What is the harm of eating yam? Which people can't eat yam? Yam is rich in nutrition and is the first choice for people to keep healthy in winter. However, you can't eat too much yam, otherwise it will do a lot of harm to your body. Although yam itself is very mild, because it contains estrogen, if eaten in excess, it may excessively stimulate hormones, resulting in endometrial hyperplasia, and there will be symptoms such as unsmooth physiological period, menstrual bleeding and menstrual pain. Yam is not suitable for people with cold, warmth, excess evil and gastrointestinal stagnation.
When eating yam, you need to pay attention to some details. The yam skin can't be eaten. The saponin contained in the yam skin or the plant alkali contained in the mucus will cause the yam to be allergic and itchy when touched by a few people. Direct contact should be avoided when handling yam. Yam is toxic, so you can't eat it raw, because there are certain toxins in raw yam.
How to eat yam in winter?
Yam can be eaten as a staple food. In many places in China, people eat yam as a vegetable. Yam can be steamed in a steamer, and then taken out and peeled for direct consumption. If you like to eat sweet, you can eat it with some white sugar. Yam can be used as a dish for human consumption, and there are many different ways to eat it. Stir-frying is one of the most common ways to eat it. Whether it is stir-frying or stir-frying meat slices, the fried yam is particularly delicious. In addition, yam can also be used to make soup, which has a good effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood together with red dates and medlar.
Yam and corn sparerib soup
Therapeutic effect: Winter is very suitable for stewing soup. Chinese yam can strengthen the spleen and stomach and nourish the body. Pork ribs are a very good nourishing food, which helps to supplement iron and blood. Stewing pork ribs soup with Chinese yam and corn is very suitable for winter consumption and can warm the stomach and replenish the body.
Materials: 2 pork ribs, sweet corn 1 root, half yam, onion, ginger, yellow wine and salt.
Practice 1 Chop pork ribs into small pieces, add cold water to the pot, add ribs, wash the ribs with cold water after boiling, put warm water in the casserole, put the ribs in the casserole and bring them to a boil over medium heat. Cut the corn into sections, cut the yam into hob blocks, shred the onion and slice the ginger. (2) Cook the ribs on medium heat for about 40 minutes, then add corn, yam, shredded onion and ginger slices, pour in a spoonful of yellow wine, turn to low heat and continue cooking for 40 minutes, then add salt according to personal taste and turn off the heat.
Fried mutton with yam
Therapeutic efficacy: Yam and mutton are nourishing foods that are very suitable for people to eat in winter. Yam can strengthen the spleen and stomach, treat cough due to lung deficiency, and tonify the kidney. Mutton is suitable for people with deficiency of kidney yang, soreness of waist and knees, cold pain in abdomen and fatigue in winter.
Ingredients: 200g mutton, yam 1 heel, 2 parsley, 2 red peppers, half a spoonful of salt, 3g ginger, 5 cloves garlic, cooking wine 1 tablespoon, light soy sauce 1 tablespoon, half a spoonful of dark soy sauce, sesame oil 1 tsp, scallion/.
The dietotherapy value of yam is very high. Eating yam for the elderly can tonify the middle-qi, prevent colds, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach; eating yam for men can tonify kidney deficiency; eating yam for women can nourish blood and invigorate qi; and eating yam for children can treat diarrhea. However, yam is not suitable for eating more, and it is not suitable for women with fever and menstruation. Yam is a good diet food in winter, which can be eaten by the whole family. Therefore, in cold winter, housewives can stew some yam soup or cook yam for their families to drink, which is healthy, warm and nourishing.