Every year on February 24, the "World Hate Coriander Day".
6 years ago, a group of people poisoned by coriander expressed their resistance and complained and opposed coriander through their own actions.
Together, they set up a domain name on the Internet called ---- "ihatecilantro.com," which translates to "I hate coriander."
And on this day, they take various actions to express their protest against coriander:
(If they come across a well-known fast food restaurant launching a new place for coriander a few days ago, I wonder if the sign can be saved?) ）
There is no unprovoked love, and there is no unprovoked hate
According to a 2012 journal article published by scholars at the University of Toronto, Caucasians and East Asians surveyed did not like coriander in 17 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
For people who hate coriander, a few slices of coriander in a bowl of noodles are equivalent to mouse in a pot of soup.
The Nanjing specialty snack --- duck blood vermicelli soup, the coriander on it is the essence, but it dissuades many diners who reject coriander.
Why do they hate coriander so much?
Mainly because of the 2 genes of the human body---
First, the TAS2R1 gene on human chromosome 5
This gene mainly affects the degree of acceptance of bitterness in humans, and the degree of recognition of bitterness is also different for people to feel bitterness.
The development of this gene determines that humans are more likely to taste bitterness in certain foods, such as they do not like to eat broccoli and cabbage, because they can taste these vegetables contain the chemical composition of PTC.
For these people, eating coriander is like eating bed bugs.
Second, the OR6A2 gene on human chromosome 10
This gene belongs to the olfactory gene, which determines how sensitive people are to the smell of aldehyde chemical components, and coriander contains aldehyde chemical components.
Therefore, they can smell these ingredients in the coriander more, and they have an instinctive and strong resistance to the coriander.
Coriander, is it worth eating?
Coriander contains more vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin A, and carotene, as well as more abundant calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, mannitol, linalool, malic acid and so on.
And these ingredients also have some effects on the human body:
First, improve appetite
The volatile oils in coriander contain substances such as mannitol, linalool and n-analaldehyde, which can be appetizing and awakening the spleen.
For indigestion, food stagnation, eat some coriander appropriately, can play a role in increasing appetite and improving digestive function.
For pregnant women, it can play a role in stopping morning sickness and regulating the gastrointestinal tract. If there is nausea, vomiting, and low appetite during pregnancy, some vegetables can be mixed with soup porridge, which can achieve the effect of enhancing appetite and promoting digestion.
Second, supplement vitamin C
The content of vitamin C contained in coriander is very high, many times higher than that found in some leafy green vegetables.
Coriander also contains vitamin B, vitamin E, vitamin A, carotene, which has a good improvement effect on human skin.
Third, drive away the wind and cold
The fragrant benzene ring compounds contained in coriander have a good role in promoting the blood flow of the human body, and the high potassium and low sodium mineral structure of coriander have a very good effect on the body's water leakage and can improve the body's metabolic capacity.
If you suffer from a cold, you can eat coriander appropriately, which can play an auxiliary role in treating colds and preventing colds.
Fourth, lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar
The active ingredient in coriander can reduce the synthesis of cholesterol in the body, and it can also promote metabolism and reduce the amount of glucose in the serum.
For patients with hypertension and hyperglycemia, it has the effect of lowering blood pressure and lowering blood sugar.
Children who do not want to eat coriander, parents must not force it
What is more frightening than coriander is that parents force people who do not want to eat coriander to eat coriander, and even say that the more bitter the more difficult the food, the more nutritious it is.
But in fact, using nutrition as an excuse to forcibly stuff some extremely disgusted foods into children's bowls still has many negative effects on children's eating habits and self-eating cognition.
Therefore, instead of using this method of not paying off the loss to force a healthy eat, it is better to let parents spend a little more time to find the vegetables or favorite practices that their children like to eat.
If you continue to listen, I am afraid that you will feed an anti-coriander fighter who has never been seen before!
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