The characteristic function of Hami potato. Speaking of Hami potato, I believe many people don't know what it is. Hami potato is a kind of sweet potato that people often eat. Hami potato contains a lot of nutrients and has many effects on people's health. Let's learn about the special effects of Hami potatoes.
Hami potato 1 Hami is imported from abroad and is one of the few endemic varieties in China at present. It has high yield, good quality and high commodity rate. The potato pieces are spindle-shaped, the proportion is symmetrical, the appearance is beautiful, the cooked food is delicate and fragrant, the sweetness is high, and the pulp is transparent. It is called "rock sugar sweet potato" and has a good yield. Planting 100 days, fresh potatoes can reach 3000-4000.
This variety has short and medium vines, strong branching, semi-erect plant type, vigorous stem and leaf growth, purple top leaf, green petiole of old leaves, purple vein base and purple petiole base. Leaves heart-shaped, shallow concave.
Efficacy and function of Hami potato
1, Hami potatoes are good for the heart.
Hami potato is rich in potassium, beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin C and vitamin B6, which are helpful to prevent cardiovascular diseases. Potassium contributes to the balance of liquid and electrolyte in human cells and maintains normal blood pressure and heart function. β -carotene and vitamin C have the effects of anti-lipid oxidation and prevention of atherosclerosis. Supplementation of folic acid and vitamin B6 is helpful to reduce the level of homocysteine in blood, which can damage arterial blood vessels and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Hami potato has always been regarded by nutritionists as a balanced food with the same origin of medicine and food. Its calories are only one-third of that produced by the same weight of rice, and it contains almost no fat and cholesterol. Eating Hami potatoes regularly is beneficial to human health and has a certain weight loss effect. But don't eat too many Hami potatoes at a time to avoid abdominal discomfort such as heartburn, acid reflux or bloating.
2. Hami potatoes prevent emphysema
Smoking too much may lead to the symptoms of emphysema, and friends with emphysema can eat more Hami potatoes to relieve it. Hami potatoes are rich in vitamin A. Eating more Hami potatoes can effectively reduce the incidence of emphysema.
3. Hami potato has anti-cancer effect.
The most anticancer nutrients in the diet are β -carotene (the precursor of vitamin A), vitamin C and folic acid, which are all rich in Hami potatoes. A small Hami potato (about 2 times) can provide twice as much vitamin A, one third of vitamin C and about 50 micrograms of folic acid as the human body needs every day. The content of dietary fiber is higher than a bowl of oatmeal. The antioxidant effects of β -carotene and vitamin C are helpful to resist the damage of oxidative stress to genetic material deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and play a certain anti-cancer role.
Eating Hami potatoes regularly helps to maintain the normal folic acid level of the human body, and low folic acid content in the body will increase the risk of cancer. Hami potato has high dietary fiber content, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation and colorectal cancer.
Characteristics and Functions of Hami Potato Two Taboos of Hami Potato
Hami potatoes can't be eaten raw.
Many places like to eat Hami potatoes raw. Hami potatoes have high starch content and are difficult to digest raw, so Hami potatoes should be cooked. High temperature heating can not only make soluble fiber easier to digest, but also shorten the sugar chain and increase the sweetness of Hami potato.
Hami potatoes can't be eaten alone
If you only eat Hami potatoes, the content of protein is low, which will lead to unbalanced nutrition intake. Therefore, when eating Hami potatoes, you should cooperate with other grains. Hami potatoes are usually cut into pieces and cooked with rice into porridge. Actually, it's more scientific.
Hami potatoes can't be eaten too much.
Hami potato contains an oxidase, which is easy to produce a large amount of carbon dioxide gas in human gastrointestinal tract. If Hami potatoes are eaten too much, it is easy to cause symptoms such as bloating and burping. Eating too many Hami potatoes will also stimulate the production of gastric acid, which makes people feel heartbroken. On the other hand, the stomach is stimulated by acid and its contraction is strengthened. At this point, the cardia muscles at the junction of the stomach and esophagus relax, and the acid in the stomach flows back to the feeding tube, and people spit acid water.
Hami potatoes with black spots cannot be eaten.
Hami potato with black spots contains black spot virus, which is difficult to be destroyed and killed by high temperature. If eaten, it is easy to cause poisoning, and a series of poisoning symptoms such as fever, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may even lead to death.
The characteristic efficacy of Hami potato is 3 1. Raw Hami potatoes remove blood poison, and cooked Hami potatoes replenish qi and blood.
Hami potato is a very common food in life, and it is called the "number one dish" in the vegetable basket.
Hami potatoes with white skin and white heart are especially good for the skin. People with rough skin often eat Hami potatoes with white skin and white heart, and their skin will gradually become moist. Hami potatoes with red skins and hearts are more nutritious.
It is beneficial to qi and blood, and its function can be compared with that of jujube, which is not as easy to get damp and hot as jujube. A pale girl who insists on eating this Hami potato for a long time can improve her facial color.
There is a small recipe for using raw Hami potatoes skillfully: after chewing raw Hami potatoes, apply them around the hot sore, which is very helpful to relieve the pain.
