In my parents' day, almost every household cooked with lard. Compared with other oils, lard has irreplaceable special flavor, which can stimulate people's appetite and make dishes more delicious.
But now people pay more and more attention to health preservation, and fewer and fewer people eat lard, because most people think that lard is mostly oil and is very unfriendly to human body.
The folk saying that "a spoonful of lard is equal to Five Blessingg medicine" is too exaggerated, and lard has not achieved the magical effect we said. But we have to face up to the benefits of lard. So what are the benefits of eating lard? Let's have a look.
There is an old saying in the countryside that "a spoonful of lard is worth ten medicines". Why are fewer people eating lard now? My personal feeling is that people's living conditions are better now. Eating too much lard is not good for patients with hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, so it is not advisable to eat too much lard.
But it is beneficial that eating lard can moisten people's intestines. Because the texture of lard is particularly delicate, it plays a lubricating role in the intestines, so defecation will become smooth.
Eating lard also has a good protective effect on people's spleen and stomach and lungs. If people usually have a bad appetite and are particularly thin, they are very suitable for eating this kind of lard.
1. spleen and stomach: lard is sweet and has a special flavor. Eating lard in moderation is beneficial to increase appetite and relieve stomach acid, stomachache and other discomfort.
2. Runchang laxative: Lard has a certain lubricating effect, and moderate consumption is conducive to Runchang laxative.
3. Moisturize skin and promote hair growth: lard can supplement lung yin to a certain extent, and lung governs fur, and the growth of skin and hair depends on the nourishment of lung, so proper consumption of lard is conducive to promoting hair growth.
In addition, lard has high fat and fatty acid content, and can be eaten or used externally to relieve symptoms such as dry skin and chapped skin.
4. Others: Lard has a certain detoxification effect, which can alleviate the toxicity caused by many traditional Chinese medicines.
In addition, pig fat contains a lot of amino acids, vitamin A and vitamin D. Proper consumption can improve the calorie and calcium content of human body and help keep out the cold in cold season.
Under normal circumstances, if you eat lard often, it will still have a certain impact on your body.
Eating too much lard is bad for your health. Fatty acids in lard are mostly saturated fatty acids, which can cause atherosclerosis. Eating too much lard will cause high incidence of chronic diseases such as cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction and arteriosclerosis of lower limbs.
Lard itself contains some energy. From a nutritional point of view, 1g fat produces 9 kilocalories. If you eat lard regularly, it may lead to excessive energy intake, which will be stored in the body in the form of fat, leading to a high incidence of overweight and obesity.
Compared with other edible oils on the market, lard is rich in nutrition, but high in calories. Long-term consumption of lard in large quantities will affect health, but proper consumption of lard can also prevent and treat diseases.
Dietary Guidelines for China Residents suggest that the amount of saturated fat consumed by each person should be below 10% of the total calories, that is, lard should be controlled within 50g.
Cooking with lard also needs attention. If the oil temperature is too high, it will produce harmful substances. It is recommended to pay special attention when cooking.
1. causes cardiovascular disease.
The content of saturated fatty acids in lard is high, which is easy to cause cardiovascular diseases. Lard contains about100g of cholesterol. A large number of data show that saturated fatty acids will increase the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, and eating lard often will easily block blood vessels in the body, thus causing cardiovascular diseases.
Lead to obesity
Lard is animal fat, which is rich in saturated acid and is not easily absorbed by human body. If it is not absorbed after entering the human body, it will cause fat accumulation, and long-term consumption of lard cooking will lead to obesity.
3. Lead to arteriosclerosis
The fat and cholesterol in lard are relatively high, but the human body can't absorb too much fat and cholesterol and can only stay in the body. So eating lard for a long time may cause arteriosclerosis.
1. Hepatitis B patients have impaired liver function and decreased bile secretion of hepatocytes. After eating lard, bile needs to be emulsified and absorbed in the stomach because lard is animal fat. However, the gallbladder secretion and fat digestion ability of patients with hepatitis B are reduced, and eating lard will cause diarrhea and nausea, so you can't eat lard.
2. For patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly, lard contains a lot of cholesterol, which may aggravate atherosclerosis and lead to the aggravation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases again. Therefore, we usually need a low-fat and low-salt diet, reduce greasy, spicy and irritating foods, avoid smoking and drinking, avoid staying up late, and exercise properly at ordinary times to enhance our physical fitness.
3. People with phlegm-dampness constitution should not eat lard. Phlegm-dampness constitution should not eat lard, and eat less fishy and greasy things, such as lard and pigskin, so as to avoid dampness and phlegm.
Lard is a kind of fat extracted from pig's fat after being boiled with small fire, and it tastes fragrant when used in cooking.
In the process of boiling lard, after lard is completely extracted, the remaining solid matter is lard residue, which contains a lot of saturated fatty acids. Proper consumption can provide energy for the human body to a certain extent and increase satiety.
You can eat less oil residue after fat extraction, which is harmless to human health, but you can't eat too much. Because oil residue contains a lot of animal fat, mainly saturated fatty acids, such as palmitic acid and stearic acid, it is relatively difficult to digest in human digestive tract. If you eat too much animal fat often, it will easily lead to obesity.
In addition, oil residue is a high-calorie and high-cholesterol food. Regular consumption can also cause cholesterol to rise, which is easy to induce arteriosclerosis, heart disease, high blood pressure and other diseases. So for your own health, don't eat too much lard residue.
If you want to eat the oil residue of fat refining, you can also mix some vegetables, such as bean sprouts and cauliflower. It can not only meet the nutrition needed by the body, but also help to inhibit fat absorption and avoid increasing the burden on the body.
When eating oil residue, if the surface is burnt black, you can't eat it any more, which is not good for human health. It is suggested to eat fresh meat and vegetables, which can not only ensure nutrition, but also be beneficial to health.