Adults and children are very fond of such sweetness for tea, as jam. And it is prepared easily, but stored for a long time. It attracts the fact that you can cook a delicious treat using your most favorite fruits and berries with the addition of sugar. Any tea drinking is accompanied by serving jam on the table. And although there are many different useful fruits and berries, we will consider whether there is any benefit from jam.
Benefits and harm of jam
If it is cooked at home without adding various chemical flavor improvers, then in the home jam, of course, there is a benefit. After the heat treatment, a certain amount of vitamins, fiber remains, and this all helps in maintaining the immune system. Vitamins A and C, which are very many in berries and fruits, partially break up, but some of their remains. But vitamins E , PP, B1, B2 perfectly cope with the temperature treatment, and most of them remain in the jam. Fiber also weakly perceives heat treatment, and helps the stomach to cope with harmful substances. Another important fact of the use of jam - it perfectly raises the mood.
The harm in the use of jam can be that a large amount of sugar is used in the preparation of this delicacy. It will be a bit bad for the teeth. Because of sugar jam is very caloric, and it is harmful to our body. Also, it can differently affect the stomach and metabolism, depends on the individual features of the organism.
What brings jam more - good or bad?
Useful properties will depend on the preparation of jam - whether you use more sugar or additives. If you do not remove the bones from certain types of fruits and berries, the delicacy will come out with a more natural taste. Like all products, this sweetness should be eaten in moderation, then jam will bring only pleasure and pleasure.