This method is especially effective for Hami potatoes with white skin and white heart. Because raw Hami potatoes are anti-inflammatory and detoxifying, if you use Hami potatoes with white skin and white heart, it will also promote skin growth. If applied around the sore, pus can be forced out to promote the healing of the sore as soon as possible.
Hami potatoes are good for the spleen and stomach. Children's spleen and stomach are delicate and need Hami potatoes to supplement them. If you are a healthy child with no phlegm, it is natural to like Hami potatoes.
Hami potato has two-way regulating effect on intestinal function. People with constipation can often eat boiled Hami potatoes; And people who drink too much and hurt their spleen and stomach and cause diarrhea can eat baked Hami potatoes to relieve discomfort.
2, often eat Hami potato vines can lower blood sugar.
Many people don't know that Hami potato vines can also be eaten. Hami potato is recognized as a healthy food, and Hami potato vine has a strong health care function. Diabetic people can get the effect of lowering blood sugar by eating Hami potato vine.
The tender tips of Hami potato vines are very fragrant when fried, and taste a little like water spinach. Peel off the outer skin of the old stem of Hami potato vine, knead the stem inside into sections, and fry it with a little pepper and pepper. It's delicious.
Hami potato vine enters the liver meridian, which attracts attention. Hami sweet potato vine also has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can regulate enteritis, skin redness and sores. If you eat something unclean and your stomach is upset, you can use Hami potato vine to boil water. For skin sores, Hami potato leaves can be mashed and applied externally to reduce swelling and discharge pus.
3. Eat Hami potatoes with skin to prevent cancer and flatulence.
Many people like Hami potatoes, but generally don't eat their skins. In fact, Hami potatoes have good skins.
The flesh of plants is a pair of yin and yang, and Hami potato is no exception. Hami potato meat is "tonic", while Hami potato skin is "platoon", which means detoxification. Hami potato pulp supplements the spleen and stomach, and Hami potato skin helps digestion; Hami potato flesh tonifies qi and Hami potato skin aerates; Hami potato meat is acidic, while Hami potato skin is alkaline.
Eating Hami potatoes is easy to make people flatulence and heartburn. If you eat with skin, you can solve these problems.
How powerful is this Hami potato? Its anti-cancer cell ratio can reach more than 90%, and it can kill tumor cells in our body and protect our normal cells.
How do we usually eat Hami potatoes? Most of them are peeled off or eaten directly, but this layer connected with the skin is what we throw away, and the anti-cancer effect connected with the skin is the best.
Therefore, (in order not to take the first place in cancer prevention), we say that Hami potatoes must be washed, steamed and eaten with skin.
Special reminder: If the skin of Hami potato is discolored with black or brown spots, it means that it is partly rotten. At this time, it is not suitable for eating, let alone eating its skin.
4. It is beneficial to lose weight
Modern people eat more oil, meat, eggs and milk, exercise less, and are prone to obesity, which leads to "rich diseases". Hami potato has the characteristics of low fat content, less heat production and strong satiety, which just meets the basic requirements of dieters.
Every 100g of fresh Hami potato contains only 0 or 2 grams of fat, generating 99 kilocalories of heat energy, which is about one third of that of rice. Therefore, it is a good low-fat and low-calorie food. If it is used as a staple food, it can effectively reduce the intake of other foods, thus achieving the effect of losing weight.
In addition, Hami potatoes can effectively prevent sugar from turning into fat, which is beneficial to bodybuilding.
5. Hami Potato beauty beauty
Beauty beauty: Hami sweet potato contains estrogen-like substances, which can keep human skin delicate, reduce subcutaneous fat accumulation, moisturize skin, prevent wrinkles and beauty beauty.
Body-building and anti-aging: It contains various vitamins, protein, lysine and other nutrients, which can improve the body's immunity. They are all treasures of fitness and longevity, which can make people live longer.
Weight loss: coarse grains are rich in dietary fiber. After entering the intestine, they can clean up the waste in the intestine, gather toxins and waste, and let them be excreted smoothly.
Hami potatoes are also rich in dietary fiber and vitamins, which can create new cells in the intestine and promote metabolism.
6. Prevent high cholesterol.
The inhibitory effect of Hami potato on cholesterol is 10 times that of other foods. Therefore, if the cholesterol is high, you can eat two more Hami potatoes.
7. Help lower blood pressure
The auxiliary hypotensive effect of Hami potato is mainly attributed to its rich potassium. Because potassium and sodium are important elements that affect blood pressure, if the human body ingests enough potassium, it will promote the blood to discharge excess sodium; Eating foods rich in potassium will also promote the balance of mineral levels in the body, and ultimately play a certain role in assisting blood pressure reduction.
8. Reduce the risk of stroke
Hami potato is the absolute king of "high potassium and low sodium". Studies have found that foods rich in potassium such as Hami potatoes can reduce the risk of stroke by 20%.
9. Maintain joints
Hami potatoes are rich in mucin, which is good for maintaining joints.