2. Nutritional components:
Compendium of Materia Medica says: "bran is the skin of wheat, which is the same as floating wheat, and its antiperspirant power is second only to floating wheat, which has meat." "Herbal Supplement" says, "Bread can stop diarrhea, regulate middle energizer and remove heat, which is healthy. Steamed with vinegar, put it in a bag, burn the waist and foot, relieve pain and disperse blood. " Milk is made of cow's blood, which is sweet, slightly cold and nontoxic, and can nourish the five internal organs. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" records: "Moisturize the skin, nourish the heart and lungs, clear away heat and detoxify." Compendium of Materia Medica records: "It is very beneficial for the elderly to cook porridge to moisten their stools, treat qi dysentery and eliminate jaundice." Cooking porridge with milk and wheat bran can not only replenish deficiency and quench thirst, but also stop sweating and relax bowels. Because this porridge is nourishing and sweet, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold are prone to diarrhea, and those with phlegm-dampness should use it with caution.
Wheat bran is the skin of wheat seeds and a by-product after processing into flour, which is called wheat bran. There are some germs at the end of wheat husk (that is, the part where wheat germinates), accounting for about 5- 10% of the total wheat husk, and a part of flour is about 1/3- 1/2. Wheat bran is divided into six layers, and the outer five layers contain more crude fiber and are not easy to digest. Wheat bran contains most vitamin B.
3. Function value:
1. Wheat bran is rich in dietary fiber and is an essential nutrient for human body. It can increase the fiber content in food, improve constipation and promote the excretion of fat and nitrogen, which is of great significance to the prevention and treatment of common fiber deficiency in clinic.
2. Due to the intake of high fiber components, the excretion of steroids in feces can be reduced, and the main boundary metabolic process of cholesterol in human body is excretion through feces, so serum cholesterol can be reduced and the formation of atherosclerosis can be slowed down;
3. It helps to prevent colon cancer and rectal cancer;
4. It can reduce the content of estrogen in blood and prevent breast cancer;
B vitamins contained in wheat bran have many functions in the body and are indispensable nutrients for normal food metabolism.
4. Wheat bran effect:
1, wheat bran can reduce the risk of rectal cancer. An experimental study of patients in new york Hospital Medical Center found that eating two ounces of wheat bran every day can make early rectal polyps shrink within six months. At the same time, the study found that a diet rich in wheat bran can reduce the estrogen content of premenopausal women, thus reducing the risk of breast cancer.
2. Premenopausal women eat 3-4 wheat bran muffins every day, but their fat intake does not decrease for 2 months. As a result, the occurrence of breast cancer has been obviously controlled. It can be seen that wheat bran fiber has some effects by reducing the number of intestinal bacteria. The specific eating method is: 10 ~ 15g wheat bran is washed and eaten in milk or porridge. Clinically, some patients have really recovered from intestinal cancer treated with wheat bran for 3 months.