Nutritional value of kelp
1, kelp is rich in carbohydrates, less protein and fat.
2, compared with green leafy vegetables, kelp is rich in vitamin C, its crude protein, sugar, calcium, iron content are several times or even a dozen times higher.
3, kelp is a kind of iodine-rich seaweed, farmed kelp generally contains 3% to 5% iodine, more up to 7% to 10%.
4. Fresh kelp is 95% water, 3% dietary fiber, and low in calories.
5, kelp also contains a lot of mannitol.
Benefits of eating kelp
1, delay aging
Kelp is rich in calcium and iodine, which helps thyroxine synthesis. These two foods together, not only can beauty, but also delay the role of aging.
2, the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Kelp contains a large number of polyunsaturated fatty acids EPA, which can reduce the viscosity of the blood, reduce vascular sclerosis. Therefore, eating kelp can prevent cardiovascular diseases.
3, expectorant
People usually eat kelp, there is an expectorant "old phlegm" effect. Kelp taste salty, cold, to the liver, kidney meridian, with the elimination of phlegm, soft, water and swelling effect. For chronic bronchitis, asthma treatment, can be made into kelp syrup or cold kelp, insist on eating, "the old phlegm" dispel the cause of the disease elimination, the effect is quite good.
4, tumor inhibition
The hot water extract of human KB cancer cells in vitro has obvious cytotoxic effect on S180 tumor has obvious inhibitory effect, and kelp is also rich in anticancer star - selenium, has the role of cancer prevention.
5, hair
Kelp grows from the appearance of our beautiful long hair, hair care food, you may know a lot, such as black sesame can make hair black, can make the hair growth of ginger, or can make the hair shiny walnuts and so on. But do you know who the all-around champion of food for hair care is? It is kelp, nutrition experts believe that regular consumption of kelp can not only replenish the body's iodine elements, but also on the growth of hair, moisturizing, shiny also have special effects.
Kelp in the iodine is extremely rich, it is the body's synthesis of the main raw material of thyroxine, and hair shine is due to the body's role in the formation of thyroxine.
6, eliminate breast hyperplasia
Recent research has found that kelp can assist in the treatment of breast hyperplasia. This is because it contains a lot of iodine, which can promote ovarian follicle luteinization, thereby reducing the level of estrogen in the body, so that endocrine disorders are adjusted, and ultimately eliminating the hidden danger of mammary gland hyperplasia, to achieve the purpose of preventing mammary gland hyperplasia.
7, lower blood pressure, lower fat
Scientists have found that kelp is a treasure trove of calcium, iron and iodine for human intake. Every 100 grams of kelp, containing up to 1177 mg of calcium, 150 mg of iron, 240 mg of iodine, so kelp has an important health role.
Kelp contains a large number of unsaturated fatty acids and dietary fiber, can remove cholesterol attached to the walls of blood vessels, regulate the stomach and intestines, and promote the excretion of cholesterol; kelp amylose sulfate for polysaccharides, with a lowering of blood lipids; kelp can reduce the absorption of radioactive elements in the intestines.
Kelp acid and potassium salt, calcium can reduce the body's absorption of cholesterol, lower blood pressure.
8, detoxification and weight loss
Any vegetable that contains a lot of fiber, most of them have a weight loss effect. Because rich fiber can promote intestinal excretion, and adsorption of free lipids. Kelp is rich in fiber and alkaline, which in turn increases the detoxification effect.
Metabolic rate represents the ability of a person's metabolism. When the metabolic rate is very low, fewer calories*** are given to the organism, and the rest of the energy is converted into fat and accumulated in the body. Eating kelp can enhance a person's metabolic rate and strengthen metabolic functions for a more energized and leaner body.
Kelp contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can increase the sense of satiety in obese people, and kelp is very low in fat, small calories, is the food of obese people to lose weight.
4 practices of kelp
A, spicy fried kelp shreds
Materials: kelp shreds, dried chili peppers, soy sauce, cooking wine, vinegar, salt, monosodium glutamate.
Practice
1, wash the kelp, soak in water for about two hours.
2, the dried chili pepper cut into small pieces *** according to personal preference Add more or less can be ***.
3, the pot of oil, when the oil is 7 mature, add chili peppers, stir fry flavor, add kelp stir fry, add wine stir fry Stifle for a short while.
4, add soy sauce, vinegar *** a small amount of good **** stir fry, to be almost kelp, add salt, monosodium glutamate stir fry, start the pot is good. Tips if you like meat, you can add some more minced meat in it, minced meat first fried in the pan, and then add wine, add soy sauce salt, chicken stir-fry, start the pot standby. Then use the above steps to make seaweed, seaweed is almost ready to add fried minced meat, mixed together can be.
Two, cold kelp shredded
Materials: dried kelp, scallions, salt, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, garlic sauce, chili oil.
Practice
1, dry seaweed soaked and washed and shredded, green onion shredded.
2, add salt, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, garlic sauce and mix well, add a little chili oil flavor is more awesome, refrigerated consumption taste better!
Three, cold seaweed
Materials: seaweed, scallion, ginger, garlic, chopped chili, oyster sauce, salt, chicken essence, sesame oil, water.
Practice
1. Prepare ginger and garlic, chopped scallions, chopped chili;
2. Kelp whole cleaned and rolled up and cut into thin filaments into the boiling water to blanch a little fished out of the filtered water;
3. 1 will be poured into the processed kelp filaments, sprinkled with salt, oyster sauce, chicken broth, a little sesame oil and mix well on the OK! Like friends can add vinegar and sugar, with their own taste set it ~
four, kelp rib soup
Materials: 300 grams of ribs, 200 grams of kelp, ginger 30 grams of seasoning salt 1 tbsp.
Practice
1, kelp into the water to soak 1 5 minutes, fish out.
2. Boil in boiling water, strain out and drain; wash, peel and shred ginger.
3. Wash the ribs, cut them into small pieces, boil them in boiling water to remove the blood, pull them out, and drain them.
4. Pour 6 cups of water into the pot, add the ribs and cook on low heat for 20 minutes, add kelp and ginger to cook softly, and then add seasonings to mix well.
How to buy kelp
One, see if there is white frost
Look at the surface of the dried kelp whether there is white frost, there is white frost is a good kelp, there is no quality is not good. White frost is the mannitol produced by the weathering of plant alkali. It is nutritious.
Second, look at the color of kelp
Gray-green and natural color is good kelp, bright green do not pick.
Three, observe the appearance and texture
Good kelp leaves are wide and thick, thick green or purple in yellow, no dead leaves. Bundled dried kelp should be carefully examined, choose no sediment, no mold, clean and neat. Touch the surface with your hand without sticking.
Four, choose to buy in the regular shopping mall
Regular shopping malls kelp quality is more guaranteed, choose the labeled "QS" logo. This kind of kelp has gone through a rigorous examination, safer.
Fifth, cleaning
Buy back the kelp with water to wash, such as washing the water found to have an abnormal color, should be returned immediately, do not eat. If there is no abnormality, you can cook delicious kelp after soaking.