Flammulina velutipes is not easy to digest, but it is a misunderstanding to say that Flammulina velutipes cannot be digested and absorbed by human body. There is a difference between difficulty and impossibility. At least 30% of dried Flammulina velutipes is protein, which can obviously be digested and absorbed by human body. Besides, we eat Flammulina velutipes mainly to eat its taste and absorb beneficial substances.
Flammulina velutipes is tough and difficult to chew, so try to cook it well. If it is not cooked well, it will make Flammulina velutipes easier to cook, less laborious to chew and easier to digest. Whether the ingredients can be digested is mainly related to the enzymes secreted by the human body and its absorption capacity. Flammulina velutipes contains various essential amino acids, especially lysine and arginine, and the content of zinc is relatively high, which has a good effect on enhancing intelligence, especially on children's height and intellectual development, and is called "intelligence-enhancing mushroom"; Flammulina velutipes also contains a substance called puerarin, which can enhance the body's resistance to cancer cells. Regular consumption of Flammulina velutipes can also reduce cholesterol, prevent liver diseases and gastrointestinal ulcers, enhance healthy qi, prevent diseases and strengthen the body.
Flammulina velutipes is delicious, but everyone knows that Flammulina velutipes is a kind of food that is difficult to digest. Then why is Flammulina velutipes difficult to digest? The main reason is that Flammulina velutipes contains a fungal polysaccharide element, which has good stability and is extremely difficult to decompose, even in weak acid and alkali environment. Because of this, Flammulina velutipes can't be well digested in gastric juice in human body.