Useful and medicinal properties of plums

The pulp of plum fruit and a lot of protein and carbohydrates, food fibres, free organic acids, and a set of micro - and macronutrients, including potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, zinc, chromium, iodine and fluoride. In the vitamin composition of plum per 100 grams of berries has 0.1 mg of vitamin A, 0.04-0.06 mg of vitamins B1 and B2, 0.6 mg vitamin e, 10 mg vitamin C, 0.08 mg of vitamin B6 and 0.06 mg of vitamin E.



Mostly fruits produce a curative effect in diseases of the cardiovascular system, problems with metabolism, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. For example, plums have a laxative effect and they are considered useful for constipation, they proizvodyat diuretic effect, promote the excretion of cholesterol, prevent blood clots, cleanse the stomach and help cleanse the liver and normalize the production of bile.



Moreover, the beneficial effect of fruit plums seen in the treatment of gout and in reducing appetite. And plums have a strong antibacterial effect, so they can be used for the treatment of colds. And more antibacterial effect characteristic dark fruits of plum varieties than for the fruit of light varieties.


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