1. Peanut Peanut belongs to the family Rosaceae and is an annual herbaceous plant of the Leguminosae family.

Peanut fruit contains protein, fat, sugar, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin E, vitamin K, as well as minerals calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. It contains 8 kinds of amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids needed by the human body, and contains lecithin.

, choline, carotene, crude fiber and other substances.

Peanut fruit coating contains oil, multiple vitamins, and substances that shorten the clotting time. It can resist the dissolution of fibrin, promote the bone marrow to produce platelets, and has a hemostatic effect on a variety of bleeding diseases.

It has certain therapeutic effects and is beneficial to human hematopoietic function.

2. As the saying goes: "If you eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, you won't need a doctor's prescription for a year."

Known as "little ginseng" among Chinese people, radish can be said to be one of the best products in autumn and winter.

Eating it raw can not only aid digestion and increase appetite, but can also remove greasiness and smooth digestion. If it is combined with other foods to make dishes, it also has different effects.

There are many varieties of radish, including white skin, red skin, green skin, red heart, white heart, as well as round, long and other varieties, but this does not include carrots.

It is suitable for both raw and cooked consumption. It tastes pungent and cold when raw and sweet and slightly cool when cooked. It has high nutritional value and medicinal value.

A poet from the Yuan Dynasty wrote this poem in praise of radish: "It's as sweet as taro when eaten cooked, and as crisp as a pear when eaten raw."

At the same time, the famous medical scientist Li Shizhen also highly praised radish and advocated eating it with every meal. He mentioned in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": radish can reduce qi, eliminate grains, neutralize and remove evil heat.

Radish has a unique spiciness. When eaten raw, it can aid digestion, strengthen the stomach, and increase appetite. After eating greasy food such as meat, eating raw radish can relieve greasiness and make the abdomen comfortable. When eating sweet potatoes, the stomach will be bloated with acidity and heartburn. Eat it raw.

Eating radish or chewing salty radish can help digestion and improve qi.

At the same time, raw radish can also promote bile secretion and help digest fat.

In addition, radish is one of the main raw materials for pickles, kimchi and dried vegetables. In addition to glucose, sucrose, fructose, pentosan, crude fiber, vitamin C, minerals and a small amount of crude protein, radish also contains a variety of amino acids.

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It is worth mentioning that people are accustomed to peeling off the skin of radish when eating radish. However, 98% of the calcium contained in radish is in the skin, so it is best to eat radish with the skin on.

Of course, although radish is good, there are some taboos when eating it.

Because radish has a pungent taste and is cold in nature, people with spleen and stomach deficiency, inability to digest food, or weak constitution should eat less; radish breaks Qi, so do not eat it after taking ginseng, raw and cooked rehmannia, polygonum multiflorum and other tonics, otherwise it will affect the efficacy of the medicine.

In addition, because eating raw radish produces more gas and is not good for ulcers, patients with such diseases should eat less.

3. Yam At the Beijing Olympics, the amazing speed of Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt made people speculate about the source of their abundant physical fitness.

When talking about the reason why his son can run so fast, Wellesley Bolt, the father of flying man Bolt, wants to thank the most for the yams in his hometown.

In Trelawny, Bolt’s hometown, thousands of kilograms of yams are exported from here every year.

?He grew up eating yams, and yams made him the strength he is today.

?Wellesley recalled.

Yam is both a traditional Chinese medicine and a delicacy. It is a nourishing treasure that everyone is familiar with.

Studies have shown that the content of B vitamins in yam is several times that of rice, and the mineral potassium content is extremely rich.

More importantly, yam is rich in a variety of biologically active ingredients, including yam polysaccharides, mucus proteins, saponins, allantoin, dehydroepiandrosterone, etc.

Jia Shiqi and others from the Henan Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine found through research that the oligosaccharides in yam have a good immune-enhancing effect.

The bioactive substances in yam have good anti-aging effects, which can improve the proliferation of immune cells in animals and delay the aging of the thymus.

Yam mucus protein can improve the immune function of animals and improve cardiovascular function. The dehydroepiandrosterone contained in yam can also strengthen immune function, improve memory, calm and sleep, delay skeletal muscle aging, prevent arteriosclerosis and other delaying effects.

Aging effect.

Mannan in yam is a kind of hemicellulose that can be dissolved in water. It can absorb water and swell 80 to 100 times. After eating, the volume in the stomach becomes larger, making it easier to feel full; the mucin in it can also reduce blood pressure.

Cholesterol prevents lipid deposition in the cardiovascular system and helps prevent arteriosclerosis.

In addition, yam has an auxiliary effect on diabetes. In addition to easily producing a feeling of fullness and helping to control food intake, mannan can also improve sugar metabolism and improve insulin sensitivity.

Due to the high starch content in yam, it is best to use yam to replace part of the staple food, that is, to appropriately reduce the amount of staple food, especially for people with diabetes, to avoid the problem of excess energy.