So since potatoes contain a lot of nutrients, how to eat potatoes is healthy? Today we will tell you the answer.
Potatoes are rich in nutrition. Every100g of potato contains not only16.8g of carbohydrate, but also 2-2.5g of protein, and is rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, which is called "perfect food" by nutritionists.
It can be used not only as food, but also as a vegetable, which is very popular among the public in China.
Moreover, in the opinion of cardiovascular experts, taking potatoes as the staple food is beneficial to cardiovascular health compared with the diet based on refined white food.
Because the content of potassium in potatoes is very rich,100g contains 502mg, which is called high-potassium vegetables. Potassium in our body can strengthen the excitability of our own muscles, maintain the rhythm of our own heartbeat, and have a certain protective effect on myocardium.
Potassium is the bane of sodium, which can prevent the increase of blood pressure caused by high salt intake and has a certain antihypertensive effect.
Potatoes are also rich in vitamin B6, which helps to reduce the level of cysteine in human blood and has the effect of preventing arteriosclerosis.
In addition, vitamin C, dietary fiber and antioxidant polyphenols contained in potatoes all help to lower blood pressure, improve blood lipid and reduce the level of inflammatory reaction.
Therefore, eating potatoes often has a certain effect on reducing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. From the data of epidemiological research, potatoes are very suitable to be included in the diet to promote cardiovascular health.
There are many ways to make potatoes. Personally, I prefer to cook stewed chicken wings with potatoes, potato cakes, fried potatoes with green peppers and tomatoes, etc. They are very delicious, nutritious and healthy, and it is not difficult to make them. You can try to do them once or twice, and then you can master them skillfully.
Let me share the cooking methods of these dishes, hoping to help you!
1, stewed chicken wings with potatoes:
Peel the potatoes and cut into pieces, wash the chicken wings, draw a flower knife on the chicken wings, cut the onion into chopped green onion and slice the ginger for later use.
Pour oil into the pot, heat the oil, stir-fry onion and ginger, stir-fry until fragrant, add chicken wings, fry over low heat, and add oil.
Add potatoes, soy sauce and cooking wine, add salt and thirteen spices, stir-fry over high fire for a while, then pour warm water, bring the pot to a boil, and then turn to low heat for stew. When the ingredients are cooked, add some chicken essence and stir well.
2. Potato cake:
Onions are cut into chopped green onion, sausages are cut into small pieces, potatoes are peeled and cut into small pieces and put on a plate.
Pour the water into the steamer, put the plate into the steamer after the fire boils, take it out after the fire is cooked, then pound it into mashed potatoes with a rolling pin, add salt and pepper, add sausage and chopped green onion, and stir well.
Pour some oil into the pot, knead the mashed potatoes into balls by hand, press them into potato cakes, and fry them in the pot until both sides are golden.
3. Fried potatoes with green peppers and tomatoes:
Chop garlic, chop onion with chopped green onion, cut green pepper into small pieces, peel and slice potatoes for later use.
Pour oil into the pan, heat the oil, add minced garlic and chopped green onion and stir-fry until fragrant, then add potato chips and stir-fry for a while, then pour some soy sauce and add tomato pieces.
Stir-fry the soup, pour in rice vinegar, add a little sugar, salt and thirteen spices, add green pepper, stir-fry over high heat until the ingredients are cooked, add monosodium glutamate and stir well.
Delicious fried potatoes with green peppers and tomatoes are ready. You can try to do it yourself.
What we need to know is that relevant medical experts point out that potatoes have many health functions.
Chinese medicine believes that potatoes are sweet in nature and have the effects of harmonizing stomach, invigorating qi and spleen, strengthening body and tonifying kidney, diminishing inflammation, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling.
Can be used for adjuvant treatment of dyspepsia, habitual constipation, mental fatigue, chronic stomachache, joint pain, skin eczema and other related symptoms. Potatoes can be used to treat self-dyspepsia, which is a high-quality health food for patients with gastric diseases.
Potatoes are also low in calories, high in protein, multivitamins and trace elements. Starch with potato symptoms is absorbed slowly in the body and will not lead to hyperglycemia. It can be used as a dietotherapy for diabetic patients, but it is actually a diet food.
The dietary fiber contained in potato symptoms has the functions of promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerating cholesterol metabolism in intestinal tract, moistening intestine to relax bowels and lowering cholesterol, and can treat habitual constipation and prevent cholesterol from rising.