Everything about raisons
Raisin is the ripe and dried fruit of grapes sold under different names in the market according to its type, the method and conditions of drying, and the additives permitted in it. Like other dried fruits, raison is also found throughout the year.
Grape can be used in two ways: fresh grape and dried grape. Dried grape dried by the light and heat of the sun turns into raisin.
As there are different types of grape, this dry fruit also has many types. Grape can be used directly or in the form of snacks, food, medicine, and drink products.
Disadvantages of raisin:
Types of raisin and their preparation methods:
Sun dried raisin
Shade dried raisin
Sour raisin
Colored raisin (golden, yellow, sulphurous)
Currant raisin
All kinds of raisin
Different types of dried grapes are:
Sun dried raisin
Shade dried raisin
Sour raisin
Grape raisin (golden, yellow, sulphurous)
Currant raisin
Nutritional Value
This dried fruit is rich in minerals with countless properties. By consuming this fruit one can cure many diseases. The properties of raisin are due to its extraordinary mineral rich compounds.
Nutritional value:
100 grams of this dried fruit contains 295 calories.
The ingredients of 100 grams are:
Potassium 23%
Carbohydrate 26%
Vitamin C 9%
Magnesium 7%
Vitamin B12 10%
Fiber 28%
Protein 5%
Calcium 2%
Extraordinary properties of raisin:
1. Antioxidant properties
When you use antioxidant foods in your diet, you prevent cell damage. Antioxidants have anti-cancer properties and anti-destruction of body cells. If you use this dry fruit during the day, you actually prevent various cancers.
2. Lower blood pressure
High blood pressure can be caused by improper diet, but you can lower your blood pressure by consuming this dry fruit. Due to the properties of raisin, one may control blood pressure significantly due to potassium. If you have high blood pressure, you need to use potassium in your blood diet.
3. Stress reliever
If stressed out, you need to use raisin with different herbal teas. One may reduce stress by using soothing herbal teas and this tonic fruit.
If you are busy and spend a lot of energy on your work during the day under work stress, it is recommended to have this dry fruit with you.
4. Eye light enhancer
Raisin is recommended to strengthen eye light and maintain its health. Few people know the properties of raisin useful to increase eye brightness and eye health.
This dried fruit can help decease eye laziness and weakness with its compounds. If you study for many hours in day and night, it is better to have raisin with you.
5. Anemia cure
Another property of raisin is to cure anemia. People who lack blood iron should use this dried fruit regularly.
6. Heals inflammations and infections
If you have chronic infections and inflammations, you may choose raisin for your treatment. The properties of raisin with strong anti-inflammatory antioxidants can generally eliminate infections and inflammations. In addition, the polyphenol in raisin can be very useful for cold.
7. Mouth guard
Raisin contain elanolic acid in its composition, which can prevent tooth decay. In addition, due to having strong antioxidants, it can prevent mouth and gum infections.
To have healthy and beautiful teeth, it is better to use raisin instead of sugar with tea.
8. Hair loss prevention
People who suffer from thinning hair and feel their hair is not as beautiful as they want, had better add raisin to their diet. One of the most important properties of raisin is to prevent hair loss. The vitamins in this dried fruit can eliminate body deficiencies and prevent hair loss.
9. Treatment of dandruff
Daily consumption of raisin reduces the inflammation of the scalp and helps treat dandruffs due to the Resveratrols present in it.
10. Facial skin rejuvenation
The high amount of antioxidants and polyphenols in raisin increases the production of collagen and elastin in the skin and helps treat wrinkles and rejuvenates the facial skin. The resveratrols in raisin help purify the blood and cleanse the skin and rejuvenate facial skin.
11. Acne and pimples
Magnesium and potassium present in raisin help detoxify and purify the blood, thus treating acne and pimples. Also, consuming black raisin helps detoxify the liver and thus treating skin acne and pimples.
12. Prevents kidney stones
People with kidney stones or kidney failure can use raisin because they contain potassium.
13. Lose and gain weight
You may also be interested in how this dried fruit can cause weight loss and weight gain. If you use this dry fruit alone and always have it in your diet, it can cause you to lose weight due to the high amount of fiber. If you carry raisin along with tea during the day, it can increase weight due to the presence of natural sugars.
14. Properties of raisin for pregnant women
As we all know, pregnant women suffer from iron deficiency at this time. Iron deficiency can be dangerous for the mother and the fetus. One may use this dry fruit to prevent iron deficiency complications.
