Jerusalem artichoke with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2: how to cook, recipes

Jerusalem artichoke or earthen pear is a high plant, during the flowering period resembles sunflower, and its fruits are deformed tubers of potatoes. In our gardeners, he is not too much honest, because Once, having planted it, it is difficult to get rid of it, and it grows very quickly. But, if people knew the whole truth about his healing qualities, they would prefer him potatoes, carrots, beets and other garden crops. Jerusalem artichoke in diabetes is especially useful.

How to use Jerusalem artichoke for diabetes?

The most useful Jerusalem artichoke for diabetes raw, so all its described properties are preserved. You can, cleaning the tuber, just cut it with plates and eat it (it has a pleasant sweet taste), or you can cook salads and connect it with various ingredients usually used in them. In general, there are various options for earthen pear dishes: you can cook, bake, fry it (we do not recommend diabetics) and even dry it.

Recipes for cooking dishes with topnamic for diabetes

To save all vitamins and minerals in Jerusalem artichoke as much as possible, you can use the following recipes:

• Grate the fruit on a large grater, add a rubbed carrot, apple, season with olive oil. A more pronounced taste will give lemon juice;
• Cut into thin plates cucumbers, Jerusalem artichoke, chop the herbs, pour vegetable oil;
• In winter, connect grated tubers with sauerkraut or salty cucumbers, spraying with sunflower oil;
• Wrap the cleaned fruit in foil and bake in the oven. You can serve a dietary or meat to such a side dish;
• In the first dishes, replace potatoes with Jurk: boil water, lower the onions of onions, carrots, and Jerusalem artichoke pre-chopped and passed in sunflower oil. Add the cereal to taste (rice, oatmeal, barley) and a small cube of butter, crush greens.

Jerusalem artichoke leaves

Jerusalem artichoke is a non-waste healing raw material. It turns out that in its leaves there are many useful substances that can have a therapeutic effect in diabetes.

Leaves contribute to the healing of wounds, accelerate the regeneration of the skin, have antifungal, antioxidant, antitumor activity and other drug effects. [1] That is why they are used to clean the liver and blood, losing weight, from constipation, for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, radiculitis, osteochondrosis, weakening of immunity. All these diseases are diabetes.

Infusions, alcohol tinctures, teas, decoctions for domestic consumption are prepared from them, and also added to the water to take baths.

Topinamybur syrup

Pharmacists also did not pass by this unique plant - laying out of useful substances and produced natural syrup, in which only water and Jerusalem artichoke are involved. Prepared by evaporation of root juice. It has the same virtues as tubers. Sweet tastes thanks to Ilovna.

Used as a sweetener to dishes. It is added to teas, compotes, pastries. In addition to individual intolerance, there are no contraindications. The syrup gives a general strengthening effect, the prebiotics in its composition normalize the intestinal microflora, and contribute to the establishment of the functions of the digestive system.

Jerusalem artichoke tablets

There are other forms of medications made on the basis of earthen pear. Dried Jerusalem artichoke is rubbed into powder, and then pressed into tablets. In the pharmaceutical market, biologically active additives called “Inulin”, “Lonfall”, “Neovite”, a “Topinate” sugar substitute, the Topinex drug, are known.

Dried Jerusalem artichoke

Different methods of harvesting Jerusalem artichoke do not worsen its composition. There is a lot of recipe in which a dried fruit is involved. To obtain it, you need to wash the tubers well (not necessary), cut into the plates, dip it into a solution of citric acid, get wet with a paper towel and dry on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, in the oven at a temperature of 100 ° C, like apples or other fruits, while the door should be ajar. They are preparing from them:

• Jerusalem jacket tea - a handful of dried lilios pour boiling water, let it brew a little, do not put sugar;
• Infusion - 2 tablespoons of raw materials are placed in a thermos at night, flipped with a liter of boiling water. They use 50 g three hours before eating three times a day.

