Efficacy of whole grains: Eat whole grains often, and its sufficient nutrients can keep the human immune system and important organs normal, thus playing a role in preventing and treating various diseases.
The human body itself is a very protective complex, but if it lacks a variety of minerals and vitamins for a long time, it will make various systems and organs out of balance, resulting in various diseases. Therefore, ensuring adequate and balanced intake of nutrients every day and maintaining normal metabolism of the human body will effectively prevent many diseases. Studies have shown that eating whole grains can effectively prevent heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, constipation and various cancers. At the same time, it can also make people hear and see clearly, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, tonify the kidney and strengthen the spleen, strengthen the brain and improve eyesight, slim down and beautify, keep the skin shiny, prevent arteriosclerosis, enhance intelligence, strengthen bones and muscles, remove dark spots, promote constipation and so on.
What is the mechanism of eating whole grains to prevent cancer? Normal people produce 100 to 200 cancer cells every day, and over 40 years old, 3000 to 5000 cancer cells will be produced, and with the deterioration of living environment, this number will be higher, which is also an objective factor for the worsening of this malignant disease. There is an immune cell in our body called NK (natural killer). Its function is to capture these cancer cells that are produced every day and kill them. A healthy human body has a strong immune system function to ensure that the body is not harmed by various diseases such as cancer. However, once there is a problem with the immune system in the body, which leads to the decrease of this NK cell, it is very likely to get cancer.
There are no drugs to prevent cancer in the world. In order to effectively prevent cancer, we must actively protect our precious immune system and maintain its good immune function. It must be noted that although the disease prevention function of the immune system is amazing, it often fails due to unhealthy lifestyles such as continuous intake of unhealthy food or lack of needed nutrition! Adhere to a healthy lifestyle and improve eating habits, take whole grains as the staple food and eat less food such as fat, cholesterol and sugar; Eat foods rich in vitamins, minerals, trace elements and vegetarian fiber. This can protect our immune system very well, thus preventing cancer very effectively.
Whole grains have "medicinal value"
Reminder: Although coarse grains are good, you should not eat more.
Without food, people can't live. Modern people who have lost their appetite for polished white rice and fine flour have turned their attention to whole grains, such as corn, millet and barley ... every fruit is made up of layers of wrapped seeds. This skin is rich in protein, vitamin B and minerals, while the germ is rich in fatty acids and protein. So it is more nutritious than refined rice flour. Besides,
Medical functions of whole grains
Wheat: It contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, amylase and maltase, and is also rich in vitamin E, which is an essential nutrient to protect the normal function of human blood, heart and nerves.
In addition, eating wheat often can also enhance memory, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves.
Millet: Sweet and slightly cold, it has the effects of strengthening the spleen, removing dampness and calming the nerves.
Corn: recognized as a golden crop in the world. Cellulose is 4- 10 times higher than polished rice and refined flour. Cellulose can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, eliminate the factors of colorectal cancer, reduce cholesterol absorption and prevent coronary heart disease. Corn can also absorb some glucose in human body, which can relieve diabetes.
Soybean: sweet in taste, flat in nature, has the effects of strengthening the spleen, widening the middle energizer, moistening dryness and promoting diuresis, and can be used for the adjuvant treatment of malnutrition, diarrhea, abdominal distension and emaciation, pregnancy poisoning, sore and swelling, traumatic bleeding and other diseases.
Mung bean: sweet in taste, cold in nature, has the functions of diuresis, detumescence, neutralization and detoxification, and cooling and quenching thirst.
Cowpea: Sweet, it has the effects of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping bleeding and quenching thirst.
Chinese medicine regards cowpea as a dietotherapy for nephropathy. Cowpea can tonify five internal organs, replenish qi, regulate middle energizer and dredge meridians.
Naked oats: protein is 1.6-2.2 times higher than rice and flour, and its fat is 2-2.5 times higher. Moreover, there is more linoleic acid in naked oats, which is easily absorbed by human body and has the effect of lowering cholesterol in human blood.
