Leek is rich in crude fiber and vitamins, which can not only help us to promote intestinal peristalsis and discharge the accumulated waste in the body, but also relieve constipation and prevent colorectal cancer. Many other vegetables are also rich in crude fiber, but the anti-digestion ability of leek is second to none among vegetables. Therefore, leek is an excellent diet food.

The health benefits of Chinese chives;

1. Hypolipidemic: Leek also has the function of detoxifying and removing blood stasis. Eating leeks regularly can not only help us reduce blood fat, but also prevent arteriosclerosis. In addition, eating leeks often helps us to lose weight, and also helps us to lower blood fat from another direction.

2, sterilization and anti-inflammatory: Many people think that leeks have a bad smell, in fact, because leeks contain a sulfide, which has excellent bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects, and has excellent bactericidal effect on typhoid dysentery and Escherichia coli.

3. beauty beauty: Leek is rich in vitamin A, which can improve eyesight, moisten lungs and beauty beauty. Eating leeks regularly can also prevent us from catching a cold and reduce the risk of catching a cold and asthma.

Extended information who should not eat leeks:

1, people with yin deficiency and strong fire: leeks can strengthen yang and tonify kidney, and many people like to eat leeks to tonify kidney. But you know what? In fact, kidney deficiency is also divided into yin deficiency and yang deficiency. One kind of people often have fever in their palms and soles, and they are prone to night sweats when sleeping. These are all symptoms of yin deficiency and excessive fire, belonging to kidney yin deficiency. People with kidney yin deficiency eat more leeks, which not only can't tonify the kidney, but also make the kidney qi more and more deficient, which has a negative impact on the body.

2, allergic people: volatile essential oils and sulfides contained in leeks are easy to cause allergies. Therefore, people who don't usually eat spicy food or are allergic should not eat leeks, otherwise it will easily cause allergies.

3, pregnant women: pregnant women can not eat leeks, this is because leeks have a certain role in promoting the uterus, which will make the uterus excited. In severe cases, it may even cause uterine contraction and abortion. So pregnant women should not eat leeks.

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Leek has many benefits to our health, but there are also some taboos. We must be more careful when eating. In addition, leeks are not only difficult to digest, but also difficult to cook. When we eat leeks, we must fully heat them until they are ripe. Otherwise, it will not only bring heavy pressure to our stomach, but also damage the function of our digestive system.

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