Yam is ugly, but it has many functions. It used to be known to be nutritious. In fact, yam is not only a health product, but also a beauty product. Healthy diet summarizes several major effects of yam.

Prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Yam contains a lot of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on the blood vessel wall, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and achieve the effects of benefiting the heart, calming the nerves and prolonging life.

Treat dyspepsia

Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. Blindly nourishing the spleen and stomach is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food. Whether it is spleen yang deficiency or stomach yin deficiency, you can eat it.

Treating cough due to lung deficiency

Yam contains mucus, which has the function of lubricating and moistening dryness, so it benefits lung qi, nourishes lung yin, and treats lung deficiency. If it lasts for a long time, there will be more phlegm and chronic cough.

lose weight

Yam is a good helper for slimming, because it contains less calories, more nutrients and rich crude fiber, which is easy to increase people's satiety and control their appetite. Moreover, the fat content of yam is very low, with only 0.2g fat per100g yam, thus achieving the purpose of slimming.

Treat cold hands and feet

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet are closely related to physical weakness, while yam black chicken soup and longan yam soup have good effects of tonifying the middle warmer, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, which are especially suitable for patients with cold hands and feet. Friends with this symptom may wish to try.

Tips for healthy eating:

Although yam is very nutritious, you should also pay attention to the following points when eating.

1, people with high starch content in yam, full chest and abdomen, dry stool and constipation had better eat less.

2, yam is a tonic, sweet and hot, and people who are hot and easy to get angry should also be cautious.

3. People with diabetes should not eat too much yam at a time. When eating a large amount, the amount of staple food should be appropriately reduced. Because yam is a kind of rhizome food with high starch content, overeating will raise blood sugar.

4. Patients with peptic ulcer and liver cirrhosis should choose cooking methods such as steaming and stewing, and avoid cooking and vinegar.

There is one on the second floor of Jiujiang Wal-Mart called Ruichang Wushi Yam. You can buy authentic and delicious Ruichang yam.