Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty recorded that "sweet potato nourishes yin and blood, strengthens spleen and stomach, and strengthens deficiency of kidney yang", saying that people in the sea live a long life. Chinese medicine regards sweet potato as a panacea. The nutritional components of corn are comprehensive, generally containing 8.5% protein, 4.3% human fat, 73.2% glycogen, 0.022% calcium, 0.21%phosphorus, 0.00 16% iron, as well as carotene, vitamin b2 1, B2, niacin and its cereal. New scientific research emphasizes that there is an anti-cancer factor-lipoic acid in corn.
Specific method of sweet potato and corn
Prepare raw materials in advance: 300 grams of sweet potato, 0/00 grams of corn/kloc, and appropriate sticky rice noodles.
1, sweet potato sliced and cooked for later use.
2. Steamed sweet potatoes are poured into mud and reserved.
3. Add sticky rice flour and corn to the sweet potato paste and mix.
4, divided into small doses and rounded.
5, do a good job of small doses in the oil pan, the Chinese fire can be fried into orange.
6. After the sweet potato and glutinous rice balls are picked up, they can enjoy the heat.
Efficacy and function of sweet potato
1, sweet potato is good for the heart
Sweet potato contains potassium, beta-carotene, folic acid tablets, vitamin C and vitamin b26, all of which are beneficial to prevent cardiovascular diseases. Potassium is beneficial to the balance of fluid and electrolyte in tissues and cells, and maintains all normal blood pressure and heart function. β -carotene and vitamin C have anti-lipid air oxidation and anti-atherosclerosis effects. Supplementing folic acid tablets and vitamin b26 is beneficial to reduce the level of homocysteine in blood. The latter can damage blood vessels and is an independent risk source of cardiovascular disease.
Sweet potato has been regarded by nutrition experts as a food with both food and medicine and nutrition. Its calorific value can only be one-third of that caused by the same net weight of rice, and it is basically free of human fat and cholesterol. Eating sweet potatoes often is good for your health and has a certain weight loss effect. But don't eat too much sweet potatoes at a time to prevent abdominal discomfort such as heartburn, acid reflux or bloating.
2, sweet potato to prevent emphysema
Smoking too much may cause the symptoms of emphysema, and the basin friends with emphysema can eat more sweet potatoes to alleviate it. Sweet potatoes contain a lot of vitamin D, and eating more sweet potatoes can reasonably reduce the prevalence of emphysema.
3, sweet potato has anti-cancer effect
The most effective nutritional elements in diet are β-carotene (precursor of vitamin D), vitamin C and folic acid tablets, which are very rich in sweet potatoes. A small sweet potato (about 2 doubles) can produce 2 times of daily vitamin D, 1/3 of daily vitamin C and about 50mg of folic acid tablets. Among them, the composition of dietary fibres is higher than that of a bowl of oatmeal. The antioxidant effects of β -carotene and vitamin C are beneficial to resist the damage of oxidative stress to genetic information Dna(DNA play a certain role in preventing cancer.
These people are not suitable for eating sweet potatoes.
1, diabetic patients
Sweet potato contains a lot of sugar, and people with high blood sugar will cause blood sugar fluctuation, so diabetics are not suitable to eat sweet potatoes. If they really want to eat them, they should not eat too much at a time, and their intake of dinner should be reduced.
2. People with poor gastrointestinal function
Dietary fibres in sweet potato is rich and colorful, and it also contains nucleotide substances. Eating sweet potato is very easy to flatulence and improve the working pressure in the stomach. People with stomach diseases are prone to heartburn, acid reflux and belching, while people with gastric ulcer, stomach disease and indigestion will aggravate stomach discomfort.