The correct washing method of cabbage, nutritional value, health benefits and food combination of cabbage.
Introduction of cabbage.
Cabbage, scientific name Brassica oleracea L.v ar. Capitata l. is a cruciferous plant of the genus canola, a varieta of the Brassica oleracea l. Also known as cabbage, pimple white, baocai, round cabbage, etc. It's a common vegetable. About 90 percent water, which is rich in vitamin C, is the third better food recommended by the World Health Organization. Raw cabbage is rich in vitamin C, vitamin B6, folate and potassium, and cooked cabbage is also rich in vitamin C, potassium and folate.
The nutritional value of cabbage.
Nutrition: raw cabbage is rich in vitamin C, vitamin B6, folate and potassium, and cooked cabbage is also rich in vitamin C, potassium and folate.
Content (per 100 grams) : three nutrients, calories 20 kcal, 1.5 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 3.4 grams of carbohydrates, no cholesterol, 0.5 grams of dietary fiber.
Vitamin: Vitamin B1 0.03 mg, Vitamin B2 0.03 mg, vitamin E 0.5 mg, vitamin A 12 microgram, niacin 0.4 mg, folate 100 micrograms, vitamin C 16 mg, carotene 0.07 mg.
The water content of cabbage is high (about 90%), and the quantity of heat is low, but the quantity of heat in most salad is 5 times higher than pure cabbage, because the salad often contains flavorings rich in fat, person who want to lose weight through control diet had better make salad with the flavorings of low quantity of heat.
Sauerkraut made with cabbage has about the same nutritional value as unfermented cabbage, except that it contains more sodium.
Cabbage of all kinds is a good source of potassium.
Japanese scientists believe that cabbage's anti-aging, antioxidant effect is at the higher level as asparagus, cauliflower.
The nutritional value of cabbage and Chinese cabbage are almost the same, and the content of vitamin C is about twice as high. In addition, cabbage is rich in folic acid, which is one of the benefits of kale vegetables, so pregnant women and people with anemia should eat more cabbage. Cabbage is also an important beauty product.
Cabbage can improve immunity, prevent colds, and ensure the quality of life for cancer patients. Cabbage ranks fifth among cancer-fighting vegetables.
Fresh cabbage contains bactericidal, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, has a certain effect on the throat pain, trauma and swelling, mosquito bites, stomach pain, toothache.
Cabbage contains a certain ulcer healing factor, has a good therapeutic effect on ulcer, can accelerate wound healing, is an effective food for patients with gastric ulcer. Eat more cabbage, also can increase appetite, promote digestion, prevent constipation.
Cabbage is also an ideal food for people with diabetes and obesity.
Cabbage and other mustard vegetables contain small amounts of goiter causing substances that interfere with the thyroid's use of iodine and, when compensated by the body, make the thyroid gland larger, creating goiter. Cabbage's goiter effect can be eliminated with large amounts of dietary iodine, such as iodized salt, sea fish, seaweed and seafood.
Good quality cabbages are tough and sturdy, heavy on the hand, and have glossy green leaves on the outside. However, spring fresh cabbages are generally wrapped a little loosely, choosing the moist and soft kind.
Insect bites, yellowing of leaves, cracking, and decay are common defects of cabbage that can be easily detected and any severely damaged cabbage mentioned above should be avoided.
The function and health effect of cabbage.
✵1. Weight loss effect: cabbage is a great food to reduce weight, contains a very low number of calories and fat, dietary fiber is also very high, after stir-frying cabbage and pepper together, can promote the periperium of the intestines and stomach, fast discharge of excess garbage in the body, to slim weight loss effect.
✵2. Anti-cancer effect: cabbage has anti-cancer effect. Pectin and crude fiber can bind and prevent the absorption of intestinal endotoxin, promote defecation, inhibit the growth and reproduction of cancer cells, and reduce the incidence of bladder cancer by 40%.
✵3. Sterilization, anti-inflammatory: cabbage has a strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, have a certain effect for mosquito bite, stomachache, toothache, trauma swelling and pain.
✵4. Anti-aging: anti-aging, anti-oxidation effect, at a higher level as asparagus, cauliflower.
✵5. Cure ulcer: cabbage is rich in vitamin U, vitamin U has a good therapeutic effect on ulcer, can accelerate the healing of ulcer, but also can prevent gastric ulcer malignant change.
✵6. Benefit joints, strong bones: ancient works Ben Cao Gang Mu(Compendium of Materia Medica) recorded that cabbage benefit joints, strong bones, is not out of air, because cabbage is rich in vitamin A, calcium and phosphorus, can promote the development of bone, prevent osteoporosis, very conducive to the growth of children and bone health care of the elderly.
✵7. Cure anemia: cabbage is also rich in folic acid, an important medicine used to prevent and treat anemia.
