Someone once famously said---- If life is too hard, you add some sugar!"
But for the ancients, it was not easy to eat something sweet!
As an important source of calories for the human body, sweets were a good thing for the ancients to quickly replenish physical strength. However, in the underdeveloped food industry, it is not easy to eat some dessert.
Sugar cane, becomes a scarce sweet
For the birth of sugarcane, there is still no conclusive conclusion, some people think it is imported, and some people say that it is local.
But at least in the Lingnan region, the locals have long used sugar cane to obtain sugar, and it is also written in the Chu Ci: "Turtle cannon lamb, there are garnet * pulp" (柘, pronounced zhè, tong "cane").
With the arrival of spring, sugar cane has also become a seasonal fruit.
Although sugarcane is not a fruit, sugarcane is juicy and sweet, and in daily life, many people will eat sugarcane as a fruit.
Sugar cane contains a lot of water and sugar, which can quickly replenish the body's energy.
And sugarcane contains iron, carbohydrates, fiber, as well as vitamins, various minerals, etc. are many, eat some sugarcane appropriately, has a certain health care effect on human health.
What are the edible benefits of sugarcane?
As a major sugar raw material, eating some sugar cane appropriately can play a role in improving anemia, intestinal cleansing, laxative, cough and phlegm, and hypoglycemia symptoms.
Sugarcane contains more organic calcium, iron, phosphorus and other mineral elements, which can provide certain nutrients to the human body.
The sugarcane contains high levels of water, vitamins, and sugars, which can quickly replenish heat energy for the human body.
First, improve anemia
Sugar cane contains a lot of iron, which is well absorbed by the intestine.
For people with iron deficiency anemia, eating some sugar cane appropriately can alleviate a series of uncomfortable symptoms caused by anemia and can also play a role in preventing iron deficiency anemia.
2. Clear the intestines and laxative
Sugarcane contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can stimulate the intestine, quickly excrete some stools in the intestine, and also play a role in cleaning up intestinal toxins and regulating intestinal function.
3. Cough and phlegm
Sugarcane has a certain cough and sputum effect, if there is a sore throat, cough with phlegm, when the lungs are strong, you can properly squeeze some sugarcane juice to drink, has a good relief effect.
At the same time, you can also mix the yam puree with sugarcane juice and stir it evenly, steam it and eat it, which has a better effect on phlegm and cough.
Fourth, improve hypoglycemia
Sugar cane contains very high sugar, and sugar cane sugar has the effect of inhibiting cancer cells.
In addition, the glucose, fructose and sucrose content contained in sugarcane is particularly high, which has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of hypoglycemia.
Moldy sugar cane, don't eat it!
Since sugarcane is not easy to store for a long time, it is particularly susceptible to mildew in the spring of the following year if it is harvested in November of the first year.
Once mildew occurs, sugar cane is contaminated with Arlhrinium SPP, which in turn produces a toxin called 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA).
The toxin itself is resistant to high temperatures and is soluble in water, so it is difficult to weaken its toxicity during daily heating and cleaning.
If the human body consumes such sugarcane, the toxin will damage the nervous system, produce irreversible damage, and in severe cases, endanger its life.
However, usually mildew sugarcane, generally the fruit body becomes soft, the part is darker than normal sugarcane, brown or red, and at the same time smells musty or lees, so do not eat.
At the same time, some unscrupulous merchants will sell moldy sugarcane juice, so do not buy sugarcane juice from unknown sources.
How much sugarcane is more appropriate to eat?
Although sugarcane is not a fruit, but the nutritional characteristics are similar to fruits, so how much to eat, we may wish to refer to the mainland residents dietary guideline tips: fruit daily intake of 200 ~ 350 grams.
Therefore, if you eat it directly, considering the laborious chewing, it is generally appropriate to eat 1 or 2 sessions.
If you are juicing to drink, considering the sugar and calories of sugarcane juice, it is not advisable to drink more than 200ml of sugarcane juice at a time, which is equivalent to the size of a disposable paper cup.