How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?
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Cooked carrots are sweet, nourishing, easy to digest, and contain lots of fiber. They are ideal for babies and convalescing patients (i.e. those recovering from illness).
Tiny Ginseng
Exhausted? Raw carrots, and especially carrot juice have a mild pungency that is stimulating & exhilarating. They increase your energy (prana or Qi), which has earned carrots the title 'tiny ginseng' and the 'king of juices'.
Purify Your Blood
Carrot's cool nature and mild bitter taste acts purifies the blood. Strongly alkalizing, carrot has a cool and relaxing effect on the eyes. Beta-carotene, which gives carrots their bright orange color, is metabolized into vitamin A in the presence of bile salts in the small intestine. Vitamin A pacifies Pitta, nourishes the liver, and purifies the blood. These actions improve vision, complexion of the skin, and generally reduce inflammation. Carrot helps make the skin noticeably softer, smoother, and firmer. Carrots increase the quality of the breast milk. During pregnancy carrots reduce the risk of jaundice and enhance baby's complexion.
The blood purifying aspects together with carrot's sweetness make it an excellent blood and liver tonic. Carrots are ideal for liver deficiency, especially useful in the late summer dry season. To restore the liver, boil 4 carrots with 2 tbsp coconut butter.
Other Benefits
Despite its sweetness, carrot stabilizes blood sugar levels. However it should be avoided by those with candida or other sugar sensitivities. One cup of carrot juice daily in the morning can help eliminate pinworms and roundworms in children. They are rich in silicon and potassium. Too much of the concentrated juice can turn your skin orange.
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Recipes with Carrot: Curried Chickpea with Carrots
About Carrot
Ancestors of the wild carrot came from Iran and Afghanistan, the center of genetic diversity for carrot. Carrots were bred from a species of wild carrot, called Queen Anne's Lace. Originally they were grown for their aromatic leaves and seeds. Since then, selective breeding has increased sweetness, reduced bitterness, and minimized the woody core. The ancient Greeks called them, 'philon' which means love charm, because carrots were considered to make men and women more amorous.
Cooking Carrot
Carrots are cooked in soups, shredded in carrot cake, juiced, or pureed in baby food. They are popular in salads throughout the Middle East. In India carrots are cooked into a sweet, rich dessert called carrot halwa. The greens and seeds of the carrot are also edible. Raw carrots are difficult to chew, strengthening your jaw muscles and bones.
Buying & Preparation
Japanese chefs rotate the carrot when chopping - to get unique shapes. The nutrients in carrots are concentrated in or close to the skin, so buy organic and consume unpeeled for maximum results.
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