Taro, for the perennial herbaceous plant taro underground bulb. It is suitable for boiling, frying, can also be used as a staple food for hunger, and is a good medicine. Because of its soft texture, sweet and glutinous and famous. It has the effect of cleaning teeth and preventing caries, dieting and weight loss, stopping leakage, detoxification and so on.
1, clean teeth against caries
Taro contains minerals, fluorine content is high, with clean teeth against caries, the role of dental protection.
2, diet weight loss
Taro is rich in protein, sugar, minerals and vitamin B, fat content is very low, so it is also the ideal food for dieters.
3, antidiarrheal
Taro contains a natural polysaccharide polymer phytocolloid, this material for the human body has a very good antidiarrheal effect, but also to enhance the body's immunity, improve the function of the human body, and this material also has the effect of dietary fiber, the human body can be laxative.
4, detoxification
Taro contains a mucus protein, this mucus protein is absorbed by the human body, can produce a kind of immunoglobulin, this immunoglobulin in the human body can improve the human body's resistance so in the medical, can be considered taro has detoxification effect.
Nutritional value
Taro's nutritional value is very high, the starch content in the tuber is 70%, both as food, but also as a vegetable, is suitable for both young and old nourishment. Taro is also rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, carotene, niacin, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, saponin and other ingredients.