It is best not to eat sprouted yam. Because germination indicates that yam has begun to carry out life activities, although it does not produce harmful substances such as solanine like potato germination, the nutrients in it have been reduced, so it may have an impact on the human body. If you really want to eat, you can dig out the sprouted parts and eat them.

Yam germination is non-toxic and will not affect eating. However, the germination of yam shows that life has begun to grow. Germination will lead to the decline of nutrients in yam, and there will be few nutrients lost by slight germination, while more serious germination will lead to much loss.

if the yam sprouts, you can remove the buds before eating. Once the yam germinates, it indicates that its nutrients are losing a lot. If you want to eat this kind of yam, you should eat it when its buds are still short. When eating, remove the meat quality of the yam in the buds and long buds, peel and slice it and soak it in water. It can also appropriately increase the brittleness of the germinated yam, and the taste will not be too bad.

But the best way is to pay attention to preservation to avoid the occurrence of yam germination. In order to avoid the germination of yam, it can be stored in the refrigerator, so it is not easy to germinate. But if the storage temperature is too low, yam will rot easily, so the best storage temperature is between 5℃ and 1℃. If yam turns black, it must not be eaten.

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Nutritional efficacy of Chinese yam:

1. Treating diabetes

Chinese yam contains a mucin which can reduce the blood sugar content in the body, so it is a better diet food for diabetics.

2. Healthy brain

Yam is rich in choline and lecithin, which can effectively help people improve their memory, provide energy to the brain and enhance the activity of nerve cells. Therefore, people who want to maintain their brains can often eat yam in their daily lives.

3. Nourishing the stomach

Yam has the effect of invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach. For people with poor spleen and stomach, yam can be made into yam porridge in daily life, which is especially beneficial to the digestion of the stomach and can effectively improve the function of the spleen and stomach after eating for a long time.

4. Nourish lung and moisten dryness

Yam can nourish lung and moisten dryness, and it has a good recuperating effect for people with long-term cough and bad lungs.

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