Guess, what food is this? peanut

Peanut, also known as groundnut, is rich in nutrition and has the reputation of "longevity fruit" and "Huang Jinguo" among the people. In recent years, more and more studies show that peanuts have the potential of health preservation.

At the age of 60, I participated in the discus throw in the sports meeting. Now that I am 100 years old, I can still walk 2,000 steps every day and insist on making house calls. Chen Tongyun, chief physician of dermatology department of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, once shared his regimen with Beijing Satellite TV. Among them, he described peanuts as "longevity fruit" and ate 6 or 7 peanuts every day to keep fit.

Chinese medicine believes that peanuts can nourish the spleen and stomach. Compendium of Materia Medica also mentions that peanuts have the functions of pleasing the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm.

Peanut not only tastes sweet and cheap, but also has rich nutritional value. Peanut is a kind of food with high protein and dietary fiber, which is rich in vitamins A, B 1, B2, protein, dietary fiber, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. It is a good helper for daily life health care.

Are the benefits of peanuts really that much? Sure! Recently, a research paper published in Stroke magazine doubled the value of peanuts. Research shows that compared with people who don't eat peanuts, the risk of cardiovascular disease is reduced 13%!

The paper points out that peanuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, minerals, dietary fiber and other components needed by human body, among which unsaturated fatty acids are natural antihypertensive drugs. Eating proper amount of unsaturated fatty acids can reduce the blood pressure level of human body and reduce the damage of cholesterol to cardiovascular system.

However, the above research only analyzes the correlation between peanuts and cardiovascular diseases from an epidemiological point of view, lacking direct evidence. After all, peanuts contain very limited active ingredients. As the old saying goes, "medicine and food are homologous". Taking a certain food alone may be harmful rather than complementary. The homology of medicine and food needs dialectical treatment.

"Medicine and food are homologous" can't "replace medicine with food". Food is not everything and has no effect on treating diseases. Although peanuts are rich in nutrition, Dr. Qi Cuihua, director of Shandong Nutrition Society and associate professor of nutrition at Jinan University, reminds everyone that not everyone can eat peanuts, and the following special people should eat as little as possible.

1, patients with gastrointestinal diseases

Peanut is rich in protein, which is difficult to digest and absorb. It is easy to burden the stomach of patients with gastrointestinal diseases and may aggravate the patient's condition, so it is not suitable for people with bad stomach.

2. People with impaired liver and gallbladder function

The high protein and fat content in peanuts may promote bile secretion to help digestion and absorption, stimulate gallbladder, increase the physical burden of patients with hepatobiliary diseases and affect their health.

3. People with excessive skin oil secretion and overweight.

Peanut is a high-fat food, and excessive intake may promote the skin to secrete more oil. Peanuts are rich in oil and high in calories. Obese patients and people with exuberant skin oil secretion should eat less peanuts and peanut foods.

4. Thrombosis population

Peanut may increase coagulation strength, shorten coagulation time and promote thrombosis, so people with thrombosis should stay away from peanuts.

In addition, people who are allergic to peanuts should not eat peanuts. For them, sweet and sweet peanuts are like "poison". After eating them, the face and throat will swell immediately, which will hinder breathing and even lead to shock.

Peanut is rich in nutrition and has many benefits to the body, so how to maximize the role of peanuts?

1, dark peanuts are better.

The color of peanut largely determines its nutritional level, and the peanut with dark color has higher polyphenol content.

2. Remove moldy peanuts.

Moldy peanuts contain aflatoxin, a carcinogen, which can kill people and seriously endanger their health if ingested 20 mg at a time.

3. Eat boiled peanuts and plain peanuts.

Boiling peanuts with original flavor is a relatively healthy practice, which is conducive to the further intake and absorption of nutrients in peanuts.

4. Control food intake.

Peanuts contain a lot of fat and protein. If you eat too much, you will not only gain weight, but also cause chronic inflammation, which is not good for your health.

In this world, there is no perfect food. Although peanuts are cheap and delicious, they also have health care effects, but if you eat too much, you should control your intake appropriately. Any food, eating too much is not good. # Family Health Guard #

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