1, bean paste can delay arteriosclerosis, lower cholesterol, promote intestinal peristalsis and stimulate appetite.

2. Bean paste has the effects of invigorating qi and spleen, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. At the same time, it also contains phospholipids, an important part of brain and nerve tissue, and is rich in choline, which has brain-strengthening effect and can enhance memory. Bean paste is a good food therapy to reduce the incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia and intestinal cancer.

3. Lecithin rich in soybean can improve the metabolism and immunity of human body.

4, watercress is sweet and flat, which can "swell by water, remove heat in the stomach, and drench in the injury. Blood stasis, internal cold accumulation in the five internal organs, etc., is a good food therapy.

5. Saponin in watercress can delay human aging; Lecithin in watercress can remove cholesterol from blood vessel wall; Maintain vascular softening; The inhibition of pancreatic juice in watercress has a certain effect on diabetes.

6, the phosphorus content in watercress is considerable, which is very beneficial to the brain nerves. Those with neurasthenia and physical weakness are beneficial to eating regularly.

7. The iron rich in watercress is of great benefit to patients with iron deficiency anemia.

Second, the harm of eating bean paste:

1, there are a lot of nitrate and nitrite in the sauce food, which is easy to cause cancer after long-term use. Moreover, the sauce-making process contains fermentation, and the fermented food not only contains nitroso compounds, but also involves mold pollution.

2. Preservatives will be added to bean paste and sweet noodle paste. Eating more is also harmful to your health. It is recommended to eat mainly fresh food and eat less pickled products. It is suggested that you should eat these foods reasonably or not for a long time.

3, severe liver disease, gout, peptic ulcer, low iodine people do not eat or eat less, patients with hypertension and kidney disease should eat less. People with G6PD deficiency (commonly known as silkworm bean disease) should not eat it because it may cause hemolysis.

Extended data

Selection of bean paste:

1, color difference: high-quality Pixian watercress is brownish red (crimson), with oily feeling (in fact, without adding a drop of oil). This is because after fermentation, it must take more than one year of sun exposure and night dew formation. The more red the color, the less time it takes to dry and expose, and the worse the quality. However, many consumers do not have this knowledge, which provides opportunities for making fake watercress and inferior watercress.

2, the difference in flavor: high-quality watercress has a strong sauce flavor, and fake and inferior watercress only has a raw pepper flavor.

3, taste difference: experts taste Hu watercress, with sauce flavor. The smell is fragrant during the frying process. Fake and inferior douban are just salty and spicy, and have no fragrance.

4. Appearance identification method: the high-quality watercress is exposed for a long time, with moderate viscosity, and the fake watercress is watery and thin; Red oil fake douban contains tomato skin, carrot skin, corn cob residue and so on. If it is red oil watercress, when the fake watercress is poured, there is residue and pigment on the bottle wall.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-bean paste