Buckwheat, also known as triangle wheat, black wheat and flower buckwheat, is mainly cultivated in China, including common buckwheat and tartary buckwheat. The former is called sweet buckwheat and the latter is called bitter buckwheat. Because the seeds of tartary buckwheat contain rutin, it is also called butyl tartary buckwheat. The history of buckwheat cultivation in China is very long. It is recorded in the book Shennong in the 5th century BC that buckwheat was one of the eight crops cultivated at that time. Besides our country, people in the former Soviet Union, Nepal, Korea, Japan, America and some parts of Europe also like to eat buckwheat. Especially in Japan, since buckwheat was introduced from China in the Tang Dynasty, buckwheat food has become popular in Japanese islands, and there are more than 1 ways to eat it alone. Up to now, buckwheat food is still listed as health food in Japan. Buckwheat rice is the seed with or without seed coat obtained by removing the shell of buckwheat fruit.

Efficacy and function of buckwheat rice

Buckwheat rice is rich in nutrients. According to relevant information, it contains 9.7-1.9% crude protein. 1.5-3.4% of crude fat, about 7% of carbohydrate, .6-1.4% of crude fiber, 1.8-3.1% of crude ash, 15 mg of calcium, 18 mg of phosphorus, 1.2 mg of iron, .38 mg of thiamine, .22 mg of riboflavin and 4.1 mg of nicotinic acid per 1 grams.

The characteristics of nutritional components are as follows:

1. The lysine content in protein is high, reaching 6.7 grams per 1 grams, which is 1.2 grams higher than the recommended value of 5.5 grams per 1 grams of protein by the World Health Organization. However, the lysine content of rice in protein is seriously insufficient, which is 2.7 grams lower than the recommended value of the World Health Organization. If rice and buckwheat rice are mixed, it can make up for the lack of lysine in rice and improve its nutritional value.

2. buckwheat rice is rich in rutin, so it is an ideal medicinal food for patients with hypertension and diabetes. According to the survey, in areas where buckwheat food is often eaten, the number of people suffering from hypertension is obviously less than that in areas where buckwheat food is not eaten.

3. Chlorophyll is an anticancer substance, and buckwheat rice is extremely rich in content, so pure and fresh buckwheat rice is green. If the color is white, it means that it begins to oxidize and is dark brown, which proves that it is treated as an impurity in the oxidized quality standard. Therefore, when purchasing buckwheat rice, you must look at the color and choose green buckwheat rice.

In addition, buckwheat rice has the functions of soothing the nature, releasing qi, benefiting the sound, clearing away heat and toxic materials, etc.

eating taboo of buckwheat rice

people with deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat it. People with allergies should be cautious or not eat.

The fitness of buckwheat rice

It can be eaten by the general population. Suitable for people with coronary heart disease, diabetes, loss of appetite, bad diet, gastrointestinal stagnation and chronic diarrhea; Suitable for people with yellow sweat and summer rash.