Brown sugar itself has no nutrition, and the efficacy of brewing the two together mainly comes from oatmeal. The efficacy is as follows:
1. Oat can effectively reduce cholesterol in human body, which can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the main threat to middle-aged and elderly people, if eaten regularly;
2. Oats also have a very good hypoglycemic and slimming effect on diabetic patients;
3. Oatmeal porridge has the function of promoting defecation. Many elderly people have dry stools, which easily leads to cerebrovascular accidents. Oatmeal can relieve constipation.
4. Improve blood circulation and relieve the pressure brought by life and work; It contains minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and zinc, which have the effects of preventing osteoporosis, promoting wound healing and preventing anemia, and is a good calcium supplement;
5. Oats are rich in linoleic acid, which has an auxiliary effect on fatty liver, diabetes, edema, constipation, etc., and is also of great benefit to the elderly to enhance their physical strength and prolong their life. Extended information
Brown sugar is a kind of sucrose. Its traditional preparation method is to squeeze out sugarcane juice by stone grinding or wood rolling, and concentrate it by evaporation step by step, and then cool and stir it after reaching a certain saturation. After crystallization, it is processed into blocks or powders. Brown sugar retains the nutrients in sugarcane. Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar is warm, sweet and enters the spleen, which has the functions of invigorating qi and enriching blood, invigorating spleen and warming stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
As we all know, blood is mainly supplemented with iron. The iron content in brown sugar is about 2.2 mg/1g, which is not the best choice for iron supplementation. And the iron absorption rate in non-animal foods is very low, only 1% to 3%. Therefore, it is a mistake to say that "brown sugar is rich in iron and can replenish blood".
In addition, it is said that brown sugar relieves dysmenorrhea, but the water temperature of brewing brown sugar has played a certain role in relieving dysmenorrhea. If it is a cup of cold brown sugar water, it may be counterproductive. For pregnant women, the main function of brown sugar is to quickly increase blood sugar concentration to help pregnant women replenish energy and restore physical strength.
In fact, the main ingredient of brown sugar is sucrose, and drinking too much brown sugar water is bad for teeth, which is more likely to lead to obesity for women who love beauty. Therefore, many benefits of brown sugar for women are not so magical. For specific reasons, it is the right choice to find a symptomatic solution.
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