Can you eat asparagus tips
Asparagus tips can be eaten, the different parts of the young stems of asparagus, the content of nutrients varies greatly. The top of the asparagus, that is, the part wrapped tightly by the asparagus scales, like a pencil tip, is the most nutrient-rich part of the asparagus. Many uninitiated people think that asparagus tips are inedible or unpalatable, which is a big mistake. Asparagus tips are not only tender and tasty, there is no fiber, and the main disease-resistant and disease-preventing nutrients in asparagus, the highest content in the tips.
Nutritional value of asparagus tips
We put a 32-centimeter asparagus shoot stems, from the tip of the shoots to the bottom of the shoots of every 8 centimeters, divided into four segments, known as the tip of the shoots, shoots, shoots, the bottom of the shoots and so on outside the four parts of the nutrient content of the test them respectively. The results tell us that the nutrients contained in the tip of the shoots is much higher than the bottom of the asparagus and other parts, the tip of the mineral elements contained in the sodium, iron, zinc is the bottom of the asparagus is more than one times, respectively, 126.4%, 113.79% and 109.1%. Potassium, magnesium, copper, manganese content is also higher than 50%, respectively 68.97%, 51.22%, 68.75%, 62.96%.
More importantly, asparagus tips contain nutrients that are very important to the human body in preventing and curing diseases. Vitamin C, folic acid, rutin content is the bottom of asparagus 1 to 2 times, respectively, 256-23%, 147.36%, 244.4%; B vitamins, asparagus saponin content is also much higher than the bottom of the bamboo shoots. Therefore, we eat asparagus, pay special attention to the protection of asparagus tip of the nutrients, cooking time should not be too long, so as not to destroy these valuable nutrients.
The food value of asparagus tips
The nutrients contained in asparagus tips are also the highest, the asparagus tips contain a large number of amino acid components, especially containing arginine, which can alleviate the body's hyperlipidemia and regulate the body's discomfort, help to prevent heart disease and vascular disease, and help the body to urinate and regulate the situation of edema. The second is that asparagus tips contain the most abundant water and vitamin content, with the effect of beauty and whitening, as well as relieving the body's fatigue, eliminating a large number of toxins in the body.