Nutritional benefits of cabbage. Is it good for men to eat cabbage?

　　Nutritional value of cabbage

　　1. Cabbage is rich in crude fiber, which not only moisturizes the intestines and promotes detoxification, but also stimulates gastrointestinal motility, promotes stool excretion, and helps digestion (digestion of food). It has a good effect on preventing intestinal cancer.

　　2. The air is particularly dry in autumn and winter, and the cold wind is harmful to people’s health. skin The damage is great. Cabbage is rich in vitamin C and vitamin E. Eating more cabbage can have a good skin care and beauty effect.

　　3. Scientists from the Hormone Research Institute in New York, USA, discovered that Chinese and Japanese women breast cancer The reason why the incidence rate is much lower than that of Western women is because they often eat cabbage. Cabbage contains some trace elements (trace element foods) that can help break down estrogen, which is linked to breast cancer.

　　Applicable people

　　Especially suitable for lung heat cough、constipate (constipation food), patients with kidney disease should eat more, and at the same time female You should also eat more (female food)； Chinese cabbage is cold in nature and has a cold stomach. stomach ache , People with loose stools, diarrhea and cold dysentery should not eat too much.

　　Chinese cabbage is suitable for everyone. More suitable for chronic habitual constipation and colds cold , people with lung heat, cough, throat inflammation, abdominal distension and fever should take it. Applying cabbage leaves to your face can reduce the growth of acne on the right side. diarrhea Patients should try to avoid eating cabbage. Rotten Chinese cabbage cannot be eaten because the nitrate in the Chinese cabbage is converted into toxic nitrite under the action of bacteria. Nitrite can oxidize low red blood cells in the blood, enrich high-iron (iron food) hemoglobin, and replace it with oxygen-carrying capacity. The user may suffer from severe hypoxia, causing poisoning, dizziness, headache, nausea, rapid heartbeat, coma, and even life-threatening consequences.

　　Usage and dosage

　　There are many ways to eat Chinese cabbage. Judging from the various cooking methods, whether it is stir-fried, stir-fried, roasted, pan-fried, braised, grilled, rinsed, cold or pickled, it can be made into delicious dishes. Especially when cooked with fresh mushrooms, mushrooms, ham, dried shrimps, meat and chestnuts, many dishes with special flavors can be made.

　　1. When cutting cabbage, you should cut it into strips, so that the cabbage will cook easily.

　　2. It is not advisable to use methods such as blanching, scalding and then squeezing juice when cooking to avoid a large loss of signature nutrients.

　　3. Rotten cabbage contains toxins such as nitrite, which can cause severe hypoxia or even death after eating.

　　4. The time for blanching Chinese cabbage in boiling water should not be too long. The best time is 20 to 30 seconds. Otherwise, it will be too soft and rotten and will not taste good.

　　5. Cabbage produces toxins during the rotting process. The nitrite produced can cause the hemoglobin in the blood to lose its oxygen-carrying capacity, causing severe hypoxia in the human body and even life-threatening conditions. Therefore, rotten cabbage must not be eaten.

　　Edible effects

　　Cabbage is slightly cold, sweet, and neutral in nature, and returns to the intestine and stomach meridians. It has the functions of relieving heat and irritability, clearing the intestines and stomach, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production, relieving irritability and quenching thirst, diuresis and laxative, clearing away heat and detoxifying. ； It can be used for cough due to lung heat, constipation, erysipelas and paint sores.

　　In addition to being eaten as vegetables (vegetable foods), vegetables also have medicinal value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cabbage is sweet and mild in nature and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving irritability, quenching thirst, diuresis, and relieving gastrointestinal problems. Regular consumption of cabbage can prevent vitamin C deficiency (scurvy). There are also folk prescriptions for using cabbage to treat colds. The method is to use dried cabbage roots, add brown sugar, ginger slices, and decoct them in water. Or use three cabbage roots and seven green onion roots, decoct them in water, add brown sugar, drink them while they are hot, cover yourself with sweat, and the cold will be cured. Wash and chop the Chinese cabbage and fry it in thick soup. Wash the affected area every night before going to bed. Wash it for several days to get the effect. Cabbage seeds can relieve hangover. For those who are drunk and unconscious, cabbage seeds can be ground into powder and mixed with "Jinghua water" (that is, well water freshly drawn from a well), which is effective. For people with weak qi and cold stomach, it is not advisable to eat more cabbage to avoid nausea and vomiting. If you eat too much, you can use ginger to relieve it.

　　Tips

　　Eating more cabbage can prevent breast cancer. Scientific research from the Hormone Research Institute in New York, USA, found that the incidence of breast cancer in Chinese and Japanese women is much lower than that in Western women. This is because they eat more cabbage. Surveys show that for every 100,000 women, the annual incidence of breast cancer is: 6 in China, 21 in Japan, 84 in Northern Europe, and 91 in the United States. Scientists have discovered that there is a compound in cabbage that can help break down estrogen, which is linked to breast cancer. This compound is called indole-3-methanol, which accounts for about 1% of the weight of dry cabbage. Women who eat 450 grams of cabbage a day can absorb 500 mg of this compound, thereby increasing the amount of an important enzyme in the body that helps break down estrogen.

　　Chinese cabbage was also called Siong in ancient times and had the reputation of “the king of vegetables”. It is said that this was proposed by Mr. Qi Baishi. Mr. Qi had a freehand painting of Chinese cabbage, with the inscription: "Peony is the king of flowers, lychee is the first of all fruits, and cabbage alone is the king of vegetables. Why?" ”As a result, the reputation of "the king of dishes" spread like wildfire.