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What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating taro?
Benefits: Rich in nutrition.

Taro is rich in nutrients such as protein, and the starch content in its tuber reaches 70%, so it is particularly soft. Taro is regarded as "the heaviest vegetable among farmers" and can be used as vegetable, grain and dessert. In recent years, the popular "taro circle" in Taiwan Province Province is also made of taro.

Disadvantages: Raw taro is slightly toxic.

But raw taro is slightly poisonous, so it must be cooked when eating. The mucus in raw taro itches when it touches the throat, but cooked taro doesn't. When peeling raw taro skin by hand, the mucus will also irritate the skin of the hand, which can be relieved after roasting, and can also be wiped with ginger juice, which also has the effect of relieving itching.

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Health care function of taro

1, eating taro has the effect of cleaning teeth.

Taro is rich in potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus and other elements, the most of which is fluorine. Therefore, eating more taro can play a role in cleaning teeth, preventing caries and protecting teeth, and saving time in going to the dentist frequently.

2. Taro can regulate acid-base balance.

Taro is an alkaline food, which can neutralize the accumulated acidic substances in the body, adjust the acid-base balance in the human environment, and can be used to prevent and treat hyperacidity. And eating taro can make beauty beauty, and make your hair darker and brighter.

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