need to always eat fatty foods, butter, sour cream, kefir with carrots. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that can only be absorbed in the presence of fat. You do not need to add much, 1-2 tbsp will be enough. any fatty food.

Carrot juice is also very beneficial. For various skin problems, you need to think about taking carrot juice. Carrot juice is a good prevention against cancer. Also, juice is useful if there are various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In this case, the juice should always be freshly squeezed. Never buy packaged carrot juice. Many additives are added there, for example, preservatives are added so that the juice does not spoil for a long time. Such juice will definitely not be useful, moreover, it can even bring harm to the body. Pregnant women need to drink juice as often as possible. Carrot juice improves complexion, strengthens nails and hair.

How much carrot juice can a person drink? Everything depends on the state of health. It is important to remember that juice should only be drunk fresh. If the juice has stood for a while, then its components, in contact with oxygen, lose their value and a good half of all useful substances. To avoid unpleasant consequences, carrot juice is best diluted with water, 50/50. Concentrated juice can have a harsh effect on the pancreas. After all, when we eat fruits or vegetables, we usually chew them for a long time, so they enter the body gradually. In the case of juice, everything is completely different.

Can carrots harm? Maybe if you use it in large quantities. Cases were observed when the face, hands and feet acquired a yellow color. Also, juice that has not been diluted with water, and which is consumed in excessive quantities, can also cause harm.
And so, we see that it is very useful. Eat for health!