What are the benefits of carrots? What are the most nutritious ways to eat carrots?

　　Carrot is a crisp, delicious and nutritious home-cooked vegetable. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can replenish qi, strengthen the stomach and digestion, strengthen yang, calm the five internal organs, and treat indigestion, chronic dysentery, cough It has good curative effect on treating , night blindness, etc., so it is known as the "Oriental Little Ginseng". When fried in oil and eaten, it can be converted into vitamin A in the human body, which can improve the body's immunity and indirectly eliminate cancer cells. The latest research by American scientists has confirmed that eating two carrots a day can reduce blood cholesterol by 10% to 20%; eating three carrots a day can help prevent heart disease. disease and tumors.

　　The main nutrient in carrots is beta-carotene, which is present in the cell wall of carrots. The cell wall is made of cellulose and cannot be directly digested by the human body. Only by chopping, cooking, chewing, etc. to break the cell wall can beta-carotene be released and be truly digested and absorbed by the human body. Keeping nutrients such as beta-carotene intact is closely related to our eating and cooking methods.

　　Carrots have powerful medicinal properties

　　According to measurements, the carotene contained in carrots is more than 30-40 times higher than that of white radish and other vegetables. After carotene enters the human body, it can be converted into rich vitamin A under the action of a series of enzymes, and then absorbed and utilized by the body, thus making up for the deficiency of vitamin A.

　　Vitamin A has the functions of promoting normal growth and reproduction of the body, maintaining epithelial tissue, preventing respiratory tract infections, maintaining normal vision, and treating night blindness and xerophthalmia. Natural vitamin A converted from carotene is much more effective than synthetic drugs.

　　Carrots can enhance human immunity, have anti-cancer effects, and can reduce cancer The patient's chemotherapy response has a protective effect on multiple organs. Women eating carrots can reduce ovarian cancer incidence rate.

　　Carrots contain potassium hyaluronate, which helps prevent hardening of arteries, lower cholesterol, and has a certain effect on preventing and treating high blood pressure.

　　Carotene can scavenge free radicals that cause aging. In addition to vitamin A, it also contains signature nutrients such as B vitamins and vitamin C. skin , anti-aging effect. The aromatic smell of carrots is caused by volatile oils. It can improve digestion and has a bactericidal effect.

　　The most nutritious way to eat carrots

　　1. Choose dark carrots

　　The darker the carrot, the more carotene it contains. Avoid carrots that are cracked or split.

　　2. Pay attention to keeping carrots fresh

　　Cut off the green tops of carrots before placing them in the refrigerator. Put the carrots in a plastic bag (this is to prevent moisture loss) and place them in the coldest compartment of the refrigerator, away from apples, pears, potatoes and other ripening fruits and vegetables that release ethylene.