"Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper
Despite the fact that the zucchini contains a large percentage of water, it contains a sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals.
The vegetable is rich in vitamins B1, B2 and especially C. 100 grams of zucchini contains about 17% of the daily requirement for vitamin C.
Therefore, zucchini helps fight infections and maintains health.
There is a lot of potassium in zucchini, which has urinary and choleretic properties. This vegetable is especially useful for feeding people with urinary and bile retention and edema due to heart failure. This is a good prevention of exacerbations
Zucchini is a source of carotenoids: lutein and zeaxanthin. Most of them are found in the skin of the fruit. They are necessary for the work of the visual analyzer and slow down age-related decline in vision
Due to its very low calorie content and excellent taste, zucchini is an indispensable component of diet for weight loss. This vegetable contains a lot of easily digestible carbohydrates. In young fruits, there is quite a little sugar, although there is also little carotene. But ripe yellow zucchini in carotene content can be compared with carrots.
Zucchini seeds are no less useful: they contain a lot of Omega-3, which is an essential fatty acid and enters the body only with food. Omega-3 affects the health of the whole body, especially the quality of the skin and hair.
