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Can I eat any part of the eggplant?

Yes.

Many people eat eggplant like to remove the skin, but eating eggplant is recommended not to remove the skin, its value is in the skin, the eggplant skin contains B vitamins, B vitamins can help vitamin C metabolism. Some studies have found that the eggplant skin has the strongest anticancer activity, and its effectiveness even exceeds that of the anticancer drug interferon.

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Eggplant has a high nutritional value, rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals, especially potassium content than bananas. Eggplant is also rich in bioflavonoids, a powerful antioxidant, helps prevent hypertension, coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis and other diseases, which saponin can lower cholesterol.

The highest content of these health ingredients is the colored skin combined with the pulp, so you should choose dark purple or black eggplant. Cooking, do not peel, high-temperature frying will lead to the loss of many nutrients, it is best to use the steamed, rapid fire frying, pay attention to the steamed do not squeeze out the water.

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