Grain health is one of the quintessences of Chinese food culture. In the classic Chinese medicine book Huang Di Nei Jing, there is a saying that “grains are for healthâ€. Today, the wisdom of ancestors has been confirmed by modern scientific research. Scientific consumption of grains is indeed of great significance to health. In this issue, I will introduce the medicinal value of several grains.
Oats lower blood lipids. The most popular health ingredient for oats is beta glucan, a water-soluble fiber that gives oats a sticky taste. Studies have shown that beta glucan in oats has the effect of lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) in the blood without affecting the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ("good" cholesterol). Therefore, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and relevant agencies in many European countries have announced that as long as foods contain enough beta glucan, they can claim to have functions such as "prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases" or "lowering of cholesterol". . In addition, oats have a low glycemic index that helps control blood sugar. Oats also have the effect of preventing constipation and colon cancer.
It should be reminded that beta glucan in oats can only work if dissolved, and the stickier oats have a stronger health effect. Therefore, it is recommended that oats be cooked as much as possible. For example, oat rice can be cooked with rice and oatmeal can also be cooked. Oatmeal is best eaten after 3 to 5 minutes, better than brewing.
Buckwheat lowers blood sugar. Buckwheat is rich in dietary fiber and flavonoids, especially in the tartary buckwheat produced in China. The content of flavonoids and rutin is very high. Rutin is a major component of drugs that prevent and treat diabetes and control postprandial blood glucose elevations. Therefore, buckwheat and buckwheat are particularly suitable for diabetics. The current quinoa food is mainly buckwheat noodles, but the quinoa content in many buckwheat noodles is very low (perhaps only a few percent). Therefore, diabetics need to carefully look at the food ingredients list and try to choose products with high buckwheat content. The best choice for diabetics is the instant noodles of buckwheat, which are dark and shiny and, like cold noodles, take longer to soak. Buckwheat food is now more common with bitter buckwheat tea and bitter buckwheat powder, diabetics can choose according to their own situation.
Barley rice anti-cancer. Coixenolide in Coix seed rice has been found to have a good function of controlling the growth of cancer cells and is an ideal anti-cancer food. Huan-Ren Mi has the effect of whitening beauty, and therefore is one of the common ingredients in high-end cosmetics. Barley rice is hard, it is recommended to eat porridge after soaking.
Millet protects the stomach. Millet's nutrition is relatively balanced, with many types of vitamins and minerals and a relatively high content. The biggest characteristic of millet is that it is easy to digest and absorb, so it does not put a lot of burden on the stomach. Therefore, there is a saying that Xiaomi protects the stomach. Xiaomi can be used not only to cook porridge, but also to cook “two rice†with rice.
Purple rice, black rice eye protection. Purple and black rice, such as purple rice and black rice, are generally rich in anthocyanins, which have antioxidant effects, can prevent fat oxidation and maintain ocular blood vessel health. Purple rice and black rice also contain rich dietary fiber and minerals, but its texture is hard and it absorbs water slowly. Therefore, it takes a long time to soak before cooking, preferably up to 12 hours. Purple rice and black rice are used to cook porridge, which is more conducive to human digestion and absorption.
Mung bean detoxification. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, mung bean is cold and cool, so it has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying. From the nutritional point of view, the health benefits of mung bean comes from its antioxidant components, such as flavonoids, tannins, saponins, etc., which have the efficacy of heat and detoxification. Mung beans can be used for soup and porridge, and they can also be soaked in rice to make mung bean rice.Another important function of amino acids is to provide energy to the human body. Normally, a healthy body on a general diet will use carbohydrates as its main fuel, but when the main source is depleted due to strenuous exercise, protein and amino acids can be used as a last resort. Amino acids also play an important role in food taste. Protein doesn't have much taste, but each amino acid has its own taste, and combining them is one of the important factors that define the taste of food
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