Many people are unaware of the large amount of nutrients and benefits that can be found in celery, being a vegetable valued throughout the world by the way it helps the body so positively. This vegetable cannot only help you extend your days of life, but also, you can improve them in a way you could not even imagine. Stay with us and discover how a simple vegetable can change your life from better to excellent!

Celery is a fibrous stem plant, which has been cultivated for many years, and depending on the way it is grown and its location it can be used as a spice or extract when cooking. It has also been used on some occasions as a medicinal plant or vegetable, which is why it is well known worldwide due to alternative or naturist medicine and its application in haute cuisine. Well, it has a delicious aroma that has been appreciated through soups, salads and many other gastronomic recipes; the most elegant and sophisticated dishes or banquets in many regions have this vegetable.

Beyond being a very exquisite plant, celery contains a large amount of nutrients and a minimum supply of calories, which helps improve health and body weight, making it a perfect vegetable to add to the diet if the goal is to lose a few extra pounds; that’s when it plays a valuable role, since, it’s perfect for being free of fats and cholesterol. In this way, it helps to convert your diet into something extremely healthy, which is why it is so recommended in cooking recipes, because, in addition, it is a food very rich in water.

Ingesting celery continuously helps people to avoid cardiovascular problems or those who suffer from it, since it does not allow problems to develop, rather it decreases them due to its large amount of minerals and vitamins, because, celery is the vegetable that has most supports for the health of the organism. Isn’t it fantastic?

Among the vitamins it has are vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E and folates. Regarding minerals, it is worth mentioning the presence of potassium, sodium, calcium, zinc, magnesium, iron, sulfur, phosphorus, copper and even silicon and the high water content, it gives way to essential oils, which bring antibacterial and diuretic qualities, such as Apiol, Limonene, Psoralenos, and Apiin, which are usually used in medicine to reduce kidney conditions and bacterial infections, such as those that can attack the kidneys.

Celery is rich in antioxidants and its high contribution of phytochemicals, components found in plants that bring positive effects for health, makes it an excellent ally against external agents of the environment; also, it turns out to be a strong reducer of the accumulation of cholesterol in the arteries.

Thanks to the water it contains, it increases the production of urine, so it says it is a superfood recommended as a supplement that helps dissolve kidney stones and also to expel toxins. On the other hand, celery has anti-inflammatory properties, since the flavonoids that contain its essential oils, have anti-inflammatory qualities that help you to be away to suffer from chronic diseases such as gout and also arthritis.

All these substances also stimulate the renewal of cells. In addition to consuming it in meals, it can be prepared in tea; this practice has been used for many years as one of the most effective treatments to relieve some of the main problems of digestion, in which the properties of this vegetable helped to reduce gas and relieve pain caused by poor digestion. It is almost a miraculous vegetable.

In traditional Chinese medicine it is used since ancient times for hypertension problems, they say that its taste between bitter and sweet, helps to cool the body, stimulates it and nourishes it, fights nausea and is an ideal stimulant of the uterus. Among other properties it favors the secretion of saliva and gastric juices, this way they become a perfect remedy for those people who have a lack of appetite and too slow digestion.

Although the degree of fiber that celery has is not of a very high level, it helps to achieve the daily demands of the organism and reduces the fat that makes it difficult to expel waste from the body. For this reason, consuming celery usually helps maintain the health of the digestive system and promote the elimination of excess cholesterol.

However, as every product, celery has its contradictions, its excessive glycoside content makes it not recommended for pregnant women, because it causes the risk of a miscarriage to be greatly increased and also due to its high diuretic power, It is also not recommended for people who suffer from inflammation of the bladder or those who have serious injuries to the kidneys.

A good and recommended way to eat celery is raw, either in salads or smoothies, but nevertheless, to use it as a remedy for stomach pain is better to consume it as tea or cooked. It can be added to salads when the stem is completely tender and its leaves are quite small. You can also prepare it to spread as part of light yogurt sauces.

Celery, like some other vegetables at the time of heating or cooking, loses many important minerals and vitamins but otherwise if it does maintain its beneficial nutritional characteristics, taking into account that it can also be an excellent option to give an exquisite flavor to soups or stews, and because of its soft aroma it also turns out to be an excellent flavoring.

It is important to mention that even the root of the celery can be consumed cooked in a stew or in the form of juices. Also the combination of this vegetable with other ingredients such as carrots, cucumbers, spinach, apples and even tomatoes, can be a very delicious fusion, which could be made in drinks seasoned with a little lemon. On the other hand, thanks to potassium, sodium, vitamin B1, B2 and B6, celery helps basically to care for the skin, hair, even people’s eyesight.

As an interesting fact, in some countries the salt of the celery has been extracted. How is it possible? They discovered that when the product is dissected and pulverized, the seasoning is obtained. Best of all, it is healthier than conventional salt. In this way it is important to remember that in order to obtain effective benefits celery should be used in an excellent balanced diet, and not only that, but also that it is necessary to have a daily routine of exercises or sports to help the body assimilate all these nutrients better.

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