Fishy grass, also known as the root of the ear, is a widely distributed wild vegetables. However, because it has a special flavor, the evaluation of it in the gourmet jungle presents an extreme polarized distribution: those who love it can't get enough of it, and those who dislike it can't wait to get out of it.
If the flavor preference alone is not enough, the worst thing is that there is also a very scary rumor: fishy grass contains aristolochic acid, which can harm the kidneys and even cause cancer!
This can be scared of the fish fish grass fans: my ah, in the end can not eat?
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Remember the name aristolochic acid
Indeed, it hurts the kidneys and has a risk of cancer
There is a kind of nephropathy called aristolochic acid nephropathy. And, it is also true that some studies have found that aristolochic acid is able to induce tumor production and has a carcinogenic effect. [1]
This dreaded "aristolochic acid" is found mainly in the Aristolochiaceae family of plants, and long-term consumption of foods or herbs containing aristolochic acid does increase the risk of urinary and digestive disorders, kidney disease, and cancer.
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Fishy grass is notorious
I have nothing to do with aristolochic acid!
But, but, but, but, but, but, it's nothing to do with Aristolochic acid.
Aristolochia is not a member of the Aristolochiaceae family, but a member of the Trichoderma family, and contains not aristolochic acid, but aristolactam AII[2] at very low levels. There are no reports that aristolactam AII causes kidney disease, and there is not enough evidence that this substance can harm the kidneys.
And, there is a cross-sectional study on the consumption habits of fishweed and chronic kidney disease, through the study of *** counting 3561 study subjects (male 1167, female 2384, the average age of 29 years old) to eat fishweed of different frequency and time of consumption and other related factors, the results show that there is no difference between the consumption habits of fishweed and the prevalence of kidney disease (P = 0.988), the study did not find a correlation between the habit of eating fishweed and kidney disease, urinary system, and malignant tumors. [3]
So, if you like to eat ichthyophylaxis, don't worry, eat it as you should.
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Fishy grass is not only the taste of personality
Its nutritional value is also unique
Although some people do not like the fishy grass "strange taste", but it is the first time in the history of the world.
Although some people don't like the "strange taste" of fishy grass, it is a dual-use plant identified by the Ministry of Health as "both medicine and food"!
Fish grass leaves, magnesium and potassium content is high, respectively, 145mg/100g, 494mg/100g, respectively, we often eat celery 9 times, 2 times, these two nutrients on the control of blood pressure is helpful. [4] In addition, in the root of the fritillary, the potassium content is not low, 469mg/100g, about the same as the leaves. So, if you have a friend with high blood pressure around you, you can recommend him to eat some fishweed oh!
In addition, the root of fishweed is high in carbohydrates, 19.5g/100g, this amount is higher than we usually eat potatoes, while the calories are lower than potatoes, it is recommended that you can replace some of the staple food to eat. Therefore, in the weight loss period of the small partners, if the meal has fish root, it is best to eat a few mouthfuls of rice less.
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Fishweed eat this way
Taste better
① Cold Fishweed:
Clean the leaves of fishweed. clean into the plate, add a little soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, like to eat spicy can put some oil splash chili, mix well and leave 5 ~ 10min can be eaten.
The fishy flavor of fishy grass is mainly concentrated in the roots and whiskers, you can remove some of this part before cooking, you can reduce its fishy flavor. Cold practice is more recommended to choose the fishy grass leaves, because the leaves of vitamin C content is 5 times more than the root, vitamin C belongs to the fear of heat nutrients, cold can be better retained.
② Fishweed stewed chicken:
Prepare the root of the fishweed, clean, stuffed into the stomach of the chicken, into the ginger, scallion, star anise, sesame seeds and other seasonings, put into the pressure cooker stew can be.
One more thing, although the black skin of the black chicken, but in fact only pigmentation, there is no special nutrition, but compared with ordinary chicken, black chicken energy and fat is lower. The energy and fat content of ordinary chicken is 3.5 times and 15.3 times of that of crow chicken respectively [4]. In addition, there are more nucleotides and collagen that reflect the freshness of the flavor in black chicken, so it has a more sinewy texture than regular chicken and tastes more delicious in soup.
③ Fishweed fried meat:
Fishweed taste crisp, and lean meat is a pair of good CP. the best choice of fishweed root, blanched, washed and cut section, lean meat shredded. The best way to do this is to add a little salt to the pan and then stir-fry the meat.
Cooking Tips:
Salt can reduce the amount of salt used in the pot, but also reduce the volatility of iodine, if you are frying leafy greens out of the pot after the release of salt can also be avoided leafy greens color dull, wilting out of the water.
References:
[1] Hongying Ma, Jingjing Wu, Guangbo Ge, Ling Yang. Progress of in vivo metabolism and toxicity of aristolochic acid[J]. World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2019:60-67.
[2]Chen Shaodan, Gao Hao, Lu Chuanjian, et al. Studies on alkaloids and amide components in Cichorium fischeri[J]. Journal of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 2013(11):846-850.
[3]Ding Chao. Cross-sectional study on the consumption habits of Cichorium fischeri and chronic kidney disease[J]. Bioprocessing, 2019, 17(02):189-194.
[4]Yang Yuexin. Chinese food composition table 6th edition book 1[M]. Peking University Medical Press,2018
Author | Xue Qingxin Member of the Chinese Society of Nutrition Registered Nutrition Technician Health Manager Public*** Nutritionist
Review | Song Shuang Associate Researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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