First of all, lard is edible as edible oil.

Lard is called meat oil or lard. Extracted from pork, the initial state is yellowish translucent liquid. As an edible oil, lard is edible. Just can't eat more, it is inevitable to eat lard in daily life.

What are the benefits of eating lard?

The main component of lard is fat, which plays an important nutritional role, such as providing energy and an important component of cells, and also promoting the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamin D). In addition, lard also contains a small amount of nutrients, such as vitamin E, vitamin A and zinc.

1, increase appetite

Lard has a unique taste. Cooking with lard can greatly improve people's appetite.

Step 2 protect your eyes

Because lard contains carotene, it can protect people's eyesight. Appropriate amount of β -carotene can promote the normal content of rhodopsin, thus avoiding the slow adaptation to dark field caused by lack of vitamin A and avoiding the damage of strong light after dark field. In addition, it can also prevent night blindness, dry eye, corneal ulcer and keratomalacia.

Step 3 nourish the five internal organs

Lard can nourish the five internal organs, especially the spleen and stomach and lungs. Lard is sweet, can strengthen the spleen and help food to be digested more easily in the body, so lard can be applied to people with weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite and emaciated body.

4, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels

Lard is delicate in texture and passes through the large intestine after eating. Lard can lubricate the intestines and make people defecate smoothly. Therefore, lard has the function of moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.

Third, long-term excessive consumption will cause chronic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease.

Lard is a high-energy food. If you eat too much for a long time, there will be certain risks.

1, leading to overweight or obesity.

Lard can produce 9 kilocalories per gram of fat. Eating more oil means eating more energy. Excessive energy accumulation can lead to overweight or even obesity.

2, causing hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other chronic diseases.

Eating too much lard can easily lead to hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases.

Doctors don't recommend eating more lard, but whether you can eat it depends on your health.

If you choose edible oil in your diet, you'd better change it frequently, such as olive oil, soybean oil, peanut oil and tea oil. Animal fats and oils are basically unsaturated fatty acids and contain a certain amount of cholesterol. If you take too much, it will increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Plants contain phytosterol, which is not only difficult to be absorbed by the intestine, but also inhibits the absorption of cholesterol by the intestine.

Therefore, people with high cholesterol should try not to eat animal fats and oils, eat more coarse grains, vegetables and fruits, and keep a light diet, which can be beneficial to the body.