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Artichokes are long. It is originally around the Mediterranean, they have been used by the Romans for the treatment of bad digestion.

Somewhere along the line, the Romans great appetizers for also artichokes and since then, they were a traditional English food.

The name Latin of this plant is greenish purple (Cynara Scolymus). French or artichoke, is sometimes called the flower of the plant, which is sold in grocery stores. But this is not to be confused with Jerusalem artichoke, a bulb that grows in North America is in reality.

An SME artichoke supply 20% of vitamin c is necessary for the day. With only 60 calories, it is also a good source of potassium and magnesium, it is important for a healthy heart. And as it is rich in antioxidants in the fight against the disease of nutritionists most fruits and vegetables, excited.

Three ways to keep you healthy artichokes

Stages of digestion.

It turns out, were the ancient Romans with artichokes and the digestion process. Ingredient in the leaves of artichoke contributes to their forms hepatic bile - something necessary for good digestion. When the liver receives food insufficient bile to produce, not broken far more and end up with indigestion, abdominal pain.

If you feel sick to your stomach, can eat a meal complete and abdominal pain, dyspepsia, with a nice name to bad digestion.

Several scientific studies have shown a significant improvement in people with dyspepsia after treatment with extracts of artichoke. You can also help indigestion in the that a delicious artichokes dinner ancient Roman with his dinner.

She stifles a heart disease.

Liver bile makes food collection more help. It also helps to break the cholesterol of the fat you eat. But the gall of type as I produce episode Love Lucy, where he began to quickly move the liver is not enough cholesterol, so you can use the Assembly line with chocolate. Even if it has a diet food can have people of cholesterol high low-fat liver problems.

This is where artichokes. Because you can do more bile, it is possible that it can reduce cholesterol by eating. A study showed that artichokes take six weeks from the LDL type difficulty, the Germany has caused more than 22% decreased. Bonus, artichokes may block some new levels of cholesterol in the liver.

Allows you to lower blood glucose.

The liver is most visited you think. In addition to break more glucose (sugar) in the form of glycogen stores also fatty foods and glucose transformed, if it is a call launched by the receives its blood say that stocks are too low. It is a great system in the work of a body, perfectly. But some people have telephone bad day and night lines, agitation are the liver, not glucose blood needs. This over-production of glucose can diabetes and other health problems.

Animal studies, researchers have discovered that you substances artichokes too glucose liver are maintained. Further studies should be made, but scientific artichokes a day for people with diabetes-Diabetes could be useful. In the future, plants could use people as such as artichokes, to keep the production of sugar in the blood under control.

Pointer pantry

Select the artichokes with green in color. No, research fanées, purchase dry or mouldy. Small heavy heads are the best.

Artichokes are good and start a larger can be used for filling with different toppings and served as an aperitif.

Of course, about an inch of the top cut with a knife well honed. And then, he has cut almost a quarter of an inch from the tip of the leaves, is not this part of edible and rough in your hands.

Artichokes can be steamed in a basket on the water or steam. You should soft and be food in 30 minutes. If you hurry, you can microwave fast. First, rinse with water, add little moisture. Customize then in plastic wrap microwave. Four artichokes, microwave top 10-15 minutes or until the espresso at the base of the artichoke is sensitive.

These vegetables can be hot or cold. Some people are used as sauce of artichoke dip. It would be a pity a meal with sauce-rich, low in fat, it is a low-calorie, striker function of yogurt.

If you never have an artichoke, might be a little perplexed as to what extent is edible. Outer leaves are difficult and slightly bitter, but at the bottom of the page where you pull the mother, it is a piece of "Meat", which gently smooth velvety eats the leaves through your teeth. After obtaining the leaves in this way, they are links to the best part of the artichoke heart. It is a mild flavour, nuts, which all can be consumed. Only by scraping the soft cloth with a spoon instead of dig.