The benefits of eating coarse grains:

1, eating coarse cereals often can prevent heat diseases, such as colds, dysentery, hepatitis, diabetes, cancer, nephritis, rheumatism, chronic tracheitis, hypertension, etc.

2. Eating coarse grains can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Coarse grains can promote cholesterol excretion, and can prevent and adjuvant treat diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis.

3. Miscellaneous grains have the function of preventing and treating diabetes. Coarse grains also contain starch, but after eating coarse grains, it can't cause the increase of blood sugar. The reason is that the rough cell wall is not easy to be destroyed by human body.

4, miscellaneous grains have the effect of treating constipation. The tissues of miscellaneous grains all contain more dietary fibres. dietary fibres can promote intestinal peristalsis, shorten the retention time of feces in the intestine and make the feces unobstructed through metabolism.

Extended data:

Miscellaneous grains usually refer to grain and bean crops other than rice, wheat, corn, soybeans and potatoes. Mainly include: sorghum, millet, buckwheat (sweet buckwheat, bitter buckwheat), oat (naked oats), barley, broomcorn millet, broomcorn millet, coix seed, grain amaranth, kidney bean, mung bean, adzuki bean (adzuki bean, red bean), broad bean, pea, cowpea and lentil.

It is characterized by short growth period, small planting area, special planting area, low yield and generally rich in nutrients.

Huangdi Neijing, an ancient Chinese medicine book, records that "five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, five animals are for benefit, and five dishes are for filling". Some trace elements in coarse cereals, such as iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium, are more than those in flour and rice. These trace elements are of great value to human health. The contents of potassium, calcium, vitamin E, folic acid and bioflavonoids in coarse cereals are also richer than those in flour and rice. ?

Coarse grains are rich in nutrients. For example, oats are rich in protein; Millet is rich in tryptophan and carotene; Beans are rich in high-quality protein; Sorghum is rich in fatty acids and iron; Potatoes contain carotene and vitamin C. In addition, coarse grains also have the effect of losing weight. For example, corn also contains a lot of magnesium, which can strengthen the peristalsis of intestinal wall and promote the excretion of body waste, which is very beneficial to lose weight.

Coarse grains are beneficial to diabetes. Replacing part of flour and rice with coarse grains is helpful for diabetic patients to control their blood sugar. Studies show that the postprandial blood sugar changes after eating coarse grains and miscellaneous beans are generally less than those of wheat and ordinary rice, which can reduce the blood sugar fluctuation within 24 hours, reduce fasting blood sugar and insulin secretion, and is beneficial to the blood sugar control of diabetic patients.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-miscellaneous grains