It is not recommended for pregnant women to eat lotus root soup during confinement, because lotus root belongs to cold food. If they eat cold food during confinement, it may affect the normal recovery of pregnant women. Therefore, in order to balance the diet structure of pregnant women, it is suggested that if you want to eat lotus root soup, you can use it about two weeks after delivery, so as to absorb the nutrition of lotus root to the greatest extent.

1. Lotus root can be eaten raw, cooked, mashed and drunk, or dried and ground to cook porridge.

2. Eat lotus roots with yellow and brown skin and thick and white meat. If it is black and stinks, it is not suitable for eating.

3. Cooked lotus root food is suitable for frying, stewing, frying and cooking, such as "eight treasures stuffed lotus root" and "fried lotus root box".

4. Don't use iron when cooking lotus root, so as not to lead to food blackening.

5. The uncut lotus root can be stored for one week at room temperature, but because the lotus root is easy to turn black and the cut surface is easy to rot, the cut lotus root should be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for about one week. In Hubei, there is a saying that "no soup, no table", and the finale of any banquet must be a pot of delicious soup. Hubei people love soup and are good at making soup. Lotus root sparerib soup, crock chicken soup and fish ball soup are all the best in soup and the best choice for guests. In particular, the "lotus root ribs soup" made of Honghu lotus root, which is known as the "treasure in water", has great regional characteristics and condenses the essence of Jingchu food culture.

Lotus root keeps skin shiny. Rich in vitamin C and minerals, it has curative effect, and its hemostatic effect is well known. It also proves that lotus root is beneficial to the heart, promoting metabolism and preventing rough skin. Lotus root and lotus seed are used together, and the effect is better. Lotus porridge with 30 grams of lotus root is enough.

Raw lotus root

Sweet taste, cold nature, entering the heart, spleen and stomach meridians; Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, cooling blood, removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, and stopping diarrhea, and is mainly used for treating fever, polydipsia, hematemesis, epistaxis, and heat stranguria.

Cooked lotus root

Warm and sweet; Has the effects of invigorating stomach and spleen, nourishing blood and tonifying, promoting granulation and stopping diarrhea; Indications: cough due to lung heat, dysphoria and thirst, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite and various blood syndromes.

Benefits of eating lotus root in early autumn:

1, clearing heat and cooling blood

Lotus root is cold, and the weather is hot in early autumn. It has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, and can be used to treat heatstroke. Lotus root is sweet and light, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis and hemoptysis.

2, laxative diarrhea

Lotus root gives off a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has a certain effect of invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, can stimulate appetite, promote digestion, strengthen the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite caused by constipation in autumn.

3, beauty acne

Eating lotus root can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and clear the heart and soothe the nerves. Peanut contains vitamin E and a certain amount of zinc, which can enhance memory, resist aging, delay the decline of brain function and moisturize skin. The combination of lotus root and peanut is delicious and nutritious. Long-term consumption can clear away heat, remove acne and moisturize skin. Lotus root can keep facial luster, which is beneficial to enriching blood and promoting granulation.

4. Lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat and benefiting intestines.

Lotus root is rich in dietary fiber, but its calorie is not high. It can control weight, help reduce blood sugar and cholesterol levels, promote intestinal peristalsis, and prevent constipation and hemorrhoids. Fresh lotus root and ginger juice can also treat intestinal inflammation.

5, detoxification and beauty

Lotus root is rich in starch, protein, vitamin B, vitamin C, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals. Its meat is tender, white and round, and its taste is sweet and crisp. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root is a kind of health food for winter tonic, which is edible and medicinal. Raw food can cool blood and dissipate blood stasis, while cooked food can nourish the heart and kidney, replenish the deficiency of five internal organs, strengthen bones and muscles, nourish yin and nourish blood. At the same time, it can also induce diuresis and relax bowels, and help to expel wastes and toxins from the body.

6, anti-aging, cancer prevention and vitamin C.

The sugar content of lotus root is not very high, but it contains high vitamin C, which is very beneficial to patients with liver disease, constipation and diabetes. Lotus root is also rich in polyphenols, which can improve immunity, slow down the aging process and prevent cancer.

7. Relieve pain and protect the heart

Lotus root is rich in B vitamins (especially vitamin B6). Supplementing B vitamins helps to reduce irritability, relieve headache and stress, thus improving mood and reducing the risk of heart disease.

8. Enriching blood and benefiting qi to help digestion

Fresh lotus root is rich in trace elements such as copper, iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium and manganese. In tuber food, the iron content of lotus root is high, so people with iron deficiency anemia are most suitable to eat lotus root. A variety of trace elements in lotus root are beneficial to the production of red blood cells and maintain the normal work of muscles and nerves. In addition, these nutrients also help to secrete digestive enzymes and improve digestion.