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What are the nutritional value and efficacy of bamboo shoots?
I. Nutritional value

Bamboo shoots have been regarded as "treasures in vegetables" in China since ancient times. In terms of nutrition, many people used to think that bamboo shoots are delicious, but they are not nutritious. Some even think that "eating bamboo shoots requires scraping for three days". This understanding is inaccurate.

In fact, bamboo shoots are rich in protein, amino acids, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and vitamins B 1, B2 and C.

Every100g of fresh bamboo shoots contains 9.79g of dry matter, 3.28g of protein, 4.47g of carbohydrate, 0.9g of cellulose, 0. 1 3g of fat, 22mg of calcium, 56mg of phosphorus and 0.1mg of iron, and the contents of vitamins and carotene are more than twice that of Chinese cabbage. Moreover, the protein of bamboo shoots is superior, including lysine, tryptophan, threonine and phenylalanine, glutamic acid which plays an important role in protein metabolism, and cystine which can maintain the protein configuration. It is an excellent healthy vegetable.

Chinese medicine believes that bamboo shoots are sweet, slightly cold and non-toxic. Medically, it has the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, invigorating qi and regulating stomach, curing thirst, benefiting waterways, benefiting diaphragm and clearing stomach.

Especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, moth-eaten bamboo shoots are an effective diuretic, suitable for edema, ascites, beriberi, acute nephritis edema, asthma and cough, diabetes, thirst quenching and fever reducing, tender bamboo leaves, bamboo shavings, bamboo juice and so on. Bamboo shoots are also low in fat, sugar and fiber. Eating bamboo shoots can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, help digestion, prevent constipation, but also prevent colorectal cancer.

Bamboo shoots contain less fat and starch, which is a natural low-fat and low-calorie food and a good product for obese people to lose weight. Health experts believe that people in bamboo forests live longer and seldom suffer from high blood pressure, which is related to eating bamboo shoots frequently.

Second, efficacy.

1, appetizing and invigorating the spleen.

The unique fragrance of bamboo shoots has the functions of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion and stimulating appetite, and can be used to treat dyspepsia and anorexia.

2, enhance the body's immunity.

The content of plant protein, vitamins and trace elements in bamboo shoots is very high, which is helpful to enhance the immune function of the body and improve the ability of disease prevention and disease resistance.

3. Detoxify and resolve phlegm.

Bamboo shoots are sweet, slightly cold and low in fat and sugar. Pregnant mothers who get angry during pregnancy or cough with excessive phlegm eat bamboo shoots, which is helpful for clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

4, meditation and heat dissipation.

Bamboo shoots are called "scavengers" of human excreta, and pregnant mothers are especially suitable for eating bamboo shoots in summer, because bamboo shoots have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on symptoms such as hand, foot and heart heat and irritability during pregnancy.

5, wide chest diaphragm, defecation.

Bamboo shoots are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and the plant fiber contained in them can increase the retention of intestinal water, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce intestinal pressure, reduce the viscosity of feces, and make feces soft and easy to discharge. Can be used for treating constipation and preventing intestinal cancer.

6. Reduce the "three highs".

Bamboo shoots have the characteristics of low sugar and low fat, and are rich in plant fiber, which can reduce excess fat in the body, eliminate phlegm and remove blood stasis, treat hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, and have a certain preventive effect on digestive tract cancer and breast cancer.

7. Stimulate the potential of the brain.

The white powdery substance appearing on the epidermis and incision of bamboo shoots is a kind of protein crystal called tyrosine. In the body, tyrosine is transported to the brain, which is necessary to stimulate the desire to resist stress and the potential of the brain.