Recently, some netizens consulted backstage. He likes to eat Lycium barbarum as dried fruit, but some people say that Lycium barbarum has high sugar content and is prone to diabetes. There are some common questions and answers about Lycium barbarum, which I sorted out.
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Q Netizen "Love and Grace" often eats medlar as dried fruit. Some people say that Lycium barbarum is easy to suffer from diabetes because of its high sugar content, so it is not advisable to eat more. So, do you want to eat or not?
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Eating Lycium barbarum in moderation can not only prevent hyperglycemia, but also help lower blood sugar.
Lycium barbarum is sweet, and Chinese medicine describes Lycium barbarum as a yin tonic. It is sweet and flat, and can nourish liver and kidney, improve eyesight, moisten lung and nourish yin.
Modern scientific research shows that Lycium barbarum can extract Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, which has a lasting hypoglycemic effect on diabetes, can help improve serum insulin level, help repair damaged islet cells, and thus enhance glucose tolerance.
Although Lycium barbarum has the function of lowering blood sugar, it is good to eat a small handful at a time because the sugar contained in Lycium barbarum is particularly high. Don't take a large amount of Lycium barbarum just because you think it has hypoglycemic effect, which will easily lead to an increase in blood sugar.
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Q Is black wolfberry, known as "soft gold", more nutritious than red wolfberry?
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Each has its own advantages.
Black Lycium barbarum is rich in anthocyanins, which is also the reason for the different colors of Lycium barbarum. At this point, red wolfberry can't compare.
However, although anthocyanins are very powerful antioxidants and help to delay aging, they are by no means rare. Many foods we eat every day, such as grapes, cherries, beetroot, eggplant, purple sweet potato, blueberries and blackberries, all contain anthocyanins.
In other aspects of nutritional value, the polysaccharide content of Lycium barbarum is about twice that of Lycium barbarum, and Lycium barbarum is rich in carotenoids. The betaine content of black Lycium barbarum is 30% higher than that of red Lycium barbarum, and the iron content is 4 times that of red Lycium barbarum.
Generally speaking, the comprehensive nutritional strength of the two kinds of Lycium barbarum is different, depending on the nutrition you need, which one is closer.
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Q Everyone thinks that Ningxia Lycium barbarum is the most nutritious. Is it true?/You don't say.
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Not necessarily.
Ningxia Lycium barbarum is the only Lycium barbarum listed in China Pharmacopoeia (20 10 edition), so it is called genuine medicinal material. Lycium barbarum polysaccharide and betaine are the main medicinal active components of Lycium barbarum detected in Pharmacopoeia. As an authentic medicinal Lycium barbarum, only Ningxia Lycium barbarum is called Lycium barbarum, which seems to be more respected.
However, the results of modern detection show that there are regional differences in the contents of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide and betaine in Ningxia, which are higher in some areas than in Gansu, Xinjiang and Qinghai, and lower in some areas.
Therefore, there is no need to distinguish the nutrition of Lycium barbarum by its origin. If you take it orally, everyone will eat a small handful every day, and the difference will be weaker and negligible. The taste is still important.
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Q I heard that medlar+hot water = nutrient loss? Will you be blind?
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Lycium barbarum polysaccharides and carotenoids are the main components to improve vision. After heating the blisters, some of these nutrients will dissolve in the water, and some will remain in the fruit, and the vision will not be lost.
You can not only soak in hot water, but also cook it or take medicine. Need to be reminded that it is recommended to eat medlar after drinking water, so that the nutrition of medlar can be fully harvested.
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Q Lycium barbarum has such a high nutritional value, isn't the more the better?
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You can't.
Lycium barbarum is good, but some people can't eat it Eating too much is harmful to their health. Expert advice: it is best not to exceed 20 grams (about 20 capsules) per person per day. Excessive consumption of Lycium barbarum will make people get angry, nosebleed and even make their eyes red and uncomfortable.
There are several types of people who need to control their consumption or even not eat:
Patients with hypertension should eat less Lycium barbarum as far as possible, because Lycium barbarum has the function of dilating blood vessels. In order to avoid aggravating the disease, it is recommended to take it together with other traditional Chinese medicines and scented tea for reducing fire.
People with weak spleen and stomach should try to avoid chewing directly, and might as well take it in water. Because Lycium barbarum contains a variety of trace elements, direct chewing will make some ingredients increase the burden on digestive organs.
People with inflammation are not recommended to eat medlar. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to deficiency without tonic. In the process of anti-explosion, people with inflammation make up for it. Eating medlar at this time will be counterproductive.
Diarrhea patients eat less, and after eating Lycium barbarum, diarrhea symptoms will be aggravated, which will have an impact on physical function.
Don't buy "added" Lycium barbarum, you should know this.
It's true that Lycium barbarum tonifies the kidney and benefits the health, but in recent years, the incidents of Lycium barbarum being stained with sulfur have been frequently exposed. If you buy Lycium barbarum, it will not only hurt your health, but also hurt your kidneys. How to buy? Many people have broken their brains.
In fact, how to tell the difference, just remember a simple formula, that is, "touch, see, smell, taste and soak."
Touch:
You can hold a handful of medlar in your hand and feel it with your palm. Normal and high-quality medlar will have a good dryness and a hard feeling to the touch, and each grain is separated independently. Even if the humid environment will make Lycium barbarum soft, it will not be particularly soft.
Processed Lycium barbarum feels a little sticky and will fade.
Second, look:
Look at the color:
Normal medlar is mostly dark red, and the color will not be very uniform. Pay attention to the bright-looking Lycium barbarum. Usually, dyed Lycium barbarum is very beautiful bright red.
Look at the shape: if you buy Ningxia Lycium barbarum, the Pharmacopoeia records that the particles are not big and are oblate. In addition, the navel of normal medlar is white, the medlar smoked with sulfur is yellow, and the dyed medlar is red.
Three smells:
Normal Chinese wolfberry is tasteless. Grab a handful of medlar in your hand or put it in a plastic bag and seal it for a while. If the nose can smell pungent smell, it means that Lycium barbarum has been smoked with sulfur, so be careful when buying it.
Four flavors:
Eating a small amount of Lycium barbarum raw is not toxic. Chew a few pieces of Medina Dragon in your mouth. Ningxia Lycium barbarum is sweet and slightly bitter after eating. Qinghai wolfberry is sweeter than Ningxia wolfberry. However, Lycium barbarum soaked in alum will taste bitter when chewed, and Lycium barbarum smoked with sulfur will taste sour, astringent and bitter.
Five bubbles:
Prepare a cup of warm water, put some medlar and observe the sinking. High-quality Lycium barbarum is not easy to sink, and the floating rate is high. The color of water is light yellow or orange. Once the dyed Lycium barbarum is soaked in water, the water will turn red, and the water of Lycium barbarum smoked with sulfur can still remain clear and transparent.
Although Lycium barbarum is a kind of health food, triggering taboos will still cause harm to the body.
Therefore, everyone should know their physical condition and eat selectively. Most importantly, the best way to keep fit is to have a balanced diet, exercise reasonably, be in a happy mood, and don't stay up late!
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