Carrots are native to western Asia and northern Africa, and were introduced to China through Iran in the 13th century, and because it looks like a radish, people call it carrot. The following is my introduction to the efficacy and role of carrots, I hope it can help you oh.

Effects and functions of carrots

***1*** Prevention and control of hands and feet peeling

Hands and feet peeling most of the time is due to nutritional deficiencies, which has a lot to do with Vitamin A. Supplementation of Vitamin A is the key. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, can effectively protect the surface layer of the panel, if the lack of, will cause the panel of dryness, peeling and other phenomena, over time will also crack hands. Carotene in carrots can be transformed into vitamin A in the body, often eat carrots have the effect of preventing and controlling the peeling of hands and feet.

***2*** Carrot juice beauty

Carrots are rich in vitamin A original. It can be converted in the body into vitamin A. Vitamin A has the effect of smooth, strong panels, and can prevent and control panel roughness and freckles. Fresh carrots will be crushed and squeezed juice, take 10 ml ~ 30 ml, every morning and evening after washing the face, to the fresh juice to shoot the face, to be dry with a hand coated with vegetable oil to gently pat the face. In addition, drinking 1 cup of carrot juice daily also has the effect of eliminating spots.

Carrot's therapeutic prescription

***1*** Measles

Carrots 250 grams, 250 grams of water chestnuts, coriander 100 grams, add the right amount of water and decoction soup to drink tea. Day divided into 3 times served.

***2*** Night blindness

500 grams of carrots, 200 grams of eel meat, are cut into shreds, add oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar fried food, 1 time a day, 6 days for a course of treatment.

***3*** Weakness of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, hypertension, night blindness

250 grams of carrots, cleaned and sliced, 100 grams of round-grained polished-grained rice, with the same put in the pot **** cooking porridge, seasoning.

***4*** Corneal softening

100 grams of carrots, 2 eggs. First, slice the carrot into a pot with water and boil. Egg shells, into the boiled, food seasoning, drink soup and eat eggs. 1 time a day, 7 days for 1 course of treatment.

***5*** Whooping cough

500 grams of carrots, squeeze the juice, add the right amount of rock sugar steamed open warm service, 2 times a day.

***6*** Qi and blood deficiency, dizziness, blurred vision

250 grams of carrots, 300 grams of mutton, 30 grams of Huishan, 20 grams of ginger, 5 honey dates. Mutton washed and cut into pieces, under the oil pot with a little ginger burst incense; carrots washed, sliced; Huaishan, honey dates, washed, and mutton, ginger together into the pot, add the right amount of water, martial arts fire after the boil, the fire cook 2 hours seasoned meal.

***7*** Spleen and stomach qi deficiency, postoperative weakness, poor diet

500 grams of carrots, 1 raw fish *** about 300 grams ****, 100 grams of lean pork, 10 dates, 1 slice of tangerine peel. Put all the ingredients into the pot, martial arts fire boiled, the fire boiled half an hour, seasoning meals.

***8*** Pediatric malnutrition

Carrot 1, eaten daily after meals, served for several days.

How to eat the most nutritious carrots

Don't peel

Carrots are rich in nutrients, but many people like to peel it before eating, not knowing that this way, the essence of the nutrients in the carrots - carotene is wasted.

Experts pointed out that carotene is mainly present in the skin, and carrot skin is only a thin layer of almost transparent, so the practice of peeling is equivalent to an artificial waste of most carotene. Some supermarkets sell carrots bright color, transparent, in fact, most of these carrots have been through the farmer's initial processing, with a fine brush to brush away the soil at the same time, a very thin layer of carrot skin is also removed. Expert tips, carrots do not have to peel, as long as you gently wipe can be.

Stir fry to eat more nutritious

Carrots nutrition is great, in which the content of carotene is among the highest in vegetables. Carobin has an important role in maintaining the normal function of epithelial cells, preventing respiratory infections, and promoting the growth and development of human cells.

But carotene is a fat-soluble substance, only dissolved in fat, to be transformed into vitamin A in the human liver, for the human body to absorb. If you eat carrots raw, there will be 90% of the carrots are excreted, can not play a nutritional role, so carrots should not be eaten raw.

VA in carrots is fat-soluble, fried to eat to facilitate human absorption.

Methods are: carrots shredded, garlic sliced, put a little oil in the pot, when the oil is hot, stir fry with garlic, put the carrot silk, drop a little vinegar, the right amount of salt, so that the fried carrots are crisp, tasty and nutritious.