#Lovely health guide#
Lettuce is a common dietary dish, there are a variety of practices, such as cold lettuce silk, stir-fried lettuce slices and so on. Lettuce is not only a nutritious ingredient, but also has medicinal properties.
"Lettuce is rich in anticancer substances, proper eating can achieve the human body to reduce the degree of oxidation of the body, so as to achieve the effect of anticancer".
This is a recent period of time in the network widely popular saying, a time, lettuce has become the best choice of cancer prevention and anti-cancer, this statement is not reliable? You may want to listen to what the doctor said.
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First of all, the nutritional value of romaine lettuce
Lettuce is a treasure, and most of the nutritional value of the bamboo shoots, most of the bamboo shoots, the bamboo shoots are rich in proteins, carbohydrates, calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, silicon, vitamin B, C, carotene and other nutrients.
These are the most important of all, and the most important of all are the most important of all.
Children eat more lettuce on the growth and development is very beneficial, eat 200 grams of lettuce leaves every day, can meet the needs of carotene, eat 500 grams of lettuce leaves, can meet the needs of vitamin C.
The different effects of different nutrients:
Potassium: Lettuce is high in potassium, which is good for promoting urination and reducing the pressure on the heart, which is extremely beneficial for people with high blood pressure and heart disease.
Iodine: Lettuce contains a small amount of iodine, which has a major impact on a person's basal metabolism, mental and physical development, and even mood regulation. Regular consumption helps eliminate tension, aids in sleep and wards off rheumatic diseases and gout.
Fluorine: Lettuce also contains fluorine, which is different from other vegetables, fluorine can promote the growth and development of the human skeleton, especially human teeth, it can participate in the formation of tooth enamel and dentin, so fluorine can play a protective role for teeth.
Organic compounds: Lettuce contains organic compounds rich in iron that can be absorbed by the human body, which is very beneficial to patients with iron deficiency anemia, and the iron contained in it can be easily absorbed by the human body under the action of organic acids and enzymes.
Vitamin B: Vitamin B contained in lettuce has the effect of beauty, can make the skin become white, suitable for patients with rough skin to take.
Vitamin K: Vitamin K contained in lettuce can prevent the occurrence of osteoporosis and reduce the chances of fractures in the elderly.
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Study: Is romaine lettuce the new "cancer food"?
Doctors said: from a strict point of view, lettuce is not anti-cancer effect, there is no anti-cancer effect, there are two main reasons:
The first reason: aromatic hydrocarbons can not be fully absorbed by the human body
Lettuce contains an aromatic hydrocarbon hydroxylated lipids for liver cancer, gastric cancer and other diseases. Liver cancer, stomach cancer has a preventive effect, but also can alleviate the side effects of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer patients, is a kind of anti-cancer vegetables.
Admittedly, the aromatic hydrocarbons contained in lettuce do have an antioxidant effect, but the nutrient intake in the body's environment and the intake of food in the stomach and intestines are two different things.
Even though lettuce contains aromatic hydrocarbon antioxidants, it's hard to get these antioxidant molecules into the body environment, so there's no way to get an effective anti-cancer effect.
The second reason: antioxidants will not be fully absorbed
Compared to other vegetables and fruits, lettuce in the antioxidant content is very high, but for the human body needs to achieve the purpose of anti-cancer, and not eat a couple of lettuce every day to achieve the desired effect.
If you want to rely on eating romaine lettuce to achieve the so-called antioxidant and anticancer effects, you need to eat dozens of them every day, or even hundreds of them, which is very difficult to realize.
For lettuce can achieve the effect of anti-cancer, this is just a rumor without scientific basis, although lettuce anti-cancer remarks were overturned, but not to ignore the nutritional value of lettuce.
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Lettuce, although good, these 3 types of people are not suitable to eat
1, women should not consume cold lettuce
Lettuce is cold, menstruation women to eat or cause menstrual disorders, The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the color of the lettuce, and then you can see the color of the lettuce.
2. It is not advisable to consume more lettuce if you have a cold stomach or a cold body
Lettuce is a cold vegetable, and those who have a cold stomach need to drive away the cold and replenish the sun, so consuming a lot of lettuce will only make their spleen and stomach heavier, and lead to a number of consequences.
So before you eat lettuce, you have to be clear about whether you belong to the category of spleen and stomach cold, and if so, then you have to hold back your appetite, do not want to mouth and tongue and lead to the body cold.
3, eye disease people should not eat
Because lettuce contains a small amount of toxicity, in a large number of lettuce after eating, due to the person's own eyes on the problem, coupled with the lettuce in some of the substances in the stimulation, it will be counterproductive, leading to eye disease and aggravate the condition of the stimulation of the excessive.
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Lettuce can not be eaten with what
1, cheese
Cheese belongs to the fatty food, and lettuce nature of the cold, the two put together to easily cause indigestion, abdominal pain, or abdominal pain and diarrhea. The two together are likely to cause indigestion, abdominal pain, or abdominal pain and diarrhea.
At the same time, lettuce eaten raw can not be thoroughly cleaned, easy to be contaminated by parasites, such as worms, roundworms, etc., so it is not conducive to physical health.
2, honey
Honey is rich in wax, with a laxative effect, but the honey food medicine is cold, lettuce cold, the two together, not good for the stomach, easy to lead to diarrhea, so the two should not be eaten together.
3, lotus root
It contains a lot of vitamins, proteins and minerals as well as lettuce, if eaten together, it will destroy their own nutrients, resulting in nutrient loss, but also affect the taste of their own, so you can't eat lettuce with these foods.
4, fine Xin
Lettuce is not only a vegetable, high medicinal value, can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, lettuce cold, and fine Xin sex temperature, they both, eat together, if not in line with the principle of yin and yang.
Secondly, the fine Xin is also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, he and lettuce, eat together will reduce his medicine, play out its proper nature, lettuce can not play out its nutritional value.
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Health Cold Knowledge - Can I eat the leaves of lettuce?
Of course you can, don't be a fool and throw them away.
Lettuce leaves are edible, and for a long time people eating lettuce always threw away the leaves.
In fact, the leaves are more nutritious than the stems. Lettuce leaves in the content of vitamins, the overall than the stem are higher, the content of carotene in the leaves, ten times higher than in the stem, vitamin B1 is twice the stem, vitamin B2 is five times, vitamin C is three times.
Lettuce leaves in the niacin content is not only higher than in the stem, its antioxidant effect is also better, in addition, the leaves also contain a lot of calcium. Every hundred grams of lettuce stems contain 0.6 grams of crude fiber, 0.5 milligrams of niacin, 23 milligrams of calcium, and 4 milligrams of vitamin c.
And every hundred grams of lettuce leaves contain 1 gram of crude fiber, calcium is 34 mg, vitamin c is 13 mg, so lettuce leaves are a very good food can choose to eat.