Often used as a seasoning, it is actually a good helper for health! Natural spices such as "onion", "ginger" and "garlic" can not only make dishes more colorful and delicious, but also have the effect of health preservation.
In recent years, spices have been playing the role of "supporting roles" in many dishes, which are used to contrast and enhance the delicious food itself, but in fact, these supporting roles are rich in nutritional value and have both seasoning and dietotherapy functions.
1 1 natural spices are the most nutritious.
Song Minghua, a family dietitian in Taipei, said that modern people use too much salt, and the flavor of these natural spices can reduce the use of other high-salt artificial seasonings, which is beneficial to health, and these natural spices are also rich in nutrition. The following are the nutritional components of natural spices such as onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, pepper, pepper, Toona sinensis, onion, cinnamon and curcumin.
Onions help digestion and promote blood circulation.
Onion is rich in vitamin C, beta carotene and dietary fiber. It is a high-fiber vegetable. Onion epidermal cells also contain a lot of bactericidal capsaicin, malic acid and trace element selenium, which can secrete digestive juice, stimulate appetite, help appetite and even relieve sore throat.
Onions also contain allicin with a sense of * * *, which can promote blood circulation, help perspiration and diuresis. But for this reason, people who are sweaty and smelly should eat less in summer. Song Minghua believes that shallots are suitable for cooking with some protein foods, because they can increase the human body's absorption of protein.
Garlic enhances immunity and reduces three highs.
Garlic contains allicin, which can enhance human immune function, lower blood pressure and blood lipid, and regulate carbohydrate absorption. Therefore, it is also helpful to control blood sugar to a certain extent, and it can also promote blood circulation. Very suitable for people with cold hands and feet.
In fact, garlic is best eaten raw, because the nutrients in garlic will be lost during heating. If you must cook, shorten the time as much as possible. It is recommended not to eat too much garlic in one breath, because allicin is a component of * * *, which will cause stomach pain in gastric mucosa. In addition, eating garlic is easy to cause bad breath, so it can be eaten with protein food to reduce bad breath.
Ginger can prevent cardiovascular diseases and inflammation.
Ginger is a commonly used spice in China cooking, which plays the role of "food perfume". The ingredients of gingerbread and gingerol are the source of aroma, which can promote appetite and remove the fishy smell of food. According to research, ginger has a high antioxidant content. Gingerol components can inhibit platelet aggregation, prevent cardiovascular diseases and have anti-inflammatory effects.
Ginger is divided into tender ginger and old ginger, which grow from August to1February. It's old ginger, which is spicy and has a good blood circulation effect. You can often see traces of old ginger in ginger duck dishes, but you will have gastrointestinal problems if you eat too much.
Nine-story pagoda promotes blood circulation and relieves headaches.
The nine-story pagoda contains some volatile components. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is helpful for promoting blood circulation, headache, flatulence and irregular menstruation, and plays a role in removing oil and relieving boredom in cooking. Song Minghua also reminded everyone that the nine-story tower circulating on the Internet contains the carcinogen "safrole", which is actually a translation error. The Ministry of Health has clarified that eugenol, the ingredient of the nine-story tower, is actually "eugenol" rather than safrole, and eugenol is not a carcinogen, so people need not panic.
In addition, in response to the statement that eating the nine-story pagoda is easy to get a tan, she explained that because the nine-story pagoda has photosensitivity, it may have an anti-tanning effect when applied to the skin surface to receive sunlight or light. However, once eaten in the body, you don't have to worry about photosensitivity.
Illicium verum has the effects of warming kidney and liver, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain.
Star anise is the seasoning that will appear in the halogen bag, and anisole and anisone are the volatile components. Because of its strong flavor, the use of salt and soy sauce can be reduced. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Illicium verum has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, which can warm kidney and liver, dispel cold and relieve pain. Suitable for patients with wind-cold, kidney deficiency and low back pain.
Pepper warms the stomach and helps sweat.
Pepper can be divided into black pepper and white pepper, which are related to maturity except for their different appearance. Immature pepper is black pepper; After peeling, it is white pepper. The smell of white pepper is stronger than that of black pepper, and pepper in Chinese herbal medicine refers to white pepper.
Pepper is rich in vitamins A and E, as well as minerals such as iron, phosphorus and selenium, as well as piperine and capsaicin, which can warm the stomach. People who are afraid of cold can add some pepper to their dishes, or if drinking cold drinks in summer is not suitable for the stomach, pepper has a soothing effect. For people who can't sweat because of a cold, pepper can help them sweat. If they have a fever, don't eat any more peppers to avoid adding fuel to the fire. In addition, pregnant women should also pay attention to it when using it. If there are symptoms such as unstable fetal image, liver fire and gastric ulcer, try not to eat it.
Zanthoxylum bungeanum can increase appetite and dispel cold.
Pepper itself contains vitamin B, vitamin E, magnesium, calcium and sodium. But most people don't eat Chili directly, so they don't emphasize its nutritional value. The smell of Zanthoxylum bungeanum can secrete saliva, stimulate appetite, dispel cold and enhance physical fitness. Clinically, it is found that people who are vegetarian for a long time are prone to iron deficiency, or their abdomen will be cold or painful. At this time, they can eat some peppers in moderation. But don't eat too much, because eating too much pepper will make you constipated.
Anti-cancer, Hypotensive and Hypoglycemic Effects of Toona sinensis
Toona sinensis can be eaten directly, or its leaves can be dried and ground into powder as seasoning. It is recorded in China's ancient books. Toona sinensis has been used as food since the Han Dynasty, and Toona sinensis is the first spice with anticancer effect. Toona sinensis is rich in protein, and has the functions of lowering blood pressure and blood sugar. It is also a seasonal product with high calcium and vitamin C content. Contains volatile components, has strong antioxidant capacity, and can stimulate appetite and induce diuresis. In the early agricultural society, it can also be used to treat ascaris lumbricoides, because its gas is volatile, which makes ascaris lumbricoides not easy to adhere to the intestinal wall.
Onions can resist osteoporosis and aging.
Onions are condiments and can also be used as the protagonist of food. It has many advantages. Rich in dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, potassium, calcium and iron. Sulfur compounds can reduce blood sugar and blood lipid, and calcium can prevent osteoporosis. In addition, thiamine acid, diene sulfide and cysteamine acid are unique to onion, which can prevent cardiovascular diseases and have anti-aging functions.
Even though onions have many benefits, they should not be eaten too much, because eating too much onions is easy to flatulence and will increase the frequency of farting.
Cooking tip: Alliin in onion will produce gas and shed tears after sulfide action. Song Minghua said that the easiest way to reduce the tears when cutting onions is to try to breathe through your mouth when cutting onions!
Cinnamon relieves muscle pain and lowers blood sugar.
Cinnamon often appears in western food, which contains anthocyanins, catechins and other antioxidant components, as well as cinnamon oil, cinnamon oil, coumarin, sodium cinnamate and other components, which can relieve muscle soreness and lower blood sugar. It should be noted that women should not eat during menstruation, and pregnant women who are at risk of bleeding should also be careful, because it is easy to cause massive bleeding, so special attention should be paid.
Curcumin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
Curcumin has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects, which is helpful for skin whitening and preventing skin aging, but it is not suitable for patients with gastric ulcer and pregnant women. Curry contains curcumin, but the content of curcumin in curry blocks sold in the market is too low, but too many additives will make the body bear too much burden.
Cooking tip: You can buy the original turmeric powder and use the curry block marked in the box 13.
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