Wild rice is known as "water ginseng" for its rich nutritional value. Its texture is fresh and tender, and its taste is sweet. It is regarded as a good vegetable. Wild rice is sweet and slightly cold; it has the effects of dispelling heat, promoting body fluids, quenching thirst, diuresis, dehumidification, and tonic; it also has the effects of tonifying deficiency, strengthening the body, and beautifying and losing weight.
Nutritional value of wild rice
Wild rice is rich in nutrients. It not only contains sugar, organic nitrogen, water, fat, protein, fiber, ash powder, but also contains 17 kinds of lysine. Amino acids, among which threonine, methionine, phenylalanine, lysine, etc. are essential amino acids for the human body.
The nutritional content of wild rice per 100.0 grams is as follows:
Nutrient content Nutrient content Nutrient content
Energy 23,000 Calorie water 92.2g Protein 1.2g
Fat 0.2g Carbohydrate 5.9g Dietary fiber 1.9g
Cholesterol 0mg Ash 0.5g Vitamin A 5mg
Carrot Vitamin 30 mg Retinol 0 mg Thiamine 0.02 mg
Riboflavin 0.03 mg Niacin 0.5 mg Vitamin C 5 mg
Vitamin E (T) 0.99 mg Calcium 4 mg Phosphorus 36 mg
Potassium 209 mg Sodium 5.8 mg Magnesium 8 mg
Iron 0.4 mg Zinc 0.33 mg Selenium 0.45 μg
Copper 0.06 mg Manganese 0.49 mg Iodine 0 mg
Isoleucine 39 mg Leucine 66 mg Lysine 61 mg
Sulfur-containing amino acids (T) 16 mg Methionine 0 mg Cystine 16 mg
Aromatic amino acids (T) 80 mg Phenylalanine 48 mg Tyrosine 32 mg
Threonine 39 mg Tryptophan 16 mg Valine 49 mg
Arginine 51 mg Histidine 18 mg Alanine 54 mg
Aspartic acid 93 mg Glutamic acid 89 mg Glycine 39 mg
Proline 37 mg Serine 44 mg
The edible effects of wild rice
Wild rice is sweet and slightly cold; it has the effects of dispelling heat, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, diuresis, dehumidification, and tonic; it is mainly used to treat abdominal pain caused by summer heat dampness, Symptoms such as chronic heat, polydipsia, difficulty in defecation, alcoholism, and lack of breast milk in the middle burner. Wild rice is rich in vitamins that have anti-hangover effect and can relieve hangover and drunkenness. The organic nitrogen in young wild rice is in the form of amino acids and can provide sulfur. It is delicious, has high nutritional value and is easily absorbed by the human body.
1. Diuresis, quenching thirst, and detoxifying alcohol: Wild rice root is sweet and cold, slippery and beneficial. It can diuretic and remove water, assist in the treatment of limb edema, difficulty in urination and other symptoms, and can clear away heat and relieve irritation. It is particularly suitable for people who are thirsty and especially suitable for consumption in summer. It can clear away heat and relieve constipation, relieve irritability and relieve alcoholism. It can also relieve alcohol poisoning and cure drunkenness.
2. Replenish deficiency and strengthen the body: Wild rice contains more carbohydrates, proteins, fats, etc., which can supplement the nutrients of the human body and has the effect of strengthening the body.
3. Reduce jaundice: Wild rice can reduce jaundice and is beneficial for jaundice hepatitis.
4. Weight loss and beauty: Because wild rice has low calories and high water content, it is easy to feel full after eating, making it a favorite weight loss product. Wild rice contains soya alcohol, which can remove active oxygen in the body and inhibit tyrosine. It has acidase activity, thereby preventing the production of melanin. It can also soften the stratum corneum on the skin surface and make the skin smooth and delicate.
Applicable groups of wild rice
1. The general population can eat it.
2. It is more suitable for patients with high blood pressure, patients with jaundice hepatitis, women with insufficient postpartum milk, and patients with excessive drinking and alcoholism.
3. Since wild rice contains a lot of insoluble calcium oxalate, its calcium is not easily absorbed by the human body. It is not suitable for those with impotence, spermatorrhea, spleen deficiency and stomach cold, kidney disease, urinary tract stones or those with urine. Those with more oxalate crystals and those with diarrhea.
4. Wild rice is cold in nature and can cause old diseases. People with weak cold in the intestines and stomach and those with sores and suppuration should not eat it.
5. Wild rice is an acidic food. Do not eat wild rice when taking sulfa drugs.
Life Tips
1. The tender stems are fat, fleshy, fresh and tender, white in color and sweet.
2. If the wild rice has black heart, it is a sign of poor quality and cannot be eaten.
3. Wild rice contains a lot of oxalic acid, and tofu contains a lot of magnesium chloride and calcium sulfate. If both enter the human body at the same time, they will generate insoluble calcium oxalate, which will not only cause calcium loss, but may also be deposited into stone.