Who can't eat yam?
1, diabetics should not eat more.
People with diabetes can eat yam to help them lower their blood sugar because it contains mucin. However, yam is a root food with high starch content. If you eat too much, it will not lower your blood sugar, but will lead to an increase in your blood sugar. Therefore, diabetics should not eat too much yam at a time. If some patients prefer to eat yam, then the amount of staple food should be reduced appropriately, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
2. People who love hot pot
In winter, people like to eat hot pot to nourish their bodies, which has the effect of dispelling cold and warming their stomachs. When eating hot pot, yam is a dish that people often order. However, we have to remind everyone that yam itself is a tonic. When eating hot pot, plus the role of spicy ingredients, flat yam has a certain amount of heat and is easy to get angry. So when eating hot pot, it is best to eat less yam.
3. Avoid eating alkaline drugs such as baking soda.
Yam is a very popular tonic, but there are many taboos and precautions in eating yam. For example, when eating yam, remember not to take alkaline drugs such as baking soda tablets at the same time, so as not to make the amylase in yam ineffective.
4. Men suffer from prostate cancer and women suffer from breast cancer.
Yam is not suitable for some men and women, especially some men with prostate cancer and women with breast cancer. Diosgenin contained in yam can synthesize hormones such as testosterone and estrogen in human body. Therefore, it is not suitable for male prostate cancer patients and female breast cancer patients.
5, people with constipation eat less.
Although eating yam can help everyone to strengthen the spleen and stomach, moisten the intestines and help digestion, yam is rich in starch, so it is best to eat less for people with chest tightness, dry stool and constipation, and then eat yam after these symptoms are relieved. In addition, patients with peptic ulcer and liver cirrhosis should choose cooking methods such as steaming and stewing, and avoid frying and vinegar.
Reveal the benefits of yam
Yam is rich in non-nutritive substances, and people eat yam in their lives, which has very high health care value. Yam contains mucin, which can lower blood sugar. Adding it to ordinary dishes can also prevent the sudden increase of blood sugar caused by overeating. If eaten for a long time, it also has the function of preventing and treating diabetes. There is also an important nutrient in yam, namely dioscin, which is called natural DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone). These ingredients help to synthesize various hormones in the body and are called the mother of hormones. It can promote the metabolism of skin epidermal cells, enhance the moisturizing function of skin, and also help to improve physical fitness.
Yam can also help people tonify spleen and kidney, moisten lung and stop diarrhea, which is very beneficial to people's health. Yam is rich in cellulose, choline, mucin and other components, which can supply a lot of mucin needed by human body, and it is a mixture of polysaccharide and protein, which has a special health care effect on human body. This mucin can prevent the fat deposition of cardiovascular system, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels and prevent the premature occurrence of atherosclerosis. At the same time, it can also reduce subcutaneous fat accumulation and avoid obesity; Moreover, this mucopolysaccharide combined with inorganic salts can also form bones, make cartilage elastic, and help prevent senile fractures.
Yam has both advantages and disadvantages. There are many benefits of eating yam, but it should also be noted that diabetics should not eat too much yam and eat less yam when eating hot pot. Also pay attention to avoid alkaline drugs such as baking soda. Men with prostate cancer and women with breast cancer and constipation had better not eat yam. Yam helps people to tonify kidney, strengthen spleen and stomach, moisten lung and relieve cough, and lose weight in life. There are also many benefits.