Can carrots be eaten every day?
Of course. Eating two carrots every day can reduce blood cholesterol10 to 20%; Eating three carrots a day helps to prevent heart disease and cancer. Chinese medicine believes that carrots are sweet in taste, flat in nature, invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and toxic materials, strengthening yang and tonifying kidney, removing rash, invigorating qi and relieving cough, etc. , and can be used for gastrointestinal discomfort, constipation, night blindness (the role of vitamin A), sexual hypofunction, measles, whooping cough, malnutrition in children and other symptoms. Carrots are rich in vitamins, have a slight and lasting perspiration effect, can stimulate skin metabolism, promote blood circulation, make skin delicate and smooth, and have a unique effect on beauty and skin care. At the same time, carrots are also suitable for people with dry and rough skin, or with fur, blackheads and keratotic eczema. Eating carrots regularly can help the eyes, relieve fatigue, appropriately increase metabolism and promote digestion and absorption. Therefore, it should be appropriate. Carotene has the reputation of "small ginseng" and is rich in sugar, fat, volatile oil, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, anthocyanin, calcium, iron and other nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that carrots have the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and toxic materials, lowering qi and relieving cough. Carrot juice can moisturize the skin.
The disadvantages of eating too many carrots
According to British research, too much carotene will affect the production of luteinizing hormone in uterus and ovary, reduce metabolism, and some even lead to amenorrhea, anovulation and menstrual disorder. This situation was first discovered in patients with anorexia nervosa. Even if they don't eat and have no menstrual period, blood tests still find that carotene in their blood is too high. Later, in some female patients with non-anorexia nervosa, it was found that if a large number of carrots were eaten, carotene in the blood would increase, resulting in infertility, prolonged menstrual period, ovulation and other abnormalities. Scientific researchers say that this may be caused by β -carotene affecting the production of steroid hormones. A doctor found that the uterus and ovaries of six women with irregular menstruation caused by eating too many carrots were all from Huang Chengcheng, and they were called "golden uterus and ovaries".
Can carrots be eaten overnight?
Carrots can't be eaten overnight, because carrots will produce some nitrite after overnight, which is harmful to health. So make sure carrots can't be eaten overnight. It should also be noted that carrots need to be washed before cooking any dishes, because they grow in the ground. If they are not cleaned up properly, it will also affect your health. It is also important to control the amount of carrots and not eat too much blindly. Usually, if you prefer carrots, you can make carrots into your favorite dishes, stir-fry carrots, or make soup. The most special way to eat carrots is to make cold salad. No matter what you cook, carrots are rich in nutrition, but I hope you can eat as much as possible, and don't leave it for the next meal, let alone eat it overnight.
How long can carrots be eaten?
Generally, it can be stored for at most one week. If it takes a long time, it will lead to the outflow of nutrients and will not be fresh. When picking carrots, you should be very careful to prevent scratches and injuries. It is best to precool them below 5℃ as soon as possible after picking, which is not only beneficial to long-term preservation, but also can reduce the rot rate. Water cooler precooling or ice cube refrigeration is suitable for carrots sold immediately, and room cooling can be used for long-term storage. Carrots are best stored at ultra-low temperature near 0℃, but tissues should not be frozen. The air humidity of 98- 100% is easy to maintain the brittleness of tissue. With the increase of storage temperature, the storage life of carrots will be shortened due to the increase of decay rate and germination rate (the re-growth and development of leaves and hair).