Monascus is a kind of bioactive bacteria parasitic on monascus rice, which is extracted by biotechnology and liquid fermentation. In recent years, pharmacologists have found that monascus is an excellent natural drug for lowering blood lipid and blood pressure. Why do you say that? What are the hypolipidemic effects of monascus?
First of all, we say that monascus is parasitic on monascus rice, which is actually one of the common staple foods. This kind of red kojic rice itself has many health-preserving effects, and many people like to eat it. It is said that it has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on the "three highs" problem, and some experts have explained that for people with poor gastrointestinal function, eating red yeast rice also has the effect of regulating the health of the spleen and stomach.
A large number of studies have found that monascus has a very powerful function of comprehensively regulating blood lipids and achieving "three reductions and one liter" (that is, reducing cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, triglyceride and increasing high-density lipoprotein).
The nutritional value of monascus rice is: 1. Modern medical research reports believe that monascus has the function of lowering blood pressure and blood lipid, and monascus K can prevent the production of cholesterol.
2. Red rice skin is purple-red, heart-red, slightly sour and light in taste. It has a strong coloring ability to protein, so it is often used as an edible coloring pigment.
3. Compared with the chemically synthesized red pigment, Redmi has the advantages of non-toxicity and safety, and also has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.