Carrot, also known as "little life," is a food of high value, rich in carotene, cellulose, minerals, vitamins, and soluble sugars. There are many ways to eat carrots. Steaming, frying and eating... Can that carrot be eaten raw? Is carrot raw and nutritious?
Can carrots be eaten raw?
Carrots can be eaten raw or juiced. However, when raw carrots are eaten, their cell walls are more difficult to be digested. Carotene is present in cells and is more difficult to be absorbed. It requires a lot of fat to completely absorb carotene. While not eating large amounts of oils and fats into the stomach at the time of eating, the carotenoids cannot be completely absorbed. Raw foods can cause waste of carotene.
Someone had experimented with three carrots of the same amount. Group A raw food; Group B cooked food with trace amounts of oil; Group C was given a sufficient amount of fat and cooked food after cooking. The digestibility of beta carotene in the three groups A, B, and C was 10%, 30%, and 90%, respectively. It can be seen that the digestion and absorption rate of β-carotene in the body is proportional to the ratio of fats and oils. Carrots are eaten with edible oils and have higher nutritional value than raw foods.
Consciousness of eating carrots
Not excessive consumption
Any food can not eat more, even if the carrot is rich in nutrients, due to the high content of carotene in carrots, so eat more of the lutein in the ovary will have an impact, women eat more will lead to reduced hormone secretion, and ovulation All will have an impact. If you eat too much in the long term, you may cause infertility. Therefore, women must pay attention to the amount of carrots they eat.
Not suitable as a snack
When you eat carrots, it is best not to drink alcohol. Eating carrots and drinking alcohol is very unhealthy for the human body because carotene and alcohol react and may produce toxic substances. It is not good for dirt. People who often eat this kind of food may be Suffer from liver disease, so try to drink while eating carrots. And don't add in carrots, it will destroy nutrition.
Cook carrots and add appropriate amounts of vinegar and soy sauce.
Carrots contain highly potent vitamin C enzymes that can cause vitamin C in other vegetables to be lost during cooking. In order to prevent this, appropriate amounts of vinegar and soy sauce should be added.
Carrots and peppers should not be eaten together
In addition to carrots contain a lot of carotene, carrots also contain vitamin C decomposing enzymes, and pepper is rich in vitamin C, so carrots should not be eaten with chili, otherwise it will reduce the nutritional value of chili. However, the vitamin C decomposing enzyme is not heat-resistant and can be destroyed at 50°C, so you do not need to worry about being cooked.
Carrots are not suitable for eating raw
Although carrots are known as the "treasure house of vitamin A," carotene, which can be converted to vitamin A under the action of intestinal mucosa, is a fat-soluble substance that can only be fully absorbed by the body when cooked with edible oil or meat. Therefore, carrots are not suitable for raw food. In terms of cooking methods, it is better to stew carrots in a pressure cooker. Because it reduces the contact between carrot and air, the preservation rate of β-carotene can be up to 97%, and the digestion and absorption rate in the body can reach 90%.
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