Naked oats contain less sugar and are ideal food for diabetics.
Buckwheat: Buckwheat contains chlorophyll and rutin, which are not found in other grains. Its vitamin Bl and vitamin B2 are 2 times more than wheat and 3 to 4 times more than nicotinic acid. Nicotinic acid and rutin contained in buckwheat are drugs for treating hypertension.
Regular consumption of buckwheat also has a certain effect on diabetes, and buckwheat can also be used externally to treat toxic sores and swelling.
Barley: Because of its greasy nature, it is often eaten with japonica rice. It can also be ground into flour cakes to eat. You can also cook tea to eat. It can also brew beer. The starch content of barley is slightly lower than that of rice and wheat, while protein, calcium, B vitamins and other substances are much higher than that of rice, which has the function of invigorating spleen and stimulating appetite. Barley is sweet and warms the stomach, which can help digestion, relieve qi and restore milk.
Because of its cool nature, people with deficiency and cold should eat less or not.
Seasoning can be used for diet therapy.
Seasoning not only adds flavor and fragrance to dishes, but also contains beneficial substances such as essential oils and enzymes, and has medical functions.
Fennel and celery, pepper, pepper and ginger can not only stimulate appetite, but also promote digestion; China has folk remedies for toothache.
Chewing cloves can relieve pain; Pepper and pepper can also stimulate blood circulation; Juniper fruit diuretic.
Here are some common seasonings. They will let housewives show their talents in cooking.
Octagonal: Special shape. Star-shaped arrangement, brownish red when mature, rich in fragrance, with the functions of warming the middle warmer, invigorating the spleen, regulating qi and relieving pain.
It is often fried with beef and mutton to remove fishy smell and enhance fragrance, and can also be used as medicine.
Pepper: Pepper originated in India. There are black pepper, green pepper and white pepper.
1. Black pepper can be used for stewing meat, cooking game and chafing dish.
2. The pickled or freeze-dried green pepper has a soft taste and can be used for cooking mutton and beef.
3. White pepper is dried after peeling mature pepper, and its taste is softer than black pepper. It is more fragrant and is an ideal seasoning for making fish and stews. It has the functions of detoxifying and regulating the stomach.
Chili powder: Chili powder is a traditional condiment. There are many kinds, and the spicy taste is different. It has the effects of eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, and sweating, and can be used for cooking braised pork.
Cinnamon: Cinnamon has a strong fragrance, and its taste is slightly different due to its dark color. Light brown has a soft taste. Dark color is very strong. It can be used to make cakes, desserts or stews.
Cinnamon has obvious enhancement effect on human immune function; Its mechanism is that it can enhance the proliferation and differentiation of human T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes, and enhance their functions. Enhance the killing function of killer cells and the phagocytic function of mononuclear phagocytes.
Ginger: commonly used dietotherapy, slightly sweet. There is a folk saying that ginger is not afraid of wind and frost in winter, but also can cure colds, vomiting and diarrhea. Suitable for all kinds of dishes, especially when cooking fish, you can use ginger to remove the fishy smell.
Ginger also helps to eliminate typhoid fever, dysentery and diseases.
Fennel: Fennel is a common condiment with sweet taste. Fennel oil can stimulate gastrointestinal blood vessels and enhance blood circulation, which is suitable for all kinds of stews.
Saffron: It is made of picked saffron petals. Its slightly sour flavor and difficulty in making make it the most expensive condiment in the world. It can be used for cooking mutton, poultry, desserts and baking cakes.
Mustard: Originated in West Asia. Now it has been widely planted and processed into mustard sauce, which can be used to stew various foods. It has the functions of ventilation and sterilization.
Garlic: Eating a few cloves of raw garlic every day in spring and autumn can prevent dysentery and enteritis.
Soaking garlic in vinegar can help prevent epidemic meningitis. (American Overseas Chinese News)