Efficacy and function: glutinous rice is warm and sweet, which can warm the spleen and stomach and replenish the middle qi. Glutinous rice also contains protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, nicotinic acid and other rich nutrients, which can be called warm and strong food.

Taboo:

1, glutinous rice should not be eaten because it is sticky and difficult to digest.

2. The starch in glutinous rice is mainly amylopectin, which has a high glycemic index and is not suitable for diabetics.

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Tips for purchasing glutinous rice:

1. Appearance: large and full particles, uniform, white, without any impurities. If there are many broken grains and the color is dark, the glutinous rice mixed with impurities is too long to buy.

2, texture: glutinous rice is white opaque particles, hardness is small, if there are translucent rice grains in glutinous rice, it is mixed rice, hardness is large, not suitable for purchase.

3. Smell: When you buy glutinous rice, you can grab a handful in your hand and smell it. The quality of glutinous rice has a faint rice flavor. If it has a pungent taste or sour taste, it is problematic glutinous rice. Please don't buy it.

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