Okra, loofah, agaric vegetables… These vegetables bring their own thick juice, bite down, taste really unusual!
However, for this strange taste, those who love it will love it hopelessly, and those who hate it will hate it to the extreme.
These sticky things are what? Is it good for what to eat it?
What is good for sticky vegetables?
Some people vividly call this mucus [plant saliva]. There are two main reasons why these foods are so smooth:
- Mucin. Many people have heard of this. The common ingredients are yam and lotus root. Plant polysaccharide. It is rich in okra, agaric vegetables, loofah and other vegetables.
Common plant polysaccharides include starch, cellulose, pectin, etc. However, dietary fibers such as pectin and cellulose mainly bring magical taste to vegetables.
Today, Dr. Clove will carefully talk about these sticky dietary fibers (plant polysaccharides), which are beneficial to health in what.
01. Maintain the balance of intestinal flora
Due to the lack of corresponding enzymes in the human body, these dietary fibers cannot be directly utilized by the human body, but some of their components, such as pectin, are good food for beneficial intestinal bacteria and help maintain the balance of intestinal flora.
02. Promote intestinal peristalsis
Pectin has good water absorption and can keep feces moist. Cellulose can also store water and make stool volume larger. Together, they can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, maintain intestinal vitality, and have the effect of relaxing bowels and moistening intestines.
03. Assist in controlling blood sugar and blood lipid
Dietary fiber can reduce the absorption of sugar by small intestine, reduce insulin release, and help control blood sugar and insulin levels. In addition, they can also absorb some fat, bile acid, etc., reduce the absorption rate of fat and cholesterol, and are also beneficial to control blood lipid.
04. Dietary fiber is good, but vegetables are not drugs.
Although dietary fibers such as pectin and cellulose are beneficial to health, these vegetables are not medicines and it is good to eat more, but don’t expect them to cure diseases.
In addition, dietary fiber has good water absorption and moisture retention, and is the raw material in some skin care products. However, eating these vegetables cannot make beauty beauty and supplement collagen.
In short, although these vegetables are good, don’t expect them to have magical effects.
How to eat sticky vegetables?
01. A little prickly okra
Okra has a water content of 86% and is rich in vitamin C and E. It is a small expert in vitamin supplement in the vegetable industry. It is very suitable for people with low cooking skills. It is delicious as long as it is washed, scalded and dipped in soy sauce.
There are many rumors that okra has an aphrodisiac effect.
In fact, this illusion may come from caffeine in okra. Okra seeds also contain about 1% caffeine, which sounds exciting…
But in fact, the okra we eat is tender fruit, the seeds are not ripe, there is not so much caffeine at all, and caffeine has nothing to do with aphrodisiac.
02. Thick Auricularia
Auricularia is also called sunflower. Although its taste is the most special, its nutrition is very good, especially calcium, which is rich in content.
The foods with high calcium content in our daily diet include milk (104 mg/100g), sesame (780 mg/100g), etc. These foods are often rich in protein or oil.
The advantage of high-calcium vegetables such as Auricularia auricula is its low energy. 100g of Auricularia auricula contains 166 milligrams of calcium. Although the absorption rate is not as high as that of milk, the calorie is not high and there is no need to worry about eating more.
03. Slippery loofah
94% of loofah is water, which tastes soft, tender and tender. Boiled soup and scrambled eggs are very good.
Moreover, it is rich in polyphenols, which is also good for reducing blood lipid and resisting oxidation. You may as well eat more during the season.
However, loofah is especially easy to age, so you must pay attention to it when buying vegetables, otherwise you will not be able to bite it back.
In a word, these sticky and slippery vegetables have good nutrition. Rich plant polysaccharides help relieve the dryness in autumn. You may as well buy them and give them a try.