Buckwheat is a great food rich in iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iodine, zinc, fluoride, molybdenum, cobalt, B vitamins, folic acid, vitamins PP and E. It also contains starch, protein, sugar, oil, organic acids, riboflavin and thiamine. Buckwheat protein has more lysine and methionine than all other crops. It contains nutrients that are absorbed very easily and quickly.
Buckwheat positively affects liver and intestine. It is advised to eat buckwheat if you suffer from constipation, as well as for people with high cholesterol levels. Buckwheat is useful for people with osteoarthritis, depression and abdominal cavity diseases.
Buckwheat stays long in the stomach, thus ensuring long-term feeling of satiety. This makes it particularly suitable for people who want to lose weight. Buckwheat is also useful for metabolism, it is recommended for those with weak veins, suffering from vasospasm and swelling, as well as intermittent capillaries. Buckwheat porridge is a champion of all porridges because of its protein content. Therefore, those who for some reason decided to give up meat and fish, it is worth to eat more of buckwheat. It is also high in iron, which is essential for a healthy complexion, potassium and magnesium are beneficial for your heart and essential for those that want to lose some weight or suffer from low mood and insomnia.
Despite it has quite many calories, buckwheat is often included in the diet because it contains substances that help to normalize metabolism. British researchers have also found out that buckwheat contains substances that prevent eye degeneration, which begins when we are getting old.
Another advantage of buckwheat is that these crops can grow almost everywhere, it is not afraid to wind and cold and there is no need to fertilize buckwheat fields with nitrates and pesticides.