Tofu is nutritious and contains iron, magnesium, potassium, nicotinic acid, copper, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, folic acid, vitamin B 1, egg yolk and vitamin B6. Every 100g of solid tofu contains 69.8% water, including protein 15.7g, fat 8.6g, carbohydrate 4.3g and fiber 0. 1g, which can provide 61.2kj of heat. Tofu is rich in amino acids and protein, and it is a good supplementary food for cereals. Tofu fat is 78% unsaturated fatty acid and contains no cholesterol, so it is called "vegetable meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu is above 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can meet a person's daily calcium requirement.

Tofu is a nourishing, heat-clearing and health-preserving food. Regular eating can tonify the middle energizer, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production to quench thirst and clear the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath, thirst, indigestion and fever. Modern medicine has proved that tofu not only has the function of increasing nutrition, helping digestion and stimulating appetite, but also is beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones (there is also calcium king-sour horn in fruits), which can increase the content of iron in blood in hematopoietic function; Tofu contains no cholesterol, which is a delicious food for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Supplementing nutrition for children, patients and the elderly is also a good diet therapy. Tofu is rich in phytoestrogens and has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer and hematological tumor diseases. Sterol and stigmasterol in tofu are both effective components in inhibiting cancer.

function

1. Tofu is the best special food with low insulin and ammonia stalk;

2. Tofu can improve the body fat structure;

3. Tofu can prevent cancer and fight cancer;

4. Tofu can prevent and resist menopausal diseases;

5. Tofu can prevent and resist osteoporosis;

6. Tofu can improve memory and mental concentration;

7. Tofu can prevent and resist aging and dementia;

8. Tofu can prevent and resist liver disease;

9. Tofu can prevent and resist diabetes;

10. Tofu can prevent and resist colds and influenza;

1 1. Eating tofu can prevent radiation, accelerate metabolism and prolong life;

12. Tofu can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases;

13. Tofu is helpful for menopausal women. When a female friend reaches a certain age, she is prone to menopausal syndrome because of insufficient estrogen secretion. At this time, many women will choose medication. Experts found that tofu contains a lot of estrogen-flavonoids. Therefore, eating more tofu can also supplement estrogen well;

14. Eating tofu is good for the treatment of constipation in the elderly. Because they are old, have poor digestive system and are often constipated, and tofu is soft and easy to digest. Therefore, experts suggest that the elderly eat more tofu, thus reducing constipation;

15. Eating frozen tofu helps to lose weight. Fresh tofu will produce an acidic substance after freezing, which can destroy the accumulated fat in the human body and achieve the purpose of losing weight. Although frozen tofu is frozen, its nutrients will not be destroyed and will not cause obvious hunger. Therefore, eating more tofu, especially frozen tofu, is very beneficial to many friends who are eager to lose weight;

16. Eating fermented bean curd can prevent brain aging. Beijingers like to eat stinky tofu and tofu from Wang Zhihe. Nanjing people like to eat fragrant dried food and smelly dried food; Anhui people like to eat hairy tofu; People in China still like to eat tofu no matter where they are. Experts tell us that once tofu is fermented, the biggest change is to produce a lot of vitamin B 12. If the human body lacks vitamin B 12, it will accelerate brain aging. Therefore, we should often eat fermented tofu, which is good for preventing brain aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Tofu, as a kind of food with the same origin of medicine and food, has many functions, such as invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency. According to the determination, the calcium content of 100g tofu is 140mg- 160mg, and the protein content of tofu is relatively high in plant food, which contains 8 amino acids necessary for human body, and also contains unsaturated fatty acids and lecithin which are lacking in animal food. Therefore, eating tofu regularly can protect the liver, promote metabolism, enhance immunity and detoxify.

prescription

Tofu and pork liver soup

Ingredients: 50g pork liver, tender tofu 1 block, salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, chopped green onion, wet starch, salad oil and fresh soup.

Practice: Wash pig liver, slice it, put it in a bowl, add refined salt, cooking wine and wet starch and mix well; Tofu, cut into small pieces, put the fresh soup into a pot, boil, add tofu, salt and salad oil, boil, pour pork liver, cook until cooked, add chopped green onion and monosodium glutamate, and serve.

Function: Yiqi Zhongjiao, Qingfei and Zhike. Tofu is used in this diet to promote fluid production, moisten dryness, clear away heat and detoxify, and can be used as a tonic to treat cough caused by lung heat. Pig liver, rich in vitamin A, is conducive to maintaining the health of respiratory epithelial tissue. This soup is suitable for children with bronchitis, cough due to lung heat, dry mouth and thirst, loss of appetite, etc.

Drunk

If you drink too much soju, your whole body will turn red and purple: slice it with hot tofu and stick it all over your body. If it is cold, change it and paste it again until you wake up.

Oral ulcers and bruises

Cut a piece of tofu and stick it on the sore, and change it constantly. Another way is to cook tofu with soju and then stick it on the sore. When you see the dried tofu, change it until it is not red.

avoid

All kinds of tofu (25 sheets)

It tastes cool and sweet.

Meridian tropism belongs to spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians.

Efficacy: benefiting qi, relieving middle energizer, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and toxic materials, harmonizing spleen and stomach, and resisting cancer.

A: Weak. Malnutrition, deficiency of both qi and blood, the elderly who win thin should eat; People with hyperlipidemia, high cholesterol, obesity and arteriosclerosis should eat it; People with diabetes should eat; Women with insufficient postpartum milk should eat it; Children should eat; People with phlegm-fire cough and asthma (including acute bronchitis and asthma) should eat it; Cancer patients should eat; Bean curd skin is most suitable for the elderly; Eat it while drinking, because tofu contains cysteine, which can accelerate the metabolism of alcohol in the body, reduce the toxicity of alcohol to the liver and protect the liver.

Bogey: Because tofu contains more purines, gout patients with abnormal purine metabolism and patients with elevated blood uric acid concentration should not eat tofu; Deficiency of spleen and stomach, frequent diarrhea, loose stool, do not eat. If you take too much, it will increase the burden on the kidneys and further reduce the renal function, which is not good for your health. In addition, people with stomach cold and spleen deficiency are not suitable for eating more, which is easy to cause indigestion and promote the formation of arteriosclerosis. Finally, it should be noted that excessive consumption of tofu can easily lead to iodine deficiency, because tofu contains more purines, and people with abnormal purine metabolism and elevated blood uric acid concentration can lead to gout attacks.