The health effects of millet, and its nutritional values.
The health effects of millet, and its nutritional values.
Introduction: Millet, also known as Su or Shu in ancient China, also known as foxtail millet(Gu Zi), is an annual herb in northern China. It belongs to the grass family, which is the finished product of millet processed and peeled. Grains of millet are small, yellow or yellowish-white, hard and sweet. Is one of the staple foods of the people in northern China. Because its grain is small, diameter 2 millimeters, reason name Xiao Mi(small rice).
Millet is bred and domesticated from wild "Green bristlegrass." After years of manual weeding, the appearance of weeds in the field of millet is very similar to that of millet. Especially in the seedling period, they are called "weeds." The idiom, "the good and the weeds(bad) are intermixed" comes from this.
The planting area of millet occupies the first place in China. As a popular saying goes, "millets are the first among five grains." Originated in China's Yellow River Basin, has a long history of cultivation in China, now mainly distributed in north China, northwest and northeast China. The main food crops in ancient China, so the Xia and Shang Dynasties belong to the "millet culture."
Millet prefers to warm climate, strong adaptability. Farmers saying, "dry dead bamboo seen in green mountains, did not see dry millet in the field", indicating millet has drought resistance ability. It is resistant to drought and barren and is not afraid of acid and alkali soil, so it is cultivated in both arid and barren mountainous areas in north and south China. Therefore, it has been one of the main grain crops in the arid and semi-arid areas of northern China since ancient times, which is also called "life-saving food" for the common people in the year of severe drought.
Millet has several subspecies, commonly known as "millet has five colors", there are various colors white, red, yellow, black, orange, purple millet, also have sticky millet. The earliest Chinese wine was also made from millet. Millet grows well in dry areas lacking irrigation. Its stems and leaves are hard and can be used as fodder, but normally only cows can digest them.
The health effects of millet.
Millet tastes sweet, salty, cool; into the kidney, spleen, stomach. Replenish spleen and stomach, replenishing deficiency, and kidney, clear heat and quench thirst, harmonize the stomach and clear dampness, easy sleep. Mainly indicated for spleen and stomach deficiency heat, nausea and vomiting, wasting thirst, diarrhea.
✵Prevent and cure indigestion: millet has the effect that prevents vomiting. Millet is helpful for those suffering from diarrhea, vomiting, indigestion and diabetes.
✵ Reduce bacteria: millet can also relieve bad breath, reduce bacteria breeding in the mouth, cure beriberi, neuritis, and scurfiness, insomnia, a headache, burnout or fatigue, skin "oil", dandruff increase and other symptoms.
✵Anti-abortion and nourish Yin: millet contains rich amino acid and helps prevent abortion, antibacterial and prevent female vaginal inflammation. The kind of estrogenic substance contained in millet can nourish Yin. It has the effect of nourishing Yin and blood, which can make puerpera's weak and cold constitution get recuperation and help them recover physical strength.
✵Maintain the normal growth and fertility: millet can prevent the male scrotum skin seepage, erosion, dandruff phenomenon; prevent female perineum urticant, labia dermatitis, and leucorrhea. The development of sexual organs and secondary sexual characteristics; make the man erect hard, the sperm quantity is normal, the prostate gland no enlargement; to normalize menstruation and sexual desire in women; to enable the fetus to develop healthy, teratogenic, normal growth.
✵Maintain sexual function: millet is conducive to sexual desire, sperm count, mating ability, reproductive function healthy and normal.
✵Maintain the normal development of the fetus: millet can avoid fetal dementia or mental retardation or skeletal development delay or become dwarfism patients.
✵Freckle beauty: millet has the effect of reducing wrinkles, spots, pigmentation.
✵ Beneficial to the elderly: millet is very nourishing on the frail old people, whole grains are very helpful to the elderly, often eat millet can be beneficial to the health of five-Zang viscera, nourish body fluid, strong bones, and muscles, long muscle, rice porridge is a good tonic.
Nutritional value of millet:
✵Vitamin B1 and B12: Millet is rich in vitamin B1, B12 and so on, have the effect of preventing dyspepsia and mouth corner ulcers.
✵Tryptophan: the content of tryptophan in millet is the highest among cereals. Tryptophan can regulate sleep.
✵Amino acids: millet's rich amino acids help prevent miscarriage, fight bacteria and prevent vaginal inflammation in women.
✵ Zinc: millet is rich in zinc, which can improve appetite, enhance immunity and promote growth and development, especially for children.
✵Iron, phosphorus: millet contains high iron content, can prevent iron deficiency anemia. It is also rich in phosphorus, 2.3 times more than rice. This is why millet can enrich the blood and brain.
✵Vitamin E: millet contains a large number of vitamins E, 4.8 times that of rice. Vitamin E can defend the cell membrane of the body from oxidative damage and can remove oxygen free radicals and other metabolic "garbage" in the body.
✵Dietary fiber: millet is rich in dietary fiber, which is four times of rice. Rich dietary fiber can promote the discharge of the stool.
✵ Potassium: millet contains potassium high and sodium low, the rate of potassium and sodium in rice is 9:1, and millet is 66:1, often eat millet, beneficial to hypertension patients.
✵ Carbohydrates: millet carbohydrates can maintain the normal function of brain cells, the necessary energy for mental workers.
✵The quantity of heat of millet: One bowl of millet porridge(300.0g) contains 138 calories. Millet contains 358 calories per 100 grams. Millet is a kind of common grain, often be used to boil congee, its potassium, phosphorous, magnesium content is higher, sodium content is very low, when need to lose weight, can serve as whole-grain collocation. A 100g millet porridge contains just 46 calories. Millet porridge has very high water content and very low calories. Millet is a coarse grain with high fiber content and contains acetylcholine, which helps relieve constipation.
