Spinach is a common vegetable for all of us. It is usually sold in vegetable markets or supermarkets. The methods of spinach home-cooked vegetables are: stir-fried spinach, spinach fried vermicelli, spinach pork liver soup and so on. So do you know what the nutritional value of spinach is? What are the efficacy and functions of spinach?
A. Nutritional value of spinach
1. Plant crude fibers
Spinach contains a large amount of plant crude fibers, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, facilitate defecation, promote pancreatic secretion and help digestion. For hemorrhoids, chronic pancreatitis, constipation, anal fissure and other diseases have therapeutic effect;
2. Carotene
The carotene contained in spinach, transformed into vitamin A in human body, can maintain normal vision and the health of epithelial cells, increase the ability to prevent infectious diseases, and promote the growth and development of children.
3. Carotenoid Substances
Spinach protects vision mainly because it contains a carotenoid substance that prevents retinal damage caused by sunlight. Eating spinach 2 to 4 times a week can reduce the risk of retinal degeneration. Spinach also contains more inorganic salts such as protein, riboflavin, iron and phosphorus than many vegetables, which have health effects on eyes.
4. Calcium
Spinach is rich in carotene, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and a certain amount of iron, vitamin E and other beneficial ingredients, can provide a variety of nutrients to the human body; its iron content, iron deficiency anemia has a good adjuvant therapeutic effect.
5. Trace Elements
Trace elements in spinach can promote human metabolism and health. Eating a lot of spinach can reduce the risk of stroke.
B. Efficacy and Function of Spinach
1. Diet and stomach nourishment
It is helpful for the secretion of gastric acid and digestion of food, and is suitable for the treatment of dietary stagnation syndrome. It also helps to neutralize stomach acid and relieve stomachache.
Stopping bleeding and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Suitable for patients with hemorrhagic diseases. Spinach can also promote the movement of human Qi and blood, which is suitable for the treatment of blood stasis syndrome.
2. Hypoglycemia
It has the function of lowering blood sugar, promoting sugar decomposition, converting excess sugar into heat, and improving body fat balance.
3. Prevention of constipation
Frequent spinach can keep intestinal excrement moist to facilitate defecation. People with habitual constipation often eat spinach and pig blood soup. Use fresh spinach 500 grams, wash and cut into sections; pork blood 250 grams, cut into small pieces, and spinach together with a proper amount of water boiled soup, seasoning in the meal when eating, eat at least twice a day, often eat habitual constipation is very effective.
4. Detoxification
Spinach is slippery and pleasant in quality and cold in odor. For those who are addicted to drugs due to swelling, poisoning and alcohol addiction, they can take some spinach into their stomach to clear away heat poisoning from their intestines and stomach.
C. Cautions for eating spinach
1. Blanch with boiling water before eating
Spinach is one of the seasonal vegetables on people's table in spring. However, boiling water is used before stir-frying spinach, which can remove the oxalic acid and astringency contained in spinach. Only by removing oxalic acid can the body absorb calcium from spinach. Otherwise, it not only affects the taste, but also reduces the nutritional value.
2. Don't go to the root
When people choose spinach, they are used to throwing away the root of spinach. Spring spinach has red roots and green stems and leaves, so for a long time, it has a nickname "Red-billed Green Parrot". We emphasize that spinach should not be rooted in spring. It is not simply based on its beautiful color. Spinach root belongs to the category of red food. It has a good dietary effect. If it is abandoned, it is a pity. Actually, spinach root is rich in nutrition, contains cellulose, vitamins and minerals, and does not contain fat. In particular, spinach root with ginger edible, can control or prevent diabetes.