Eggplant belongs to the eggplant vegetables, as a vegetable itself, in addition to providing the body with vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, the human body to prevent disease is also playing a positive role, this is because the vegetables in addition to being rich in the above nutrients, but also a lot of phytochemicals are the main source. For example, terpenes, phenolic compounds, organosulfur compounds and so on. So to eat more fresh vegetables to protect human health and prevent chronic diseases is very favorable.

Braised eggplant, garlic eggplant, leek eggplant, flavored eggplant, stewed eggplant, sounds delicious, eggplant eating method is indeed a lot, and each delicious, in our hometown, there is a special way to eat, that is, eggplant chili pepper tomato fried a piece of food to eat pulling the stripes, which is a home cooking, this way of eating a strong local, and then there are restaurants to take its name! "hot and sour eggplant", however, eating pulled pork is not this dish, or you can not eat that hometown flavor!

Eggplant low-energy, low-fat, low-sugar, rich in dietary fiber, vitamin E, vitamin P, potassium, etc., vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin content in general, calcium content in 22mg per 100 grams, purple-skinned eggplants, the skin contains anthocyanin antioxidant components.

Eggplant skin, although dark, the skin also contains anthocyanins, flavonoids, but the number is limited, the flesh is white, and does not belong to the dark-colored vegetables, so in general, the nutritional value of the eggplant is slightly lower compared to the dark-colored vegetables. However, all these nutrients contained in eggplant are beneficial in preventing cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases. The important point is to have a proper cooking method, because eggplant itself is very absorbent of oil, so cooking and preparation should be in the attention. Steamed cold eggplant has the effect of clearing heat.

Don't be too concerned about the efficacy and nutrition of a particular vegetable, vegetables are a big family, each vegetable has its own nutritional characteristics, so eat vegetables should also pay attention to the "color" to eat, colorful to eat. Dark-colored light-colored to eat, just dark-colored vegetables nutritional value is higher than light-colored vegetables, so half of the proportion.

Reminder 1. Eggplant can not be eaten raw, raw eggplants have toxic ingredients eggplant alkaloids;

After the fall of the old eggplant should not be eaten because of the high content of eggplant alkaloids, especially their own eggplants know that the kind of eggplants eat up a lot of hemp;