Caloric content of vegetable marrows

Different products have different energy value. For those who grow thin it is important to know food caloric content correctly to make the menu per day according to the requirements. For the adult with excess body weight it is necessary to reduce consumption of kilocalories on 500 in day in comparison with a usual diet to begin to grow thin. Many nutritionists recommend to increase consumption of vegetables as in them relatively there is a lot of cellulose, vitamins and minerals, but it is not enough calories. In this article we will discuss the caloric content of vegetable marrows and various dishes from this vegetable.

How many calories in a vegetable marrow?

Doctors recommend vegetable marrows for weight loss. Dishes from this vegetable are a part of standard medical diets for people with excess body weight. It is caused first of all by that how many calories in a vegetable marrow on 100 grams. Also the glycemic index of this product and its structure on the main nutritious components matters. Caloric content of a vegetable marrow is at 100 grams low – only 20-23 kilocalories. At this vegetable a low glycemic index. It is equal 15 that means insignificant influence of a product on blood sugar after meal.

In vegetable marrows there is no fat at all, and it is very important for growing thin too. The vegetable marrow incorporates a large amount of ascorbic acid, vitamins of group B, niacin, pectin, potassium. All these properties do dietary vegetable marrows dishes very desirable for patients with obesity, a diabetes mellitus and in preventive foods. If you want to keep a figure, to lose weight, to improve health – dietary vegetable marrows dishes for you.

Culinary processing and caloric content of vegetable marrows

Of course, vegetable marrow caloric content in the raw depends more on a grade. Very few people decide to eat this vegetable crude. Though there are recipes of salads in which the vegetable marrow is not exposed to culinary processing. But it is after all exotic for the Russian cuisine. In our country the vegetable marrow is traditionally given on a table fried, stewed or in the form of marrow caviar. If you just weld a vegetable marrow or will prepare it in a double boiler without addition of other products, then at you useful and record-breaking low-calorie dish will turn out. Vegetable marrow caloric content in a boiled look – 22-25 kilocalories on 100 grams. Having crushed such vegetable marrow in the blender, you receive the vegetable weight which by right won to itself the first place among feedings up for babies.

Naturally, time is a product is safe and necessary for children from half a year, and it will be quite useful to adults. But among us it is not enough of those who agree there is just a vegetable marrow in a boiled look. Such dish is not too attractive to many to taste.

But all of us love and we eat marrow caviar with pleasure. Caloric content of marrow caviar depends on a method of culinary processing of vegetable raw materials. If the vegetable marrow was cooked, then color of an end product rather light, and the caloric content of marrow caviar in that case only 70 kilocalories in 100 grams.

And if vegetables roasted, then color of caviar will be more dark, and energy value is higher. Caloric content of marrow caviar in this situation makes 90-95 kilocalories on 100 grams. In chemical composition of a product there is water (83 grams), carbohydrates (8 grams), food fibers (2 grams), fats (5 grams), proteins (2 grams).

Caloric content of marrow caviar is much higher, than just vegetable marrows as to it it is added at production a lot of fat. Oil gives to a dish caloric content. Each gram of fat contains 9 kilocalories, and it is much higher, than in proteins and carbohydrates.

Now different firms use different recipes of marrow caviar. Very often sugar is added to it. This additive reduces dietary properties of a dish. It is the best of all to prepare caviar from vegetable marrows independently at home according to the checked recipes.

Caloric content of stewed vegetable marrows is in many respects connected with that too, how exactly they were prepared. To reduce energy value of a dish, avoid to add oil at suppression, do not use flour, potatoes. If your dish consists only of stewed vegetables, then its caloric content will remain low.

On average the caloric content of stewed vegetable marrows is about 80 kilocalories on 100 grams. The dish made according to the following recipe will have such energy value. To take 300 grams of vegetable marrows, 30 grams of olive oil, 200 grams of tomatoes, 1 egg, 30 grams of onions. To cut vegetable marrows thin circles and to fry in olive oil. To add the peeled tomatoes. To extinguish 10 minutes. To hammer egg and to give hot.

Dietary vegetable marrows dishes

Vegetable marrows for weight loss can be prepared in a special way. The most useful method can be considered preparation in an oven in a foil. In this case you completely keep microelements and useful properties of a vegetable marrow. Oil will not be required to be added when roasting therefore also the caloric content of a dish will be low. To prepare a vegetable marrow thus, it is necessary to cut a young vegetable marrow with thin circles. Put it on a foil, add spices and lemon juice. Then close from above a dish a foil layer. Bake in an oven about 20 minutes at average fire. Vegetable marrow caloric content in this case will make 30 kilocalories on 100 grams.