Carrots peeled and sliced, boil water in a pot, add carrots, add salt to taste, and drain. You can eat raw carrots every day, but in moderation. Carrot contains plant fiber, strong water absorption, in the intestinal tract volume is easy to expand, is the intestinal tract in the "filling material", can strengthen the intestinal peristalsis, so as to laxative anti-cancer.

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Carrots role:

⒈ ⒈ favors the health of the long life

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Carrots have the effect of removing phlegm, eliminating food, removing flatulence and lowering gas. Relevant experimental results have proved that carrots in the α-carotene has the inhibition of tumor cells is 10 times more than β-carotene, but also on the prevention of abnormal changes in DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) effect is also very strong. As early as more than a decade ago, a study found that the higher the concentration of alpha-carotene in the blood, the lower the risk of heart disease in the subjects. According to a 14-year follow-up by CDC researchers, people with higher levels of alpha-carotene in their blood had longer life spans.

The foods with the highest levels of alpha-carotene are carrots. Pumpkins, oranges, and mandarins also contain high levels of alpha-carotene. alpha-carotene is not afraid of high-temperature steaming, and cooking carrots in broth, as long as you drink the broth with it, doesn't cause a significant loss of alpha-carotene. On the contrary, cooked food is more conducive to the absorption of various carotenoids, as long as a small amount of fat can achieve the effect of full absorption.

Peak to prevent vascular sclerosis, lower blood pressure and reduce heart disease

Carotene contains quercetin, kaempferol can increase coronary blood flow, reduce blood lipids, promote the synthesis of adrenaline, and thus have the role of lowering blood pressure and strong heart. Carrots contain potassium succinate, which helps to prevent vascular sclerosis, reduce cholesterol and have the effect of lowering blood pressure. Folic acid in carrots can reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease. Hypertensive people drink carrot juice, have a very good effect on lowering blood pressure. People who eat more carrots, than those who eat less carrots, heart disease cases almost 50% less.

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