Nowadays, it is the season when radishes are on the market in large quantities, and folk are known as "turnip race ginseng in October" and other sayings.
Modern medicine has also confirmed that it is rich in strong antioxidants - anthocyanins and sulforaphane sulfur, which have a positive effect on improving human immunity, anti-aging, auxiliary prevention of cancer, etc.; the mustard oil and dietary fiber contained can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help the discharge of waste in the body...
There are many benefits of eating radish, but there are so many colors of white, red and yellow, how to choose, and how to eat it?
01 The color of the radish is different, and the effect is one
Nowadays, there are more and more types of radishes on the market, not only in long and round shapes, but also in different colors. With its health diet, its efficacy is actually different.
1, white radish - raw to moisten the lungs, cooked to moisten the intestines
White radish has a cool and sweet taste, and the effect of raw and cooked food is different.
White radish raw eat raw jin lungs, heat detoxification, for dry mouth and tongue, dry eyes, constipation and yellow urine, eat raw radish effect is good.
After cooking, it has the effect of digesting food and dissolving sputum stagnation, which is suitable for hypochondria caused by spleen and stomach weakness, bloating caused by eating too much, constipation and bloating caused by insufficient gastrointestinal motility, cold bloating caused by cold and coughing with phlegm.
2, green radish - clear liver fire
White radish and green radish have similar effects, but they are biased into the liver meridian, so the emphasis is on clearing the liver fire. People with short temper, red face, dizziness, headache, poor digestion, dry stool, red urine and other symptoms can choose to eat green radish.
3, carrots - iron and disease resistance
Compared with white radish and green radish, the fibrous lignin in carrots is higher, which can strengthen the body's ability to fight viruses; at the same time, carrots have inhibitory effects on streptococcus, staphylococcus, pneumococcus and E. coli.
Experiments have confirmed that chewing 100 grams of carrots a day can produce certain interferons, which helps the body resist the occurrence of diseases.
In addition, the iron content in carrots is 40% higher than that of white radish and 75% higher than that of green radish, from this point of view, it has certain benefits for preventing iron deficiency anemia.
However, in comparison, plant iron supplementation is not as good as animal iron supplementation, for people with anemia, it is more recommended to eat hair blood, red meat, etc. or iron supplement supplements.
Note: Although radish is good, but the raw food is cold, spleen and stomach deficiency or yin sheng cold physique should not eat more, qi deficiency should not eat, duodenal ulcer, threatened miscarriage, uterine prolapse patients should eat less radish.
4, carrots - anti-aging eyesight
Although carrots are also called radishes, they do not belong to the same family as the above three kinds of radishes, so the natural difference in efficacy is also large.
The main nutrients of carrots are β-carotene, a natural antioxidant, which can help delay aging; in addition, after entering the human body, it is converted into vitamin A, which can help the repair of liver cells, improve the body's immunity, and also have a good therapeutic effect on night blindness and dry eye.
However, it should be noted that the nutrients in carrots need to be heated for better absorption by the human body, and carotene is still a fat-soluble substance, and it is best to accompany some meat when eating.
02 Radish is so clever, healthy and everyone
A single diet, the effect is relatively limited, how to achieve the effect of 1 + 1≥2?
1. White radish + olive
Radish stewed olives, also known as "Green Dragon White Tiger Soup", has been recorded in the ancient book "Wang's Medical Case" that it can effectively prevent the occurrence of upper respiratory tract problems.
Directions: 10 olives cut open, 250 grams of radish into pieces, 3 slices of ginger, if you like sweet, you can add a few dates to taste, put them in the pot and simmer for 30 minutes.
Olives, also known as green fruits, have the function of clearing the lungs and throat, quenching thirst, and with radish, it can not only assist in the treatment of cough and sore throat, but also have a certain effect on long-term use to prevent influenza.
2, radish juice + sugarcane juice
Directions: 100ml of sugarcane juice, 50ml of white radish juice, mix the two well and drink slowly. Take 2 doses daily for 5 to 7 days.
Sugarcane into the lungs, stomach two meridians, has a special effect of raw jin, lower qi, moisturizing, tonic lungs and stomach, with radish for tonsillitis caused by throat pain has a relief effect.
03 Radish message to distinguish between true and false
There are many benefits to radish, but there are also many "rumors" about it: carrots and white radish cannot be eaten together? You can't eat turnips when taking medicine... So how true or false are these rumors?
1, white radish and carrots are compatible, can not eat together?
Rumor has it: "Carrots contain a decomposition enzyme called ascorbic acid, which breaks down the vitamin C in white radish, so the two cannot be eaten together." ”
But in fact, the heat resistance of ascorbic acid is very low, in the process of heating cooking, the high temperature will make it inactive, so it will not destroy the vitamin C contained in the white radish; in addition, the white radish itself actually contains ascorbic acid and can be eaten together.
2. Can't eat radish when eating Chinese medicine?
The downward and stagnant effect of white radish is strong, which is the reason why many people think that radish antidote.
Experts said that white radish and white radish seeds can indeed affect the medicinal properties of some ginseng tonics, such as ginseng, party ginseng, prince ginseng, etc., while for some other drugs have no effect, and can even promote the treatment of food accumulation, gas stagnation drugs. Therefore, it is not possible to generalize.
3. Must you peel the radish when eating it?
Many people are used to eating radish when the skin is removed, feel buried in the soil is not clean, do not know, a lot of the nutrients in the radish are focused on the radish skin.
In recent years, the medical community has found that radish is one of the best sources of calcium supplementation for the human body, not only high in calcium content, but also does not contain oxalic acid, which is more conducive to human absorption, and radish skin contains the most calcium; not only that, its vitamin C is also 2 times that of the meaty part.
Three tricks to pick a good turnip
Look at the color: the skin is smooth, the color is tender and white, and the flesh of this radish is more delicate;
Weight: the same size, heavier in the hand, more water;
Look at the root whiskers: The root whiskers in front of the radish are straight, indicating that the radish is fresher.
Edited by / Huang Qianwen
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