The benefits and harms of Jerusalem artichoke

The chemical composition of Jerusalem artichoke will answer the question of whether it can be eaten with diabetes. Let's start with vitamins:

• A or retinol - participates in immune processes, normalizes metabolism, stimulates the production of collagen and elastin, slows down aging;
• Beta-carotene or provitamin A - with its help, the body receives the above vitamin, properties are similar;
• PP - nicotinic acid, without it, redox processes in the body do not occur, regulates the activity of the nervous system, has a beneficial effect on digestion and functioning of the heart, blood vessels, and takes part in the synthesis of hormones;
• B1 - thiamine, is necessary for various types of exchange: carbohydrate, water-salt, fat, protein, energy; involved in hematopoiesis; increases brain activity, mood;
• B2 - riboflavin, is needed for energy supply of tissue cells, performs antioxidant functions;
• B6 - Pyridoxine, plays an important role in protein and fat metabolism, it is rightfully considered a pantry of enzymes. Many diseases associated with impaired pancreatic activity, including diabetes mellitus, require its additional amount;
• B9 - folic acid, hematopoietic processes, cell growth, cardiovascular activity, normal state of the nervous system are impossible without it;
• C - ascorbic acid, everyone is aware of its benefits, because This is the most famous antioxidant that helps to overcome diseases, prolong youth;
• E - tocopherol, tread of cell membranes, assistant in the assimilation of vitamin A, normalizes the hormonal background, women are especially necessary, because plays an important role in reproductive function.

Already this list of this list is enough to include tubers in the daily menu. But there are still many macroelements (potassium, phosphorus, chlorine, calcium, sulfur, sodium), trace elements (iron, zinc, iodine, copper, manganese, fluorine, molybdenum, etc.) and all amino acids. [2], [3], [4]

What harm can Jerusalem artichoke can do? In addition to increased gas formation, it is difficult to even call anything. Its small drawback is easy to eliminate by adding caraway seeds or coriander to the prepared dish.

Therapeutic properties of Jerusalem artichoke for diabetes

Topinamybur tubers mainly contain two types of carbohydrates, inulin and sugar (fructose and glucose). The main carbohydrates in the air biomass are cellulose and hemicellulose. It was reported that the sugar content in Topinamybur tubers is about 4–5% of dry weight. [5]

For diabetics, this culture is valuable with a high content of inulin (80%) - a carbohydrate that slows down the absorption of glucose from food. With prolonged use, its level in the blood decreases, metabolism normalizes, and the body's protective forces increase. In addition, Jerusalem artichoke has a low glycemic index and calorie content.

The other healing properties of Jerusalem artichoke include a moderate choleretic effect, the ability to cleanse heavy metals, toxins, radionuclides, and improve the intestinal microflora. It was established that inulin from Jerusalem artichoke has a prebiotic potential. [6], [7]

Jerusalem artichoke can improve sensitivity to insulin, since its main component inulin reduces the synthesis of triglycerides and fatty acids in the liver and reduces their blood level [8], [9], [10]. In addition, it reduces the level of glucose in the blood of a nourish in healthy people [11], which may be associated with his fructan and kumarins, such as Ayapine and Skopletin. [12]

Contraindications

Jerusalem artichoke has practically no contraindications, except in rare cases, individual intolerance.

Storage of Jerusalem artichoke in winter

Jerusalem artichoke is a completely unpretentious plant both in terms of growing and storage. There will be no problems if there is a cellar or a cold basement, where the temperature does not exceed 4-5 ⁰P. Moreover, it is not necessary to immediately dig it all up. You can prepare the amount required for the winter, and in the spring to extract completely intact tubers from the ground. Another way is to store in the refrigerator, the average shelf life of 3 weeks, freezer (3 months), dry (no more than a year), preserve or buy each time in the market.

Reviews

A unique phenomenon - not a single negative review was found about Jerusalem artichoke. All diabetics note its positive effect on the glycemic state, and a fairly neutral taste does not cause food rejection. He is not boring as the same dish, because at different times it can be a snack, and the first, and a side dish, and compote or tea.