Lentils are lukewarm, sweet and slightly astringent, and have the effects of diminishing inflammation and detoxifying, soothing the throat and relieving pain. They are generally used to treat acute gastroenteritis, pharyngolaryngitis and tonsillitis.
Its main functions are as follows:
1, benefiting qi and eliminating dampness. Lentils can benefit qi, eliminate dampness, relieve summer heat, and have certain anti-cancer effect.
2. Fade the tumor. There is an egg autoplasm in lentils, which can increase the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid, inhibit immune response and the migration of white blood cells and lymphocytes.
Eating lentils can promote lymphocytes of tumor patients to produce lymphotoxin, which has nonspecific damage to somatic cells, so it has a significant effect on regression of tumors.
3, spleen. Lentils are fragrant, mild and yellowish, which is the best with spleen.
4, prevention and treatment of constipation. Dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation. Lentils are rich in dietary fiber, so they are ideal food for constipation patients.
The nutritional value of lentils is as follows:
1, the grain contains about 25% protein, 0.7% fat, 60% carbohydrate and various vitamins and mineral nutrients;
2. Lentils can provide protein and soluble fiber that can lower cholesterol, and its iron content is twice that of other beans;
3. The contents of vitamin B and folic acid in lentils are also high. Folic acid is very important for women and can reduce the rate of fetal malformation.
4. The pigment in dark lentils has the function of antioxidant, which can prevent heart disease and cancer and resist aging.
As far as nutrition is concerned, lentils are rich in protein and vitamin B, and the iron content is twice that of other beans. The content of dietary fiber and folic acid is also very rich, which has the effects of eliminating constipation, preventing heart disease and cancer, and resisting aging.
Dietary attention of lentils
Lentils are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron and food. Lentils contain protein fiber, provitamin A, vitamin B 1 .vitamin B2, vitamin C, cyanosides, tyrosinase and so on. Lentils are particularly rich in B vitamins.
In addition, there are phospholipids, sucrose and glucose. However, even the best ingredients have their own food considerations:
1, avoid eating with water spinach.
The calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium and other substances contained in lentils will react with oxalic acid in spinach to form substances that are not easily absorbed by the human body, so spinach should not be eaten with lentils.
2, need to be cooked to eat
Lentils contain a coagulation substance and hemolytic saponin, which will cause discomfort if eaten raw or not cooked, so lentils must be cooked before eating.
3. Weakness and fasting
Qi deficiency in the body produces cold, and the viscera are trapped by cold, which is not suitable for people with abdominal distension, abdominal pain, blue complexion and cold hands and feet;
People who are afraid of cold, shivering, sore joints and hoarse cough should not eat it; People suffering from malaria should not eat it either.