Carrot, also known as yellow radish, is a good vegetable with rich nutrition and suitable for all ages. It is known as "little ginseng". The most famous ingredient in carrots is carotene, a yellow pigment first discovered in carrots more than 100 years ago. It is now known that carrots contain 1.35-17.25 mg of carotene per 100 g, which is far more than other vegetables, 360 times that of potatoes and 36 times that of celery. Carotene can be converted into vitamin A after being absorbed into the human body, so carotene is also called vitamin A. What is valuable is that although carrots are boiled and steamed in the sun, the loss of carotene is very small. Regular consumption of carrots is good for the body. First, it can enhance immunity, fight cancer and prevent diseases. For example, the lack of vitamin A in human body not only has a great impact on eyes and skin, but also has poor resistance and is prone to respiratory and urinary system diseases.
If you often eat carrots to meet the needs of the human body for vitamin A, it will not only nourish the eyes and mucous membranes, not easy to get night blindness and colds, but also enhance the disease resistance of the human body. In addition, carrots contain a large amount of lignin, which can also improve the disease resistance of the body, reduce and prevent the occurrence of cancer. After more than 20 years of observation, cancer research institutions in the United Kingdom and the United States concluded that people who regularly eat carrots and other foods rich in vitamin A have a 40% less chance of developing lung cancer than those who do not eat such foods frequently. Second, beauty and fitness. Another function of vitamin A is to maintain the normal function of human epithelial tissue and make it secrete glycoprotein to keep the skin moist and tender. Therefore, regular consumption of carrots can maintain a bright young image. In addition, carrots contain mustard oil and amylase, which can promote the metabolism of fat, prevent excessive fat from accumulating under the skin and getting fat, and maintain a healthy body. Therefore, Americans believe that carrots are beauty dishes, which can nourish hair, skin and mucous membrane. Now Europeans often eat carrot cakes, and even Russia eats carrot dumplings. There are also carrot drinks and Carrot Apple beauty juice in China, but generally carrots are fried, burned, stewed and boiled as vegetables.
Eating carrots often can enhance immunity --- carrots are a kind of home-made vegetables with crisp and delicious germplasm and rich nutrition. Li Shizhen calls them the king of vegetables. The latest research of American scientists confirms that eating two carrots a day can reduce the cholesterol in blood by 10% ~ 20%; Eating three carrots a day is effective in preventing heart disease and cancer.
