Good nutrition in the winter

In our climatic strip the most hard time of year is the winter. Its integral attributes – snow and an icy cold, and in addition to them also deficiency of products for good nutrition. Only several months in a year we have an opportunity to indulge themselves the fresh fruit, vegetables and berries containing such necessary vitamins, minerals. Unfortunately, it is impossible to fill with them an organism for all next year. Let's understand as after all in the winter to remain active, healthy and to provide to a family the full vitamin menu.

One of the sparing options of saving of products – drying. In its course from fruits about 80% of the general contents of water are removed thanks to what they are stored long enough. At the same time losses of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and iron are minimum. Dried mushrooms, berries, fruit, greens will help to diversify a winter diet. It is simple to stock up with such delicacies, the main thing to observe technology: fruits carefully to wash out, clear, remove inedible parts, to cut on small pieces and to send to dry. The main minus – duration of preparation and the process of drying. However it is compensated by exclusive usefulness of such products owing to lack of preservatives, they are resolved in the use from early age.

The next way to keep summer products – a freezing. Low temperatures practically do not influence useful substances. In comparison with preserved the frozen berries, fruit, vegetables possess much more a bigger nutrition value, it is closest to fresh. After a freezing at a temperature is lower 18C in them there are 100% of minerals, to 90% of vitamins (there is a small loss of vitamin C, and the maintenance of B1 and B2 does not change). The only minus – special storage conditions are necessary (the big freezer with rather low temperature). The way out is – it is always possible to find qualitatively frozen products in shops.

Sugarcrafton degree of safety of vitamins and minerals is between a freezing and conservation. The essence is that berries will not be sterilized, and fray and filled up with sugar which is natural preservative. That he showed the properties fully, him there have to be not less than 60% of lump. Result following – we receive the product oversaturated by glucose, and losses of vitamin structure reach 30%. But it nevertheless is more useful than some jam and the more so cakes.

To stock up with gifts of summer for all winter it is better to use each of these methods. Prepare a maximum of the frozen berries, vegetables, fruit, dried mushrooms and greens. Eat them and remain always vigorous and healthy.