Earth squash is high in fiber, which can clean the intestines well, but the starch in raw earth squash is not easy to be digested and absorbed. It is easy to produce bloating, burping and other discomforts after direct consumption, so it is recommended to cook it before eating it.

I, the nutritional value of the earth melon

1, according to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Materia Medica Compendium Gleanings" and other ancient literature, sweet potatoes have a "make up for the lack of deficiency, benefit the qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, strong kidney yin," the effect, so that people "longevity and fewer diseases". It can also tonify the middle, and blood, warm the stomach, and fertilize the five organs.

2, contemporary "Chinese Materia Medica" said its: "sweet flavor, sexuality. Attributes to the spleen and kidney meridians." "Nourishes the middle and blood, benefits the qi, generates fluid, broadens the intestines and stomach, and relieves constipation. Mainly treats spleen deficiency and edema, sores and swollen poisons, intestinal dryness and constipation." ?

3, sweet potatoes are rich in starch, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins A, B, C, E, and potassium, iron, copper, selenium, calcium and more than 10 kinds of trace elements and linoleic acid, etc., with high nutritional value, known as nutritional nutrition by nutritionists the most balanced health food. These substances can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, very effective in the prevention and treatment of habitual constipation in old age.

4, earth melon this ingredient taste bitter, sweet, cold nature, non-toxic, thirst and detoxification and blood is its main effect, usually can be used in human breast sweat, urinary disadvantage, as well as the treatment of a variety of diseases such as gonorrhea and mouth sores, and it is sometimes also able to treat the women's menstrual disorders and reddish white belt, the therapeutic effect is also particularly obvious.

5, anticancer beauty is also one of the important effects of the earth melon, it contains choline is a natural anticancer ingredient, can clean up a variety of viruses in the body, but also can reduce swelling and pain, usually eat can prevent liver cancer, in addition to the earth melon powder can be added to the honey made of masks with good cosmetic properties can lighten the pigmentation, but also whiten the skin.

Second, the bad side of the earth melon

1, cold nature, cold constitution, cold diarrhea, cold spleen and stomach, loose stools and diabetic patients should not be eaten;

2, cold menstrual cramps and women's menstruation should not be eaten.

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Selection of sweet potatoes skills:

1, first of all, look at the size of the head of the sweet potatoes, we generally want to choose a large sweet potatoes, because large sweet potatoes from the soil to absorb enough nutrients to eat crisp and delicious, and small sweet potatoes to eat to give the feeling as if they are chewing on wood slag like.

2, to pick the sweet potatoes above the leaves, generally large sweet potatoes can be divided into several leaves, there are leaves of the sweet potatoes eat crisp and delicious, a lot of water, give a person a good taste, and there is no leaves of the sweet potatoes eat is not so refreshing.

3, look at the sweet potatoes above the stem is thick or thin, we want to pick a thin stem of sweet potatoes, and the stem below the sweet potatoes is very large, because such sweet potatoes absorb the full nutrients. If the stem above is very thick and the sweet potato underneath is very small, this kind of sweet potato will be very unpalatable.

4, the sweet potato in the hand to see its head and its actual weight is not consistent, if the head is very large, but in the hand is very light, such sweet potato may be put a long time, the water is evaporated. If you hold in the hand is very heavy, that water is very sufficient, eat up is certainly crisp and delicious, the flavor is very good.

5, look at the top of the cold potatoes there is no scar, if there is a scar, that is touched, it is easy to rot, we should try to pick the outside looks smooth, skin intact, so eat more hygiene, our health is also more secure.

6, look at the surface of the sweet potatoes there is no long mold phenomenon, must look carefully, because some mold is white, and the color of the sweet potatoes is almost the same, if the sweet potatoes long mold, we can not be, because the mold into our body will also damage our health.

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