Potato Effectiveness and Functions

Potatoes are a common food on the Chinese table, eaten in a variety of ways, nutrition is also very comprehensive, in many Western countries, potatoes have long become their second staple food, today to introduce the efficacy and role of potatoes and contraindications

Detoxification and slimming

Potatoes have low fat, multi-fiber characteristics, consumption of potatoes can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, to help digestion, but also to go to the accumulation of food, to prevent constipation, and can prevent colorectal cancer, is a good product for obese people to slim down and lose weight.

Strengthen the immune system

Potatoes are rich in protein, including the 8 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, which is very good for increasing human resistance and improving immunity.

Prevent atherosclerosis

Potatoes provide the body with a large amount of mucus proteins that have a special protective effect, keeping the digestive and respiratory tracts and joint cavities lubricated, preventing fatty deposits in the cardiovascular system and keeping the elasticity of blood vessels, and helping to prevent the occurrence of atherosclerosis.

Reduces blood pressure

Potatoes are rich in potassium, which promotes the excretion of sodium from the body, regulates the acid-base balance of the organism and has the effect of lowering blood pressure, making them suitable for people with hypertension.

Beauty and skin care

Fresh potato juice can be applied directly to the face to whiten and lighten spots, repair sunburn, reduce excessive oil secretion on the face and improve acne, and cooked potato slices can be applied around the eyes to effectively reduce puffiness.

Potatoes contraindications to consumption

1, potatoes sprouted can not be eaten in large quantities, potatoes sprouted will produce a large number of lobotoxin, lobotoxin is a biological toxin, a small amount of consumption for the human body no toxic effects, eat more than 200mg will appear poisoning, so do not overdose on sprouted potatoes. 2, when eating potatoes must be peeled, the part with the eye of the bud must be dug out to prevent lobotoxin overdose poisoning. 3, moldy potatoes must not be eaten, potatoes moldy not only means that the content of lobotropin in potatoes will rise. And potatoes may also produce other mold, easy to cause food poisoning. 4, pregnant women should eat less potatoes, so as not to aggravate the risk of pregnancy, although the content of lobotropin in healthy potatoes is low, but pregnant women during pregnancy for toxin excretion rate is low, long-term consumption in large quantities will make alkaloids in the body accumulate, affecting the health of pregnant women.

Energy supplement

Potatoes are one of the top five crops in the world and can be used as a staple food in addition to cooking, because they are rich in starch and can be a good source of energy for human consumption, filling hunger and replenishing the body's energy needs.

How to eat potatoes

Potato stir-fry

Method: Wash potatoes, peel and cut into pieces, chili; wash and cut pork, marinate pork with salt, water starch, soy sauce and mix well; heat oil pan, stir-fry into chili, let into the meat stir-fry until brown, put potatoes stir-fry cooked, such as soy sauce, salt, monosodium glutamate seasoning can be. Efficacy: detoxification and elimination of food, wide intestines and laxative, increase the sense of satiety.

Potatoes and roasted pork ribs

Method: Wash and cut the garlic, wash the ribs, blanch them in boiling water to remove the blood, cut the potatoes and blanch them, then fish them out, heat the frying pan, put in the chili sauce, garlic stir-fry, put in the ribs and stir-fry fully, add the potatoes and continue to stir-fry, add water to flood the ribs until the soup is dry, then add salt, red oil, soy sauce, cooking wine and stir-fry. Efficacy: reduce fat and blood pressure, prevent atherosclerosis, hypertension patients can eat.

Stewed potatoes with eggplant

Directions: Peel and cut the eggplant, cut the eggplant into cubes, cut the green pepper into cubes, cut the green onion into florets, heat the oil in a pot, add the green onion and stir-fry, add the potatoes and eggplant, add salt, and cook for 30 minutes on high heat with stock; wait until the eggplant and potatoes are soft and pressed into a puree, sprinkle the green and red pepper and stir-fry a few times before serving. Efficacy: increase appetite, supplement nutrition, can be a staple food, increase satiety, eggplant and potatoes eaten together, has the effect of delaying aging, prevent high blood pressure.