blood sugar can be used to treat diabetes, is diabetic diet quality
goods.
Yam nutrition and health functions:
Yam for the slender cylindrical shape, has a drab jacket, and some
miscellaneous long beard, and indeed not look like much, but it looks
like they have a full general yam endoplasmic scenery, it is delicate
white meat, crisp fresh texture and smooth , but also rich in
nutrients, very useful for human health.
Yam nutrient rich, per 10O grams with 1.5 grams of protein,
carbohydrates 14.4 g, 14 mg calcium, phosphorus 42 mg, 0.3 mg of iron,
carotene, 0.02 mg, 0.08 mg thiamine, riboflavin 0.02 mg, niacin 0.3
mg, 4 mg ascorbic acid. In addition to protein, amino acids,
polyphenol oxidase nutrients. Induce interferon, and enhance immune
function.
There is also the yam is an important nutrient that diosgenin, known
as a natural DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone). Such ingredients help the
body synthesize hormones, the mother of the title of the hormone can
promote skin cell metabolism, improve skin's moisturizing
capabilities, and improve physical fitness but also has some helpful.
Yam is rich in cellulose and choline, the quality of mucus and other
ingredients, can supply the human body needs a lot of mucus proteins,
and it is a polysaccharide mixture of proteins, the human body has a
special role in health care. This mucus protein can prevent deposition
of fat in the cardiovascular system, maintain the flexibility of blood
vessels to prevent the premature occurrence of atherosclerosis; the
same time it can reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat to avoid
obesity; and this mucus polysaccharides and inorganic salts combined,
can form bone, cartilage rich in some flexibility to help prevent
elderly fractures.
Yam have strong medicinal value. Chinese medicine, Chinese yam of Gan,
non-toxic, it has the spleen and kidney, Yangfeihuoxue, diarrhea,
sweating the effect of convergence is a good tonic "food medicine."
Special Reminder:
It should be noted that the higher starch content of yam, abdominal
fullness, dry stool, constipation best to eat less. Yam is a partial
fill of medicine, Gan Ping, and partial heat, bodies tend to heat,
easy to get angry people who have to Shensi. Some people love to use
yam shabu hot pot, if more material accompanied by spicy, it is even
more heat on the heat, it's best to eat less. Diabetes should not eat
too much of a yam, greater consumption of staple food should be
appropriate to reduce the amount. As noted above, yam can yin, kidney,
blood sugar, can treat diabetes, Liu Wei Di Huang also yam soup. But
there is a quantity issue. Such as Liu Wei Di Huang Tang is limited in
the amount of yam, which is just some money, and diabetic patients if
we want to eat yams as food, it will have some impact on blood sugar.
Yam is a starchy vegetables such as food, high starch content,
over-eating can cause hyperglycemia. In addition, patients with peptic
ulcer and liver cirrhosis, should be used in steaming, stewing and
other cooking methods, and vinegar, stir-fried leavened bogey.
Gastrointestinal tract are bad people who eat yam, do not take baking
soda while films such as basic drugs, in order to avoid baking soda to
make amylase in the failure of yam. Diosgenin in yam to synthetic
hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen, therefore, prostate
cancer, female breast cancer patients are unfit for human consumption.
