Kelp, also known as Khumbu, is like a broad-leafed blade with a narrow tip. It is usually 2 to 4 meters long and 20 to 30 centimeters wide (smaller kelp grows on the seabed, 1 to 2 meters long and 15 to 20 centimeters wide). The whole body of kelp was olive brown and became dark brown and dark brown after drying, with white powder attached. Kelp is known as the "longevity food", "sea vegetables," and "Iodine-containing champion" reputation, from the point of view of nutritional value, is a kind of food for health and longevity.
(a), nutritional value
1, kelp is rich in carbohydrates, less protein and fat.
2, compared with spinach, rapeseed, kelp, in addition to containing vitamin C, its crude protein, sugar, calcium, iron content are several times to several times higher.
3, kelp is a kind of seaweed with high iodine content. Breeding kelp generally contains 3% to 5% iodine, up to 7% to 10%.
(B) Efficacy: Impact on Disease and Health
1, kelp is often attached to a white cream-like white powder - mannitol, it is a valuable medicinal substance. Modern scientific research shows that mannitol has the effect of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, and swelling.
2, kelp contains a lot of polyunsaturated fatty acid EPA, can reduce the viscosity of the blood and reduce the hardening of the arteries. Therefore, eating kelp often can prevent cardiovascular diseases.
3, iodine in seaweed is extremely rich, it is the main raw material for synthesis of thyroxine in the body, and the hair's luster is formed due to the role of thyroid hormone in the body. Iodine can stimulate the pituitary gland, lower estrogen levels in women, restore normal ovarian function, correct endocrine disorders, and eliminate hidden breast hyperplasia.
4. Colloids contained in kelp can promote the discharge of radioactive substances in the body along with the stool, thereby reducing the accumulation of radioactive substances in the body and reducing the incidence of radioactive diseases.
5, kelp is rich in calcium, can prevent calcium deficiency in the body.
6, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Kelp can cure rickets (ie, goiter) and other edema, have phlegm, scattered function. "In recent years, scientists have found that eating seaweed has a role in the prevention and treatment of cancer .
7, kelp contains 60% of the fucoidan polysaccharides, is an excellent dietary fiber, diabetic patients can delay the emptying of the stomach and food through the small intestine, so even in the case of insulin secretion, blood sugar levels It will not rise but achieve the purpose of treating diabetes.
8, obese people eat kelp, can reduce hunger, but also draw a variety of amino acids and inorganic salts, is an ideal satiety agent.
9, laminaria contained in kelp, is a special amino acid, it has the effect of lowering blood pressure, can prevent high blood pressure and cerebral hemorrhage.
(c) Food taboos
1, do not drink tea immediately after eating kelp (tea contains tannic acid), do not eat sour fruit (sour fruit contains plant acids). Because kelp is rich in iron, both of these foods will hinder the absorption of iron in the body.
2, patients with hyperthyroidism do not eat kelp, due to the rich content of iodine in kelp, will increase the condition.
3, pregnant women and nursing mothers do not eat more kelp. This is because the iodine in kelp can enter the fetus and infants with the blood circulation, causing thyroid dysfunction.
(D), kelp diet
1, kelp raw wheat
Dried kelp 40 grams, 1000 grams of raw wheat, add water and cook, take soup, day 4 to 5 times served. This side is an ideal health care recipe for all kinds of cancer patients. It can be used regularly and has auxiliary treatment.
2, kelp vinegar
30 grams of dry kelp, washed, dried and ground into powder. 3 grams per day is wrapped in cloth and soaked in rice vinegar. Serve with seaweed vinegar. Slowly drink this vinegar, apply to goiter, thyroid tumors, lymphoma embolism.
3, kelp fungus soup
15 grams of dry kelp, 15 grams of black fungus, 60 grams of lean pork (cut into filaments). First, the seaweed and edible fungus should be washed thoroughly and thoroughly, cut into filaments, boiled together with the pork, add salt and monosodium glutamate, and then thicken with water and starch and serve immediately.
This applies to patients with digestive tract cancer and hyperlipidemia, but also can prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, goiter. This side of the kelp offensive consumption product, black fungus blood circulation, lean pork nourishing tonic, is an ideal medical diet for cancer patients.
4, kelp three wire
Dried kelp 30 grams, lily 15 grams, 20 grams of bamboo shoots. After kelp soaked, it was cut into silk and cooked with lily and bamboo shoots. This prescription is suitable for diabetics and obese patients and can be eaten regularly.
5, white sugar mixed with kelp
After the seaweed is soaked and washed, it is cut into filaments, and it is soaked in boiling water for 3 times in a cup for about 30 seconds each time. Drain the water, add white sugar, and eat each morning and evening. Chronic bronchitis has a significant effect.
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