✵8. Rich in vitamin C: cabbage is rich in vitamin C, can relieve cold symptoms, eliminate fatigue, an adult eat 2-3 pieces of cabbage every day, can meet 50 percent of the daily vitamin C requirements.
✵9. Kill abnormal cells: cabbage is rich in propyl isothiocyanate derivatives that kill abnormal cells in the body that cause leukemia.
✵10. Prevent Alzheimer's disease: cabbage contains lysine and tryptophan, two amino acids that are good for the growth of children and preventing Alzheimer's disease.
Foods suitable for combination with cabbage.
Every kind of food is can have the contraindications of a few diets, cabbage is not exceptional, some food and it plays CARDS can have better effect, some is harm, the following small makeup is detailed introduction for everyone!
✵Cabbage + black fungus: tonifying kidney and bone, filling essence and brain: Chinese cabbage and black fungus, can enhance the body immunity, not only can tonify the kidney and bone, fill essence and brain, but also can strengthen the spleen and channel collaterals, can improve the digestive tract ulcer, chronic illness body deficiency, weak, tinnitus forgetfulness and other diseases.
✵Cabbage + shrimps: enhance iodine absorption: Cabbage is a familiar dish, cabbage is rich in high vitamin elements, but also can improve the immunity of the human body. It is the third better food recommended by the World Health Organization.
The function of Chinese cabbage: tonifying the kidney, strengthening bone, filling marrow and brain, strengthening stomach and body, preventing cancer and fighting cancer, prolonging life food collocation.
✵Cabbage + shrimps: enhance iodine absorption: Cabbage contains a few to send the material of goiter, can interfere with thyroid to iodine-using, with iodine-rich seafood, if taken with shrimp skin, can increase human body iodine-absorbing, beneficial to the body.
✵Cabbage + shrimps: strengthen the body, prevent disease and resist disease. Chinese cabbage is rich in vitamins and trace elements, which can enhance the immunity of the body. When taken with shrimps, it can strengthen the body, prevent and resist diseases, and assist in dietary therapy for atherosclerosis, cholelithiasis and obesity.
✵Cabbage + tomato: benefit QI and generate body fluid: combine cabbage and tomatoes with food, has benefit effect of QI and generate body fluid, have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on fatigue, upset thirsty, poor appetite and other diseases.
✵Cabbage + liver: nutrient loss, Cabbage is rich in vitamin C, if eaten together with animal liver, vitamin C is easy to be oxidized by iron and copper plasma in liver, making the nutrient loss.
✵Cabbage + cucumber: destroy vitamin C. Cabbage is rich in vitamin C, while cucumber contains vitamin C decomposing enzyme. If the two are eaten together, vitamin C is easy to be destroyed and the nutritional value will be reduced, so it is not suitable to eat them together.
Appropriate crowd of cabbage and wash method:
It can be eaten by the general population.
1. Especially suitable for patients with arteriosclerosis, gallstones, obesity, pregnant women and digestive tract ulcers;
2. However, patients with pruritus and ocular congestion should not eat. Cabbage contains a large amount of crude fiber, and hard, so person with spleen and stomach cold deficiency, diarrhea, and children spleen weak should not eat more; In addition, for abdominal and thoracic surgery, gastrointestinal ulcer and bleeding especially serious, diarrhea and liver disease should not be eaten.
Preservation of cabbage: Cut cabbage spoils easily from the edge of cutting, so it's better to buy whole cabbage, which will last a long time if eaten in sequence from the outside. You can easily peel off the skin by cutting it diagonally from the root to the heart with a knife. To prevent dried cabbage from spoiling, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
✵Cabbage wash method:
Before eating cabbage, broccoli and other vegetables, be sure to wash and soak them. The reason is:
First, according to professor from the department of biology, the larvae of the cabbage powder butterfly, also known as the cabbage white butterfly, are common cabbage worms. It is a serious pest of cabbage, chinese cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, roselle and other cruciferous vegetables.
Although the butterfly itself is not harmful, the caterpillar bites the leaves, and the leaf wounds caused by the bite are prone to soft rot. If not cleaned, it may cause harm to human body.
Second: residual pesticides. There is no doubt about the harm of this, and I will not repeat it here.
Food experts put forward the correct washing method: the cabbage, first cut it open, soak in clear water for 1 or 2 hours, and then rinse with water, to remove residual pesticides. In addition, washing vegetables with rice washing water is also very good, suggest soaking in rice washing water for about 10 minutes, and then rinse with water.
This is because many organophosphorus pesticides will lose toxicity when they encounter acidic substances. It is recommended to soak them in rice washing water for about 10 minutes and then rinse them with clean water. Another method is to rinse with clean water at least three to six times, then soak in light salt water and rinse again.