What is the nutritional value of carrots?
1, rich in folic acid, and folic acid has a very obvious anti-cancer effect. Eating carrots to supplement folic acid has a good anti-cancer effect.
2, rich in vitamin A For people with dry eye, night blindness and visual fatigue, eating carrots to supplement vitamin A properly has a good effect on improving vision and relieving visual fatigue.
3, can lower blood pressure and strengthen the heart, because quercetin and kaempferol contained in carrots can effectively increase the blood flow of coronary arteries, and then have a certain effect of lowering blood pressure and strengthening the heart.
Does carrot make skin yellow?
If you eat too much food rich in carotene at one time, you may consume too much in a short time, and the liver can't fully analyze it, which will cause the concentration of carotene in the blood to be too high, deposited in the stratum corneum and mucosa of the skin, and yellow skin will appear. Yellow usually appears on palms, soles of feet and face. Patients with high carotene anemia don't need any treatment. They only need to reduce the intake of carrots and rely on their own natural metabolism for treatment, and their skin will return to normal in a week or two.
The role of carotene
β -carotene can be converted into vitamin A when it enters the human body. Excessive intake of vitamin A will lead to poisoning, and only when necessary will the human body convert beta-carotene into vitamin A. This characteristic makes beta-carotene a safe source of vitamin A, and there will be no signs of vitamin A accumulation poisoning due to excessive consumption. Other β -carotene also has a good function of promoting animal reproduction and development.
Carotene taboo
When wine and carrots are eaten together, a large amount of carotene will enter the human body together with alcohol, and the liver will produce toxins, leading to liver disease. Therefore, beta carotene should not be taken after drinking in large quantities.
If you are losing weight and taking a diet drug: lipase inhibitor, your intake of beta-carotene will be reduced by 30%. People who need to take orlistat and beta-carotene supplements at the same time must take the two drugs staggered, at least two hours apart.
Patients who take cholesterol-lowering drugs can reduce the content of β -carotene in blood by 30% to 40% if they take cholesterol-lowering drugs and carotene at the same time. Cholesterol-lowering drug Coletipol (Lipid-lowering Resin No.2) similar to Coleenamine can also reduce the content of β-carotene.