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The nutritional value of sweet potatoes from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.
In autumn, the harvest season, sweet potatoes are widely popular as a nutritious food. However, the rumors about sweet potatoes are also varied, such as the saying "1 catty of sweet potatoes and 2 catties of" is ridiculous. As an experienced old Chinese medicine practitioner, I would like to analyze the nutritional value of sweet potatoes from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
First of all, let's understand the sexual taste of sweet potatoes. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", sweet potatoes are sweet in taste, flat in nature, and return to the spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. This means that sweet potatoes have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, invigorating qi and rejuvenating the body, and have a good therapeutic effect on people with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the nutritional value of sweet potatoes is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1.Nourish qi and blood: Sweet potatoes are rich in iron, folic acid and other hematopoietic raw materials, which help prevent and improve anemia. For female friends, eating sweet potatoes often helps to beautify and nourish the skin, making the skin more rosy and shiny.
2.Strengthen the spleen and stomach and laxative: Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, which helps to promote intestinal peristalsis and improve constipation. At the same time, sweet potatoes can also strengthen the spleen and stomach, and have a good conditioning effect on people with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion.
3.Lowers cholesterol: The mucin in sweet potatoes can lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease. For middle-aged and elderly people, moderate consumption of sweet potatoes can help protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health.
Of course, although sweet potatoes are highly nutritious, they are not suitable for everyone. For example, for diabetics, sweet potatoes have a high sugar content and should not be eaten more; For people with excessive stomach acid, it is also necessary to control the intake of sweet potatoes in moderation.
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