What's the function of raw carrots?
Carrot homophonic carrot, carrot is a kind of vegetable with high nutritional value, which is rich in calcium, potassium, iron and other substances besides vitamins. In particular, carotene is a substance that keeps the eyes, skin and mucous membranes healthy. Children with seborrheic dermatitis, rough skin and fragile bone marrow will be relieved by eating more carrots. In addition, it can effectively eliminate dizziness caused by fire and calm nerves; Regulate digestive organs such as stomach and duodenum, and coordinate nutrition. Fried carrots with oil is the best way to eat carrots, and it is known as "ginseng". Although its appearance is rough, its color and taste are deeply loved by children. According to relevant data, each carrot 100g contains 19 mg of calcium, 23 mg of phosphorus, 1.9 mg of iron, 6 mg of vitamin C, 0.3 mg of nicotinic acid, 3 mg of b- carotene, nine amino acids such as protein, alanine, aspartic acid and lysine, and more than a dozen enzymes. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that β -carotene is a kind of provitamin A, which plays a significant role in protecting vision, promoting children's growth and development, reducing blood lipids, and enhancing the body's disease resistance and anti-aging ability. It can eliminate oxygen free radicals, enhance human immune function, reduce or prevent the generation of cancer cells, and has the effects of antioxidation and anti-induced changes. Practice has proved that carrots have natural effects such as lowering blood pressure, strengthening heart, diuresis, anti-inflammatory and antiallergic. However, carotene is a fat-soluble substance. Only when it is dissolved in oil can it be converted into vitamin A under the action of carotene enzyme in human liver and intestinal wall and absorbed by human body. If carrots are eaten raw, 90% of carotene will become a "passer-by" of the human body and be excreted, which will not play a nutritional role. So carrots should not be eaten raw. When eating carrots, the absorption rate of carotene fried or stewed is higher than that of raw carrots.