Rich nutritional value
White radish is rich in vitamin C, microelement zinc, mustard oil, amylase, lignin, enzyme, crude fiber and other nutrients, and has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, cooling blood to stop bleeding, regulating stomach, promoting digestion, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, invigorating spleen, regulating qi and resolving phlegm.
Relieve constipation
A large amount of dietary fiber in white radish can accelerate the intestinal peristalsis of pregnant women and reduce the possibility of constipation. Mustard oil in radish can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase appetite and help digestion.
Promote fetal development
The minerals such as calcium and potassium contained in white radish are very beneficial to the development of fetal bones and brains. Radish is rich in vitamin C and trace element zinc, which helps to enhance human immune function and improve disease resistance. Amylase in radish can decompose starch and fat in food and make it fully absorbed. White radish contains folic acid, and folic acid is also an indispensable nutrient during pregnancy, which is helpful for preventing deformed children.
Hypotensive effect
The hypotensive effect of radish is very helpful for the prevention and treatment of pregnancy-induced hypertension, and it is an ideal food for the second and third trimesters.
Watch out for cannibalism.
Patients with constipation due to qi deficiency and yang deficiency should not eat white radish. People with qi deficiency eating white radish will consume gas and disperse gas, which will aggravate the symptoms of qi deficiency. Constipation with yang deficiency may lead to aggravation of symptoms.
Not suitable for eating with carrots.
The content of vitamin C in white radish is extremely high, which is very beneficial to human health. If mixed with carrots, vitamin C will be lost. The reason is that carrots contain an enzyme called ascorbic acid, which will destroy vitamin C in white radish.
Not suitable for eating with oranges.
After white radish is ingested into human body, it can quickly produce a substance called thiocyanate. Flavonoids in oranges are transformed into hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid in the intestine, and the interaction with thiocyanate is strengthened to thiocyanate, which inhibits thyroid gland and thus induces or leads to goiter.