2. The gluten content of buckwheat is very low, and the main protein is globulin. Buckwheat has high lysine content and low methionine content in essential amino acids, and the amino acid pattern can be complementary to the main cereals with low lysine content (such as wheat, corn and rice).
3. The carbohydrate of buckwheat is mainly starch. Compared with other grains, it is easy to cook, digest and process because of its fine particles.
4. Buckwheat is rich in dietary fiber, the content of which is 10 times that of ordinary polished rice; Buckwheat contains more trace elements such as iron, manganese and zinc than ordinary grains.
5. Some flavonoids in buckwheat also have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, antiasthmatic and expectorant effects. Therefore, buckwheat is also called "anti-inflammatory food". In addition, these ingredients also have the effect of lowering blood sugar. Chinese medicine believes that buckwheat is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, stimulating appetite and moistening intestines, and resolving food stagnation.