✵Millet has high nutritional value, including protein, fat and vitamin. Besides eating, millet can also be used to make wine and caramel. Millet is higher in protein than rice. The fat, carbohydrate content is not lower than rice, wheat. It also contains carotene which the general food does not contain, vitamin B1 content ranks first among all food.
✵ Many women in northern China have the tradition of adding millet and brown sugar to nourish their bodies after giving birth. Millet porridge has rich nutritional value, there is a "substitute ginseng soup" reputation. Vitamin B1 in millet can reach several times of rice; millet also contains higher inorganic salt content than rice. It also contains rich fat, 7.8 times for rice, and mainly unsaturated fatty acids. In addition to rich iron, millet also has protein, B complex vitamins, calcium, potassium, fiber and so on. Millet protein quality is often better than wheat, rice, and corn, but the essential amino acid lysine content is low.
✵ Millet contains a variety of vitamins, amino acids, fats and carbohydrates, higher nutritional value, every 100 grams of millet contains protein 9.7 grams, 3.5 grams of fat, are not less than rice, wheat. The carotene that does not contain in general commissaries, and every 100 grams millet content amounts to 0.12 milligram, the content of vitamin B1 places the head of all commissaries. Millet is also high in sugar, 72.8g per 100g, producing more calories than rice. In addition, because rich in vitamin B1.B2, millet also has the function of preventing dyspepsia and mouth corner ulcers.
✵ Therefore, for the elderly and the sick and maternity, millet can be said to be the most ideal tonic. And Chinese herbalists also say millet "harmonizes the stomach and warms the middle", millet tastes sweet and salty, clearing heat and quenching thirst, benefit stomach, and clear dampness, harmonize the stomach and easy sleep, who suffer from internal heat and spleen stomach weakness is more suitable for eating it. Some people's appetite is bad, after eating millet, appetite turns well again, it can prevent regurgitation, vomiting.
✵Under the pressure of work, stomach discomfort has become a common problem in modern people. When eating, loss of appetite has become the mantra of many people. There is a stomach beneficial food which is the greenest and no side effects, that is millet.
✵ Millet can eliminate bad breath and reduce the growth of bacteria in the mouth. Millet is rich in amino acids that fight bacteria and prevent vaginitis in women. Millet is rich in nutrition, among which the content of tryptophan ranks the first among grains. Tryptophan plays a role in regulating sleep. Eating millet porridge before going to bed can make people sleep soundly.
✵Not contain carotene in general commissaries, and millet contains carotene 0.12 milligram every 100 grams, the content of vitamin B1 is the head of all commissaries, contain iron quantity one time than in rice, accordingly, for an old and weak patient and puerpera, millet is the most ideal however tonic.
Introduction: Millet, also known as Su or Shu in ancient China, also known as foxtail millet(Gu Zi), is an annual herb in northern China. It belongs to the grass family, which is the finished product of millet processed and peeled. Grains of millet are small, yellow or yellowish-white, hard and sweet. Is one of the staple foods of the people in northern China. Because its grain is small, diameter 2 millimeters, reason name Xiao Mi(small rice).
Millet prefers to warm climate, strong adaptability. Farmers saying, "dry dead bamboo seen in green mountains, did not see dry millet in the field", indicating millet has drought resistance ability. It is resistant to drought and barren and is not afraid of acid and alkali soil, so it is cultivated in both arid and barren mountainous areas in north and south China. Therefore, it has been one of the main grain crops in the arid and semi-arid areas of northern China since ancient times, which is also called "life-saving food" for the common people in the year of severe drought.
Millet has several subspecies, commonly known as "millet has five colors", there are various colors white, red, yellow, black, orange, purple millet, also have sticky millet. The earliest Chinese wine was also made from millet. Millet grows well in dry areas lacking irrigation. Its stems and leaves are hard and can be used as fodder, but normally only cows can digest them.
Millet tastes sweet, salty, cool; into the kidney, spleen, stomach. Replenish spleen and stomach, replenishing deficiency, and kidney, clear heat and quench thirst, harmonize the stomach and clear dampness, easy sleep. Mainly indicated for spleen and stomach deficiency heat, nausea and vomiting, wasting thirst, diarrhea.
✵Maintain the normal growth and fertility: millet can prevent the male scrotum skin seepage, erosion, dandruff phenomenon; prevent female perineum urticant, labia dermatitis, and leucorrhea. The development of sexual organs and secondary sexual characteristics; make the man erect hard, the sperm quantity is normal, the prostate gland no enlargement; to normalize menstruation and sexual desire in women; to enable the fetus to develop healthy, teratogenic, normal growth.
✵Vitamin B1 and B12: Millet is rich in vitamin B1, B12 and so on, have the effect of preventing dyspepsia and mouth corner ulcers.
✵ Many women in northern China have the tradition of adding millet and brown sugar to nourish their bodies after giving birth. Millet porridge has rich nutritional value, there is a "substitute ginseng soup" reputation. Vitamin B1 in millet can reach several times of rice; millet also contains higher inorganic salt content than rice. It also contains rich fat, 7.8 times for rice, and mainly unsaturated fatty acids. In addition to rich iron, millet also has protein, B complex vitamins, calcium, potassium, fiber and so on. Millet protein quality is often better than wheat, rice, and corn, but the essential amino acid lysine content is low.
✵ Millet can eliminate bad breath and reduce the growth of bacteria in the mouth. Millet is rich in amino acids that fight bacteria and prevent vaginitis in women. Millet is rich in nutrition, among which the content of tryptophan ranks the first among grains. Tryptophan plays a role in regulating sleep. Eating millet porridge before going to bed can make people sleep soundly.
