1. Rich in nutrients

Purple rice contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other nutrients. Rich in nutrients.

2. Anti-aging

Purple rice has various physiological functions such as scavenging free radicals, improving iron deficiency anemia, anti-stress response and immune regulation.

3. Protect blood vessels

The brass compounds in purple rice can maintain the normal osmotic pressure of blood vessels, reduce the fragility of blood vessels, prevent blood vessel rupture and stop bleeding; black rice can also improve myocardial nutrition. , reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, lower blood pressure and other effects.

4. Anti-cancer

Purple rice can inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Extended information

Purple rice has slender grains and full and even grains. The appearance is purple-white or purple-white with small purple patches. When washed with water, the water color turns black (actually purple). It is easy to leave purple-black stains on your fingers when you grab it with your hands. After scraping off the color patches on the rice grains with your fingernails, the rice grains are still purple-white. Pure purple rice when cooked is crystal clear, translucent, and highly waxy (sticky). After steaming, the broken rice can be restored. It is sweet and delicate in the mouth and has a good taste.

If purple rice porridge is not cooked thoroughly, not only will most of the signature nutrients not be dissolved, but also it can easily cause acute gastroenteritis after eating too much, especially for children with weak digestive functions and the elderly and sick. Therefore, people with indigestion should not eat uncooked purple rice.

Purple rice has a tough seed coat on the outside, which makes it difficult to cook. Therefore, purple rice should be soaked overnight before cooking.

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