Carrots with white beards can still be eaten.
Because carrots are different from other sprouted ingredients, each of their cells can be cultivated and developed into baby carrots, making them relatively versatile cells. In other words, new carrots can still grow into new carrots if they are soaked in water, so carrots with white whiskers can be eaten.
The white beards on raw carrots are caused by moisture that cannot evaporate and hold back small white fibrous roots, but the bad ones must not be eaten. You cannot eat cooked carrots that have white hair on them. They are moldy and will destroy many beneficial bacteria.
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The nutritional value of carrots has been increasingly valued by people. This is mainly because the carotene in carrots is the main source of vitamin A, and vitamin A can promote growth and prevent Bacterial infection, as well as the function and role of protecting epithelial tissue, respiratory tract, digestive tract, urinary system and other epithelial cell tissues; night blindness, cataracts, etc., and diseases such as muscle and internal organ atrophy, genital degeneration and other diseases. For the average adult, a daily intake of vitamin A of up to 2,200 international units is required to maintain normal life activities. It has the effect of preventing cancer, and it is believed that this is mainly due to the conversion of carotene into vitamin A in the human body.
Carrots contain a kind of quercetin. Regular consumption can increase coronary blood flow, promote the synthesis of adrenaline, and has antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory effects. Carrot seeds contain 13% oil, which can drive away roundworms and cure long-lasting dysentery. Carrot leaves can prevent and treat chickenpox and acute jaundice and hepatitis. Long-term drinking of carrot juice can prevent night blindness and dry eye disease, plump the skin, flatten wrinkles, eliminate spots and make the hair strong. Especially for smokers, eating some carrots every day can prevent lung cancer.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Carrot (Umbelliferae)