It is said that eating more whole grains is good for your health. Whole grains are healthy foods that people especially like to eat. Black rice was used as Gong Mi in ancient times, also known as "Longevity Rice", which is rich in nutritional value. Now many people like to cook health porridge. Eating black rice often is good for your health. Do you know what effect black rice has?

1, control blood sugar and blood pressure.

Black rice is rich in dietary fiber and suitable for diabetics. Moreover, black rice contains minerals such as magnesium and potassium, which is conducive to controlling blood pressure and reducing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Flavonoids can maintain the normal osmotic pressure of blood vessels, reduce the fragility of blood vessels, prevent the rupture of blood vessels and stop bleeding. Therefore, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetics can eat black rice for diet conditioning.

2. Strengthening spleen, promoting blood circulation and blackening hair

The iron content in black rice is relatively high, which also has a certain improvement effect on iron deficiency anemia. Moreover, black rice can strengthen the spleen, warm the liver and nourish the kidney, which has a certain improvement effect on juvenile white hair. Long-term consumption of black rice can raise hair and blacken hair.

3. Anti-aging

Anthocyanin contained in the epidermis of black rice is a natural anti-aging nutrient. Studies have found that its antioxidant capacity is 50 times higher than that of vitamin E and 20 times higher than that of vitamin C. Anthocyanin has a strong antioxidant effect and can make the skin more elastic and shiny. Eating black rice regularly can prevent aging and whiten skin.

4. Lose weight and tonify kidney

Black rice is rich in nutrition and high in fiber, which can provide the body with the nutrients it needs every day, easily feel full, and help the body detoxify. This is a good diet food. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that black food enters the kidney meridian, and eating black food often can benefit and strengthen the kidney, enhance human immune function, and can play the role of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney.

Eating black rice in winter can strengthen the spleen and warm the liver, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It has a good effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood to reduce juvenile gray hair, postpartum weakness of women, physical weakness after illness, anemia and kidney deficiency.