1. What is fermented food?
Fermented food is a kind of food with unique flavor, which is skillfully processed by beneficial microorganisms. It is mainly divided into cereals, beans and dairy fermented foods. Common fermented foods include yogurt, cheese, fermented grains, pickles, soy sauce, vinegar, fermented soybean, milk rot, yellow wine, beer, wine, and even stinky tofu and stinky wax gourd. Steamed bread and sweet noodle sauce are both fermented foods.
2. Is fermented food harmful to human body?
After food is moldy, mycotoxins may be produced, which is harmful to human health, especially aflatoxin, which is highly carcinogenic. So many people think that all food fermented by mold is inedible. In fact, there are tens of thousands of kinds of molds. Except for a few strains, most molds do not produce toxins. Fermented molds such as fermented bean curd, yellow wine and soy sauce are nontoxic molds, and aflatoxin is rarely produced in these foods.
What are the benefits of eating fermented food?
Protein is rich.
Protein experiment in fermented food proves that yeast is rich in vitamins, minerals and enzymes. Every 1 kg of dry yeast contains protein, which is equivalent to 5 kg of rice, 2 kg of soybeans or 2.5 kg of pork. Eating fermented food can enhance immunity and prevent memory loss.
4. Protect the cardiovascular system
Douchi is rich in antithrombotic components, which can effectively dissolve thrombus in blood, prevent arteriosclerosis and lower blood pressure. In addition, the main components of vinegar are various amino acids and minerals, which can also lower blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.
5, good for heart health
Beans and yogurt can effectively control the rise of blood pressure and cholesterol in blood, prevent arteriosclerosis, reduce the occurrence of myocardial infarction and protect the blood pressure circulation of the body.
6, promote intestinal peristalsis
Using lactic acid bacteria to ferment food, any one of them can adjust the balance of intestinal flora, enhance the smoothness of stool, prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer, and lactic acid bacteria can also enhance the body's resistance.
7. Eat more three kinds of food.
Fermented foods that we often eat now are mainly divided into grain fermented products, bean fermented products and milk fermented products.
Grain products mainly include sweet noodle sauce and rice vinegar, which are rich in threonine and other ingredients to prevent memory loss. In addition, the main components of vinegar are various amino acids and minerals, which can also lower blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.
Bean fermented products include soybean paste, soy sauce, fermented soybean, fermented bean curd, etc. Douchi is rich in antithrombotic components, which can effectively dissolve thrombus in blood, prevent arteriosclerosis and lower blood pressure. Fermented beans can participate in the synthesis of vitamin K, which can make bones strong and prevent osteoporosis.
Yogurt and cheese contain lactic acid bacteria and other ingredients, which can inhibit the growth of intestinal spoilage bacteria, and also contain active substances that can inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol reductase in the body, stimulate the body's immune system, mobilize the body's positive factors, and effectively prevent cancer. Therefore, regular consumption of yogurt can increase nutrition, prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease and cancer, and lower cholesterol. Any food fermented by lactic acid bacteria can adjust the balance of intestinal flora, increase intestinal peristalsis, keep defecation unobstructed and prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer. In addition, yogurt can effectively control the "rise" of blood pressure, prevent arteriosclerosis and protect the heart. You may wish to like these foods better.
Generally speaking, it is enough to selectively eat 1-2 kinds of fermented foods every day. However, it should be noted that the salt content of sufu is high, and patients with hypertension and heart disease should control their food intake.