20 Interesting Facts About Carrot
by Editorial Staff
In some countries, carrots are considered a fruit, not a vegetable! And they use it everywhere in different ways - soups, salads, drinks, even pies, and jams … People long ago appreciated the taste and useful properties of carrots, which is why it has become so widespread. Although several centuries ago it was much less tasty, fortunately, through the efforts of breeders, this root vegetable has been significantly improved. What do you know about Carrot? We will tell you 20 interesting facts about him, and if you have something to add, be sure to leave your comment under this post!
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Facts About Carrot
- Carrots are unique in many ways. Antioxidants can be found in varying amounts in different foods, but when cooked they are usually destroyed. But in carrots, the opposite is true - during cooking, the content of antioxidants increases 2 times!
- The first carrots that ancient man discovered were purple in color. They began to grow it because of the fragrant seeds and greens since it was impossible to eat the root crop itself because of its strong bitterness. Over time, they managed to make it sweet and not so hard.
- Red, yellow, and white varieties of carrots did not appear immediately. And it did become orange only in the 17th century.
- Carrots are useful both raw and cooked. Boiled carrots are better absorbed by the body, but they lose some of the vitamins. But overeating is also not worth it, in large quantities carrots can cause allergies and indigestion.
- Eaten in large quantities, this root vegetable can impart an orange tint to human skin or bird plumage. This property of carrots is used by employees of some zoos to preserve the color of the plumage of pink flamingos.
- The myth of the ability of carrots to improve vision in the dark appeared during the Second World War. The British military, in an attempt to hide new technologies for detecting enemy aircraft, claimed that the pilots eat a lot of carrots, which is why they see at night as well as during the day. Vitamin A contained in carrots actually strengthens the retina but does not affect the ability to see in the dark.
- The title of the unofficial carrot capital is held by the small town of Holtville in the USA, California. It is there that every year, in February, the Carrot Festival takes place. The holiday begins with the election of the "carrot queen" and lasts a whole week.
- The world's longest carrot is grown by British farmer Joe Atherton. Its length has reached 5.84 m, which exceeds the length of a middle-class car. But most of the record-breaking carrot is its thin tail.
- Carrot juice is rich in phytoncides, natural antiseptics. In addition, it contains a complex of vitamins and many potassium salts, which dilates blood vessels and strengthens the heart muscle. One glass of juice a day is enough to halve the chance of a stroke.
- Carrots are an indispensable vegetable for women. Due to the high content of the beauty vitamin - vitamin A - it strengthens nails, hair, teeth, makes the skin clean and smooth.
- In 2011, Swede Lena Paalson, harvesting on her site, discovered an unusual carrot, decorated with a gold ring: the carrot grew in a ring, and it was beautifully pulled over. Taking a closer look, Lena realized that it was her own ring, lost more than 15 years ago.
- In Portugal, the excellent jam is made from carrots and exported to Europe, but according to European legislation, jam can only be made from fruits. Therefore, carrots are legally considered a fruit there.
- In the 17th century, British ladies adorned the brim of their hats not only with flowers and feathers but with leaves. Often - carrot leaves, which retained freshness for a long time, smelled pleasant and had an exquisite look.
- Carrot tops are quite edible. It can be added to soups, main courses, and salads, as well as brewed like tea.
- Morning coffee can be easily replaced with a glass of fresh carrot. It is high in trace elements and vitamins, which makes this drink so invigorating and invigorating.
- Scottish scientists in 2007 invented an environmentally friendly high-tech material based on carrots, which they called "caran". They extracted nano-fibers from carrots and combined them with a special resin. Karan was first used to make an ordinary fishing rod.
- In Germany during World War II, "soldier's" coffee was made from roasted carrots, the recipe of which is still preserved in some villages. This peculiar drink has a pleasant aroma and taste.
- Carrot fiber actively absorbs and then removes harmful substances from the body.
- Raw carrots increase appetite due to the increased production of gastric juice. Therefore, it should not be used for exacerbations of peptic ulcer disease, colitis, indigestion, gastritis, acute inflammatory diseases of the pancreas and intestines.
- This root vegetable of carrots is almost 90% water. This is easy to verify using a blender. However, in cucumbers, water often accounts for more than 95% of the mass.
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