15. Babies and children
Raisin is rich in minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and magnesium, which help children’s mental and physical development. Due to its high amount of fiber, raisin helps improve bowel movements and treat constipation in children. Due to its antibacterial properties, raisin helps treat high fever in babies and children. Raisin strengthens memory in babies and children.
16. Treatment of diarrhea and constipation
Unhealthy diet and fast food can cause diarrhea or constipation. Sometimes these disorders can occur due to non-observance of hygiene. To treat diarrhea and constipation, just use this dried fruit. This fruit can improve bowel movements due to its high fiber content.
17. Osteoporosis
One of the most common diseases affecting women is osteoporosis. Women suffer from osteoporosis due to pregnancy periods. To prevent this disease, we recommend this dry fruit to women. Because having a large amount of calcium can solve body deficiencies.
18. Memory
High amounts of boron in raisin strengthen memory and reduce the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
19. Liver
The bioflavonoids in raisin help liver health and cure kid’s diseases by detoxifying and purifying the blood and body.
20. Useful for bodybuilding
Men and women active in bodybuilding mustn’t forget raisin. The properties of raisin such as drugs and protein tablets can be effective if raisin is used instead of artificial proteins. Just take this dry fruit with you during exercise.
Disadvantages of raisin:
Allergy at the time of consumption takes the form of respiratory problems, diarrhea or fever.
Do not consume raison after surgery.
Fresh grapes or dried grapes can slow down blood clotting after surgery. It is better not to use them after surgery.
Types of raisin and their preparation methods:
Sun dried raisin
In this method no additives or harmful chemicals are used and the product is kept natural. The time required to dry grapes and prepare sun dried raisin depends on various factors, such as temperature, humidity, and the angle of the sun, which in dry mountainous climates is between 15 and 20 days.
Its color is dark brown with less softness. In this method, they hang bunches of grapes on a stick and placed under the sun. After a while, when the part that was exposed to the sun has dried, the cluster is returned to dry the other parts. One of the disadvantages of this method is that there is a risk of rain and dust for the product.
Shade dried sun
Another type of raisin is produced by putt6ing raisin in the shade to dry. They hang grapes from the ceiling with threads and due to the lower temperature of the product, harvesting takes longer and between 50 and 60 days.
In this method, the product turns green. In terms of economic efficiency, this method is not economical. Because you must bear the cost of building a hall, a shed or a room in this way, as well as the cost of the air conditioner. Also, the harvesting time in this method is long.
The advantage of this method is to protect the product from rain, storm and dust, and the product is green and without additives and waste materials.
Sour raisin
As we mentioned above, grapes are planted in most parts of our country, and naturally, most grape growers think about keeping and preserving them for the next seasons. In cold regions, the drying process of grapes is prolonged due to the cold weather. To solve this problem, the people of these regions add vegetable oil and potassium carbonate to the product.
The color of this product is yellow and brown because of its chemical additive. And because of the oil in the acid, it takes on a greasy and slightly shiny surface, that enables identification, and the product turns soft in this way.
Colored raisin (golden, yellow, sulphurous)
Color raisin is a product with a beautiful and charming appearance. But as you know, in food and edible products, there is no beauty and charm without reason and wisdom, and often harmful chemicals and additives are used for its beauty and charm, which is naturally harmful to human health. Makers of this type of product are rather concerned with the marketing goals and economic benefits of selling it more easily due to its beauty and customer-friendliness than the health of their customers.
For making this raisin they increase the harvest speed and after picking the product, they put it in a basket and dip it in lye solution for 2 to 4 seconds and then wash and drain raisons with cold water.
This product is hung far from the sunlight for much less time, like 8 hours. It is then placed in sulfur smoke for the raisin to turn yellow or golden. They are then washed and sent to the market. Sulfuric or golden raisin have fans because of their beauty, but the alkali solution and smoke involved in the production process are harmful to human health and put pressure on the kidneys, which cannot be considered as an organic and healthy product.
Currant raisin
Currant raisin, which are dark black raisin, are obtained from black grapes, which are different from other types of raisin in terms of color, coarseness, and size. Raisin is higher than other raisin in terms of nutritional value and power. It doesn’t lose properties through drying, but become more effective.
This raisin is obtained from fleshy seedless red grapes or royal grapes. The darker the color of the currant, the greater its anti-Alzheimer power.
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