Carrot is a crispy and nutritious home-cooked dish. Chinese medicine believes that it can tonify the middle qi, strengthen the stomach and promote digestion, strengthen yang and soothe the five internal organs, and has a good curative effect on dyspepsia, chronic dysentery, cough and night blindness, so it is known as "Oriental Little Ginseng". After being fried and eaten, it can be converted into vitamin A in human body, which can improve human immunity and indirectly kill cancer cells. The latest research by American scientists confirms that eating two carrots every day can reduce blood cholesterol10% ~ 20%; Eating three carrots a day helps to prevent heart disease and tumors.
The main nutrient in carrot is β-carotene, which exists in the cell wall of carrot, and the cell wall is made of cellulose, which cannot be directly digested by human body. Only by chopping, cooking and chewing can β -carotene be released and truly digested, absorbed and utilized by human body. Maintaining the integrity of β -carotene and other nutrients has a great relationship with our diet and cooking methods.