Yaya, who is in her third year of high school this year, usually lives on campus due to her intense study Xi tasks, and only goes home on weekends. Yaya's mother thinks about improving the food for her children every weekend, and when she comes home this week, her mother plans to make Yaya's favorite steamed fish.
Yaya saw her mother busy in the kitchen, thinking that her mother had also been in class for a week, and she finally had to cook for herself after the weekend, so she thought about helping to do something. My mother said that she should cut some ginger shreds, and gave it to her mother after cutting it, but my mother asked her why she didn't remove the ginger peel and cut it again, and said, "Eating ginger without peeling it will make a lifelong disease if you eat the wrong one."
Yaya retorted helplessly: "Is there so much attention to eating ginger? Isn't it usually a little bit in rice?" She didn't agree with her mother's statement, thinking that ginger was just a seasoning agent, and there was no need to be so particular.
In fact, it is really particular, and today Xiao Miao will talk to you about this problem.
1. Eating ginger without peeling it, eating the wrong one for a lifetime?
Ginger as a familiar ingredient in the kitchen, many people will use ginger to remove the smell or seasoning when cooking, some people will peel when eating ginger, but many people say that eating ginger does not need to be peeled, so in the end ginger is not peeled?
Liu Tao, chief physician of the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases of Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, said: Ginger is a combination of yin and yang food, ginger meat is hot, and ginger skin is cool, therefore, ginger leaving ginger skin is cool, and removing ginger skin is hot.
Whether you peel the ginger or not depends on whether you need the effect of ginger peel. Generally speaking, it is recommended to peel these three situations: people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should remove the ginger peel, because the ginger peel is cold, which is not conducive to the spleen and stomach;
There are 2 situations where you don't need to peel it, for example, when the body is edema, leaving ginger peel can help water reduce swelling, and you can also not peel it in order to avoid fire.
Ginger contains a variety of bioactive compounds such as curcumin, pineol, ginger oil, etc., and consuming ginger can bring the following benefits!
1. Relieves nausea
Studies have found that ginger can reduce morning sickness and alleviate nausea after cancer treatment.
2. Relieve colds
Previous studies on the effects of fresh ginger and dried ginger on human cellular respiratory viruses have found that fresh ginger can protect the respiratory system, while dried ginger has no similar effect.
3. Improve the digestive system
Studies have found that ginger helps to decompose and excrete intestinal gas, and improves the digestive system.
4. Reduce pain and inflammation
A smaller 2016 review study found ginger to reduce menstrual cramps, and another study found oral ginger to treat osteoarthritis.
2. Eating too much ginger can cause liver cancer?
Ginger is found in almost every kitchen, after all, it is a common ingredient in cooking, but there are many sayings about ginger, some people say that eating ginger can cause cancer and ginger skin is harmful, is this really the case?
A study published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that safrole causes cancer and increases the risk of liver cancer. This study has pushed safrole-containing ginger into the wave of public opinion, and many people are worried that ginger will cause cancer if eaten. Researchers from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences tested 151 samples of ginger and found that the safrole levels were traceable, well below the EU standard. Therefore, ginger consumption in moderation is not harmful to health.
However, there is one type of ginger that is really not to be eaten. Li Junxian, attending physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, reminded that after ginger is left for too long and moldy, the safrole contained in it will increase sharply, and long-term consumption will increase the risk of cancer.
In addition, there are two most common rumors about ginger:
Myth 1: Eating ginger at night is better than arsenic?
The claim that eating ginger at night is better than arsenic is actually not supported by scientific research. This statement is mainly related to the gingerol in ginger, eating too much before going to bed will cause people to be more excited and affect sleep, but eating ginger at night has nothing to do with arsenic.
Myth 2: Can ginger prevent hair loss?
So far, there have been no studies to prove that ginger can prevent hair loss, but some experiments have found that ginger contains antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic ingredients, so it can relieve itchy scalp and dandruff. However, for people with severe hair loss, it is advisable to see a doctor as soon as possible.
3. How to eat ginger in daily life?
Ginger can be said to be a kind of medicine and food homologous ingredients, there is a saying that "eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer", so how to eat ginger usually?
1. Wind chill and cold
For the symptoms of chill in the early stage of wind chill and cold, you can use ginger and green onion boiled water, ginger brown sugar boiled water and other methods to improve.
2. Loss of appetite
For people with loss of appetite, you can wash and slice the ginger and sprinkle it with salt to marinate for 12 hours, then cover the ginger slices with vinegar, and seal it for four days before eating, eating 1-3 slices a day is enough.
3. When eating seafood
When eating seafood, you can pair it with ginger and perilla tea to ease the coldness of the seafood.
4. Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold
If you have abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea and other symptoms after spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, you can relieve it with ginger jujube tea, ginger rice tea, etc.
Ginger is good, but it's not for everyone. Because ginger is a hot food, patients with constipation, hepatitis, people with strong stomach fire, gastric ulcers and other stomach problems should not eat too much.
There are many sayings about ginger, but in fact, ginger is a food of the same origin as medicine and food, and there are many benefits to eating it properly. It is necessary to learn to eat ginger correctly and avoid excessive consumption.
Resources:
[1] "The price of ginger has nearly doubled, do you still have ginger in your house?", Mace Medicine.2020-12-07
[2] "These foods are highly toxic, don't keep them, don't eat them, throw them away!", Health Times.2023-05-31
[3] "Chinese Medicine in the Kitchen--Ginger". PSM Yaodun Public Welfare.2023-08-29
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